China’s High-Tech Pearls Have Arrived, But Most U.S. Buyers Haven’t Noticed

Most American jewelers still picture Chinese freshwater pearls as tabletop goods: off-round, creamy, cheap, and sold by the kilo in heaping piles at...

Pearl Earrings Are the Easiest Way Into the Pearl Trend, Jewelers Say

For all their luminous beauty, pearls can be tricky to incorporate into a jewelry wardrobe. Strands can feel formal or elaborate, especially when...

Love at First Sight at the 2026 AGTA Spectrum & Cutting Edge Awards

All around the room, love was in the air. On Saturday, I joined a group of editors and influencers in a meeting space at the Omni Hotel in Frisco,...

Paspaley Plots a Calculated Expansion in America

Fifteen stories above the corner of Pearl and Wall streets in Manhattan, a chef approached a long table of trade editors to announce a delicacy...

Pacharee’s Pearl Jewelry Draws From a Childhood Spent Among Gems

Pacharee Sophie Rogers was vacationing on the Spanish island of Menorca with her family in April when her 2-year-old son picked her a flower. “I...

Pearls Shined at the NouvelleBox Paris Showroom This October

For fashion buyers in Paris during market week in early October, the NouvelleBox showroom on Rue de Richelieu in the city’s 1st arrondissement was...

Do You Know Where Your Pearls Come From?

All over the world, mollusks are unwitting employees of the international gem industry. None of them applied for the job. No oyster ever sent a...

Akoya Strands, Bespoke South Seas, Broken-Up Heirlooms: How Pearls Sell Now

Pearls carry centuries of history, and to some shoppers, centuries of baggage. The jewelers selling them well right now aren’t fighting that...

Mariyeh Ghelichkhani’s Pearls Bloom Among Gemstones

In Mariyeh Ghelichkhani’s fanciful jewels, pearls are an essential element, but they rarely stand alone. “I love to mix pearls with colored...

At IJO Louisville, Color Takes Center Stage

At the Independent Jewelers Organization (IJO) Louisville show in late July, colored stone vendors serving independent retailers doubled down on the...