Pearls: Contemporary Designs With Spikes and Inverted Gemstones HOT STOCK TIPModern PearlFrom faceted freshwaters to pearls topped with tiny metal bows and studded with wee silver spikes, the stud earrings at...
Gold: New Designs from Sylvie Levine, Gold Tattoos on Trend, and a New Campaign From Kimberly McDonald CAN’T-MISS COLLECTIONAccess HollywoodSylvie Levine’s new Lustre collection, which debuted in January with 12 SKUs made in 14k and 18k gold with...
Diamonds: Pavé, Mosaics, and Dancing Diamonds TREND GAME Pavé the Way The truism that strength is found in numbers is evident in the clutch of new collections featuring tiny diamond-set...
From Mine to Store: Liv Ballard’s Gold and Green Tsavorite Dragon Globe A few medieval cartographers drew dragons and sea creatures into maps with the phrase Hic sunt dracones (Here be dragons) to denote that the region...
JCK Asks…Hong Kong Designer Wendy Yue She’s “outrageous” and proudBy the time you finish reading this, Wendy Yue will probably be halfway through a new piece of jewelry. Maybe...
Talking to Ava and Eva Bai of Vale Jewelry The slice is right at Vale Jewelry, where sisters Ava and Eva Bai create super-delicate ready-to-layer gold and diamond delightsA world of tiny...
Trends and Ads in the February 2015 Fashion Magazines What’s trending and who’s advertising in the February issuesInStylePushing:• 18k gold ball fringe necklace; diamond, platinum, and gold...
Talking to the Pilibosian Family of Birmingham Jewelry in Sterling Heights, Mich. How a 24-year-old CEO is leading the charge at Michigan’s Birmingham JewelryWhile in college, Marina Pilibosian, CEO of Birmingham Jewelry, thought...
Talking to Lisa Barrow of Barrow’s Jewelers in Toledo, Ohio A no-markdown, no-commission policy has kept Barrow’s Jewelers going strong for 37 years1. What has been your most memorable sale?It was in October...
Talking to Beau Staley of Dolce in Telluride, Colo. Beau Staley’s jewelry–slash–sculpture gallery knows its sweet spotDiamond rings and luxury tableware have been bedfellows in fine jewelry...