Welcome to the first edition of Aurea Informatio. Yes, it’s a weighty name, but this is the jewelry business. Aurea Informatio is Latin for golden information. That’s straightforward. Rolls off of the tongue. And you can use its abbreviation, AI, to mess with people: “I learned this cool piece of jewelry news from AI.” Just sayin’.
Here is a look into JCK’s collective brain about what made us click this week.
News Worth Reading
Anglo American is delisted from Swiss exchange in advance of its merger.
CNN says rising gas prices are hurting small-business owners.
According to international policy organization OECD, the Iran war will push up prices for oil, gas, and other commodities. (subscription needed to read)
Simon Property Group CEO David Simon dies.
Gold prices tumbled on Monday but have started to recover.
– Could still rise as high as $6,000 over the next year.
Botswana is betting big on diamonds and The Economist knows why. (subscription needed)
Square says people really love to shop local.
GLP-1s are helping people lose weight—which is changing fashion for real.
Luxury spending is becoming concentrated among the ultrarich.
H&M is worried about how shopping will be affected by the war in Iran. (subscription needed)
Canada’s Diavik diamond mine ends production, and is honored by owner Rio Tinto.
As the jewelry world mourns the loss of Lisa Bayer, friends launch a fundraiser for her son.
Some jewelry guy is debuting a Substack.
Obsessions
Swarovski has a shoe collab with Nike, and it’s a stunner.
Lee Radziwill always has been and always will be a style icon.
Sisters are doing it—meaning, going to the Oscars and having a ball—for themselves. That is one of the most epic selfies in history.
Congratulations to Serena Kutchinsky for telling her family’s story and reclaiming Kutchinsky’s egg.
This Britt’s Pick shows how designers are using alternative materials and making jewelry fabulous in rosewood.
Podcast Queue
Rebecca Foerster seems like someone you’d hang out with at a party and laugh with so hard that you’d become best friends. Plus, she has some great jewelry stories. Watch as she shares them on JCK’s first video podcast!
Rough Cut talked to Lauren Harwell Godfrey, and she’s pretty much the coolest woman in any room. Put her next to Foerster.
Video Yaya
Singing for your supper is one thing. This luxury watch trader arrested for money laundering and drug dealing was crooning about “dirty cash.”
Zendaya is on a bridal tour like no other for her new movie, The Drama. Cheers to stylist Law Roach.
U.K.’s Antiques Roadshow talks about hen’s teeth to describe this rare and expensive ring.
Top: The final rough to leave Rio Tinto’s Diavik mine in Canada (photo courtesy of Rio Tinto)
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