Understanding the difference between fashion jewellery and fine jewellery is simple enough: it all comes down to the materials that the jewellery is made with. Fine jewellery describes jewellery made of solid gold, sterling silver,…
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Founded in New York in 2007, Jacob & Co. is a relatively new brand of highly complicated and often ostentatious watches. As Apollinaria Bakhanova, the brand’s Regional Director for the Middle East, Eastern Europe and…
1. This 41-year-old Copenhagen-based jeweller started her eponymous brand ten years ago and it’s now widely considered as a driving force behind Denmark’s new design era. 2. Bille Brahe creates jewellery with a philosophy of…
The artistic force behind Bulgari, Lucia Silvestri, wears two distinct hats. She happens to be both the Jewellery Creative Director and the Gems Buying Executive Director of the esteemed Rome-based jewellery house. “This gives me…
There’s a certain pang of excitement you get when you fall in love with a product from a label you know little about. Well, that’s exactly how we felt when we first came across the…
It’s official, Nada G. has rebranded as Nada Ghazal Fine Jewelry. “As a young marque, the name ‘Nada G’ served us well locally,” explains 48-year-old Ghazal, “it was edgy and young, just like the brand.…
Proving that diamonds can also be a man’s best friend, Akillis is paving a new way for men’s jewellery. One with plenty of character and just the right dose of sparkle. While jewellery is most…
Born in LA to an Egyptian father and Native American mother, Jacquie Aiche makes beautiful pieces that became globally famous thanks to their popularity among models, singers and actresses. The term fine jewellery can conjure…
If redefining what’s cool is the key to success, then Valérie Messika, the founder and creative director of Messika, is certainly on a roll. She first re-wrote the diamond codes just over a decade ago…
Sitting in his small shop in the buzzing Mar Mikhael neighbourhood of Beirut, Ralph Masri seems awfully humble. It’s a sleek space, mostly black with little window vignettes that showcase his sparkly designs. Even the…