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Family Centric Pendant - a valuable fashion piece
...rates white or color-enhanced diamonds for a total karat weight of 0.4 This one-of-a-kind pendant is designed and named for the depiction of the family unit: father, mother, and baby. Each pendant is made by hand using the finest materials with exceptional attention to detail. Mark's vision for the piece was inspired by a conversation with a friend who had recently become a first time father. He w... |
Pitch to diamond consumer may get rewrite
This "Byzantium" diamond pendant by Jewellery Theatre in Moscow might best be pitched as a modern classic, diamond marketing experts say.Las Vegas--Jewelers who arrived in Las Vegas at the beginning of last month expecting to see a bloodbath were disappointed.Business was spotty, but based on the trade's exceedingly low expectations, the Couture and JCK shows--held at the Wynn and the Sands Expo ... |
EXCLUSIVE: Jewelers see uptick in sales since Black Friday
...ce Black Friday weekend, with diamond jewelry topping consumers' shopping lists."Sales last week were definitely higher for us than they usually are in the week after Thanksgiving," says Evan James Deutsch, owner of Evan James Ltd. in Brattleboro, Vt. "The weather I think really helped. It was 65 degrees here. People seemed more upbeat and more willing to spend early on."Deutsch says that Friday, ... |
Platinum and gold manufacturers test drive silver
...left, features 1.95 carats of diamonds and mixes sterling silver with 18-karat gold. It retails for $3,800, ChadAllison.com. The Lana Jewelry "Lucky 3 Earrings" in silver retail for $125, LanaJewelry.net.New York--With the price of gold continuing to be a hurdle at the sales counter, more jewelry manufacturers that once worked solely in gold and platinum have been moving into the silver market, ex... |
Emmy Award actresses mad about drop earrings
...eft) wore Sutra moonstone and diamond earrings plus Amrapali diamond bands to the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards. Photo: Courtesy of D'Orazio and Associates. Mad Men actress January Jones traded Betty Draper's necklace and earring sets for diamond drop earrings and a diamond leaf bracelet from Neil Lane. Photo: Getty Images/Jason Merritt.Los Angeles--Mad Men may have snagged one of the top series nods... |
Yael releases new black & white diamond collection for fall/winter
...s Fall/Winter black and white diamond collection at the prestigious Prime Jewelry Group show in Boston August 23-24.The luxurious Mosaic Collection includes 48 pendants, rings and earrings made with black and white diamonds set in white gold. The abstract design of the pieces was inspired by mesmerizing geometric and natural patterns found in mosques and carpets of the Middle East, the birthplace ... |
'Forever' now costs more
.... And with advertisements for diamonds proclaiming "a diamond lasts forever", the classic styles continue to be the most popular. Zhu Yun, chief product officer of I DO, and Chen Xinyi, chief product officer of M&L, two companies that specialize in the design of diamond rings, said consumers have been setting high standards for diamond jewelry.First of all, as more knowledge about diamonds has... |
Jewelry gets a boost at SAG Awards
...' /> Kate Hudson wore Cartier diamond jewelry, including a sautoir necklace that dangled down her back. Photo by Kevin Mazur/Wire Image, courtesy of diamond Information Center.Los Angeles--From black-and-white diamond combinations to snake designs to turquoise, there seemed to be no parameters for the jewelry-wearing starlets who made the red-carpet rounds at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild (S... |
Simmons Jewelry Co. decks SpongeBob in diamonds
This $75,000 diamond pendant is the debut piece from a new SpongeBob SquarePants jewelry collection designed by Nickelodeon and the Simmons Jewelry Co.New York--Nickelodeon's most rapt audience for its SpongeBob SquarePants cartoon might be the school-age set, but the show also counts die-hard fans well past elementary school, and the Simmons Jewelry Co. is betting on that with a new jewelry line.... |
De Beers' 'Millenium Blue' sells for $6 million
...s 5.16-carat fancy vivid blue diamond sold for $6.4 million at Sotheby's Hong Kong on Wednesday, well exceeding its highest sale estimate of $5.1 million.Hong Kong--A 5.16-carat fancy vivid blue diamond, once part of De Beers' Millennium Jewels Collection, sold for $6.4 million at Sotheby's Hong Kong on Wednesday, as diamonds continued to show strength in the auction market.According to a news rel... |
Petra unearths 507-carat rough diamond
...lds up the 507.55-carat rough diamond recently recovered at Petra's Cullinan Mine in South Africa.London--Petra diamonds has announced the recovery of a 507.55-carat rough white diamond from the famed Cullinan Mine in South Africa.According to a media release, Petra recovered the diamond on Sept. 24.While experts currently are analyzing the stone, initial examinations indicate that the stone is of... |
Chinese diamond demand puts gleam back into gem trade
An employee reaches for a diamond necklace at a jewellery shop in China's southern city of Shenzhen October 19,2009.SHENZHEN, China - diamonds may have lost their luster for many in the economic downturn, but China's legions of wealthy, status-conscious customers are helping the precious gem trade glow again.Imports of polished diamonds to the U.S., the world's biggest diamond market, roughly halv... |
AGTA names Spectrum Award winners
...(3.34 total carat weight) and diamonds (4.40 total carat weight).Fashion Forward Honors Gregore Morin, Gregore Joailliers, Santa Barbara, Calif.18-karat white gold "Hummingbird" brooch featuring pink sapphires (0.85 total carat weight), Paraiba tourmalines (0.42 total carat weight), brown and yellow diamonds (0.50 total carat weight), and boulder opal (0.04 total carat weight).Bridal Wear 1st Plac... |
Antwerp Diamond Bourse to debut invite-only fair
...ttended by 43 leading Antwerp diamond firms and an exclusive group of diamond buyers.The Antwerp diamond Trade Fair will take place from Feb. 7-9, 2010, at the Antwerp diamond Bourse. The bourse's historical trading floor will be temporarily converted into an exclusively designed exhibition hall. The choice of location for the event was logical, according to Antwerp diamond Bourse President Artur ... |
Ernest Jones launches Italian Fope Gioielli jewellery collection
...- Ernest Jones, the watch and diamond specialist, has announced the launch of the new Fope Gioielli jewellery collection through a specially selected 8 stores and online only. Steeped in European glamour, Fope jewellery offers quality and style combined with a classical Italian jewellery tradition. With Ernest Jones's reputation as the UK's leading diamond and watch specialist, combined with 60 ye... |
GAO report: Conflict diamonds still entering U.S.
...ust be done to stop "conflict diamonds" from entering the United States.While noting that the legitimate trade of rough diamonds can make a major contribution to economies of producing, exporting and importing countries, the report, released Wednesday, states that rough diamonds fueled severe conflicts in countries such as Liberia, Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola during t... |
Oprah discusses 'Blood Diamond' today
...d Djimon Hounsou had a fairly diamond-industry-positive discussion on conflict diamonds with host Oprah Winfrey.The episode, which was taped earlier, offered viewers information on the film and the issue, and gave airtime to how the diamond industry has addressed conflict diamonds. Winfrey didn't editorialize while praising the actors and the film, but she addressed her audience directly in a segm... |
Filing shows uncertain future for Lazare Kaplan
...nditions have improved in the diamond industry, the company still is impacted by continued economic weakness and its future remains uncertain. "diamond and jewelry purchases are ultimately dependant on the availability of consumer discretionary spending," the filing states. "Uncertainties regarding future economic prospects and a decline in consumer confidence during fiscal 2009 and fiscal 20... |
Antwerp upbeat as polished, rough figures rise
...ts of both rough and polished diamonds increased for the fifth consecutive month in the diamond-trading center of Antwerp, Belgium, with per-carat prices for diamonds growing robustly, statistics released Wednesday show."Demand for polished goods has risen phenomenally with statistics indicating that not only do buyers want diamonds, but that they are willing to pay higher prices per carat for pol... |
Rio Tinto launches 2010 pink tender
...howcase and sale of rare pink diamonds from the company's Argyle mine in Western Australia.The 2010 tender, themed "Earth Magic," features a total of 55 pink diamonds and, for the first time in its history, the tender will be displayed in mainland China, in recognition of the market's growing demand for rare colored diamonds. "We are delighted to showcase this beautiful collection to the world," J... |
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