Colored Stones: Baguette-Cut Birthstones and Broken Stones Reborn
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Baguette Lady
When Timeless Designs’ Jackie Cohen adopted a baby, she also brought a new jewelry line, My Story, to life. Most pieces in the mom-friendly collection, centered on stacking bands and layering necklaces, feature a baguette-cut center in the birthstone of choice. Styles are rendered in 14k gold; retail prices for bands start at $850; bar necklaces start at $865.
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The Perfect Fix
Seattle-based jewelry designer Jamie Joseph has been saving broken stones—casualties of her in-house cutting operation—for 20 years. Recently, she came up with a novel idea for what to do with them. Joseph’s Golden Joinery collection, which debuted at Couture in June, is inspired by kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery. Pieces feature cleaved gems whose fissures are filled with 22k gold seams. Al
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