BAJ Insight: Ways to introduce colour to jewels
One of the most exciting – and tantalizing – trends in jewellery right now is colour. Not a particular colour, but any colour, and lashings of it.
BAJ Insight: Forget It Bags, it’s all about It Earrings
From spin-off perfume to sunglasses, luxury fashion houses are now pushing out statement earrings.
BAJ Insight: A view from a changed Baselworld 2018
Rachel Taylor deciphers the trends and topics of Baselworld 2018, the ‘World Watch and Jewellery Show’!
BAJ Insight: There is a real hunger for ethical gems
Jewellery Professionals! Get ready to delve into a new era of fairly traded gemstones!
BAJ Insight: Famous jewellers who started as apprentices
As these millionaire tastemakers prove, starting at the bottom doesn’t mean you can’t shoot for the stars.
BAJ Insight: The best antique jewellery accounts on Instagram
There’s a kooky digital community out there of snap-happy valuers, sellers and enthusiasts who are just bat-sh*t crazy for period jewels.
BAJ Insight: What does the rise of Z by Accessorize mean for jewellery?
Demi-fine jewels are getting a lot of attention as fine jewellery looks with costume prices are converting high street shoppers.
BAJ Insight: Finger-licking jewellery marketing
From a crunchy proposal with a KFC engagement ring to a Big Mac stack of precious burger rings, fast food retailers are – bizarrely – turning jewellers.
BAJ Insight: The hidden cost of jewellery
Would you still work with metals and gems if you knew that their retrieval from the ground had cost lives? And how can you really know for sure?
BAJ Insight: Seven incroyable jewels from Paris Couture Week
Delve into the exacting world of Parisian master craftsmen, with diamond settings that ripple like silk and game-changing gemstone carving.