Victoria’s Secret has been synonymous with its Angels—a flock of flawless supermodels in push-up bras and angel wings televised in over-the-top runway shows broadcast on TV—for decades.
When former Gitanjali Gems chair Mehul Choksi (pictured) was arrested in late May, it looked like he would, after three years on the lam, finally return to India to face charges of allegedly defrauding the country’s state-owned PNB Bank.
Roberto Coin is many things—idle is not one of them. The Italian jeweler, originally from Venice but now based in nearby Vicenza, aka the City of Gold, is a prolific creator, responsive to trends without being a slave to them.
Although it’s been gradual, the transformation of the pearl over the past two decades, from a ladylike accessory favored by brides and grandmothers into, arguably, the gem world’s most promising and provocative player, is the jewelry story of the 2020s.
It used to be that if you weren’t listed in the Yellow Pages, your customers would never find you. Today, the same is true of the internet. But simply having a digital storefront and a Facebook page aren’t enough to send shoppers through your doors.
This week in Diamond Shavings: A new diamond rush sparked by social media. Which online players will survive? And singer Post Malone gets diamond vampire fangs.
This summer, for those who are able, will be about having fun and cutting loose. That will look a little different for everyone, whether it will be traveling to a far-off destination, visiting with family for the first time in over a year, or hosting a backyard barbecue.
As we saw a few weeks back with the example of hand jewelry (that is, jewelry fashioned after the appearance of hands, not the kind simply worn on them), designs that celebrate our body parts are big sellers.
