When creating a piece of jewellery, thoughts of its destruction are far from jewellers’ minds, yet taking repairs into consideration at the early stages of the design process can help build strong, long-lasting relationships with clients.
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.
From spin-off perfume to sunglasses, luxury fashion houses are now pushing out statement earrings.
Rachel Taylor deciphers the trends and topics of Baselworld 2018, the ‘World Watch and Jewellery Show’!
Jewellery Professionals! Get ready to delve into a new era of fairly traded gemstones!
As these millionaire tastemakers prove, starting at the bottom doesn’t mean you can’t shoot for the stars.
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.
Demi-fine jewels are getting a lot of attention as fine jewellery looks with costume prices are converting high street shoppers.
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.
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?
