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Tiffany & Co. has announced the Tiffany Wonder exhibition in Tokyo, celebrating 187 years of craftsmanship, creativity and the House’s unprecedented diamond heritage. Through 10 rooms, Tiffany Wonder engages visitors in an immersive exhibition that brings together 300 exceptional objects that bear witness to nearly 200 years of Tiffany & Co. heritage. The exhibition ends […]
Sotheby’s will showcase more than 250 iconic jewels from a single collector, including the largest collection of René Boivin pieces ever to come to auction. The jewelry, which was amassed over half a century, will feature at a sale called Iconic Jewels: Her Sense of Style, Sotheby’s said last week. It will take place across […]
Fellow 2005 Founding Member Follows Signet Jewelers Ltd.’s David Bouffard 4th March 2024, London: Today the RJC is pleased to announce that Dave Meleski, President, and CEO of Richline Group, has been elected as the new Chair of the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), effective today. The RJC looks forward to the new Chair steering the team […]
G7 representatives have spent the last year crafting sanctions on Russian diamonds, with the hope that all member countries would enact the same requirements. But it hasn’t worked out that way. One thing is the same: On March 1, every G7 nation—the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Italy—and the European Union […]
Paul Zimnisky, a leading diamond industry analyst and consultant based in the U.S., examines the factors impacting natural diamond supply in 2024 and beyond. He provides insights into the current state of the market, the outlook for production and sales, and the potential challenges and opportunities for the industry. Following curtailed rough selling in late-2023 […]
Only natural diamonds are real, rare, and responsible. Formed deep within the earth billions of years ago and brought to the surface through prehistoric volcanoes, these finite and unbreakable natural wonders are the oldest and hardest objects you will ever touch. Through their formation and nature’s creative ingenuity, every natural diamond is unique. Their timeless […]
Dear readers, Ethics and responsibility are about more than just carbon footprints and traceability. The De Beers Group has always kept a close eye on the human side of the equation. Profit-sharing, redistribution and paying attention to local populations and the environment are all essential pieces of the puzzle. In Botswana, the mining group’s initiatives […]
Supported by Van Cleef & Arpels, L’École, School of Jewelry Arts is the only initiative of its kind in France and perhaps even the world. Launched in 2012, its mission is to introduce as many people as possible to the fascinating world of jewelry. For more than ten years, it has offered a series of […]
The global downturn is a bigger challenge for the market than the war is, says bourse president Boaz Moldawsky. October 7 was supposed to be a joyous day for Boaz Moldawsky, president of the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE). His daughter gave birth at 11 p.m. the night before. The Hamas attack on Israel started early […]
Louis Vuitton Jewelry LV Diamonds Collection Illustrating the forces of attraction that unite diamonds and Louis Vuitton jewelry, the new LV Diamonds collection, designed by Francesca Amfitheatrof, celebrates the universal aura of diamonds, expressed through an exclusive cut – the LV Monogram Star – specially created for the Maison. In an innovative move, the collection […]
Kering saw robust sales in its jewelry and watch divisions in 2023, even as a “trying year for the group” led to a downturn in other segments, it said. Sales at Kering’s “other houses” category — which includes jewelry and watches as well as other fashion products — slipped 9% on a reported basis to […]
Isabelle Hossenlopp On October 26, 2023, the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty re-examined Decree N° 2002-65 of January 14, 2002 (Article 4) at the request of an operator involved in the synthetic diamond trade. The operator wanted to see a change in the terminology applied to synthetic diamonds. The decision […]
