Victoria Gomelsky

A Deep Dive Into Botswana Diamond Mining With De Beers and Ben Bridge

In 2004, when I was a fledgling editor of the Geneva-based trade publication Couture International Jeweler, I spent a week in southern Africa on a...

The Top 10 New Things at JCK Las Vegas 2023

The jewelry industry’s biggest gathering of the year is a little more than a week away. Buyers headed to JCK Las Vegas won’t want to miss the...

Kristina Buckley Kayel on the Outlook for Diamonds in 2023

For all the Sturm und Drang surrounding the economy—will we slip into recession or won’t we?—not to mention the tensions inherent to the...

My Hit List for the 2023 JCK Las Vegas and Luxury Shows

It’s 16 days and counting until the jewelry industry begins arriving en masse in Las Vegas for the start of Jewelry Week. Are you ready?...

JCK Jewelry Agenda: Week of May 14

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms and mom figures out there! The week is heavy on grand exhibitions—in New York and Geneva. Lab-grown diamond...

3 Tastemakers on 2023 Diamond Trends Worth Banking On

Now that lab-grown diamond manufacturers are capable of producing quality diamonds in impressive sizes, the appeal of basic diamond jewels is waning,...

Rebecca Foerster on Hearts on Fire’s Return to Luxury

Last May, when Rebecca Foerster (pictured) joined Hearts on Fire as president of its North America division, the diamond industry veteran felt as if...