Spring Jewelry Spotlight: 18 Cuffs on Parade!

Oh, I could write a sonnet about the details on these “Easter bonnets,” from Alishan’s gilded blossom to Sandy Leong’s ombré ribbon of...

Mikimoto Celebrates 125 Years With New Collections

Mikimoto will not be in Basel this year, as the legendary pearl maison opted instead to unveil its latest and greatest during private appointments...

Sharp and Spiky: A Jewelry Motif That Completely Slays

The adjectives sharp and spiky conjure innumerable images: Barbed wire. Medieval daggers. Stiletto heels. Silver studs on a biker jacket. The...

A&Z Pearls to Shut Down as Owner Avi Raz Retires

Los Angeles–based A&Z Pearls is shutting down next year with the retirement of founder and owner Avi Raz. “None of us lives forever,”...

GIA Finds Pearl That Looks Like a Fish

Gemological Institute of America’s New York City lab recently examined a natural freshwater pearl that, in its words, “showed a remarkable...

Photographer Anne Geddes Has a New Jewelry Collection

In the late 1990s, any time you browsed the greeting cards or wall calendars at say, a Borders (remember them?), you’d likely be met with the most...

Britt’s Pick: Anabela Chan’s Constellation Pearl Bracelet

A killer bracelet is always appreciated, but it's this time of year—with holiday parties, black tie events, and gift-giving—that I find it most...

Cultured Pearls Increasingly Being Described as Natural, CIBJO Says

CIBJO World Jewellery Federation has noted a “worrying trend” of cultured pearls being inaccurately described online as natural. In a special...

Bill Gould Joins Tri-Gem Pearls

Tri-Gem Pearls has hired industry veteran Bill Gould as director of business development. Gould previously spent 43 years at Kwiat, serving as the...

My Kind of Pearl: Geodes by Designer Hisano Shepherd

My affection for pearls is a finicky thing. At times, I'm unable to resist their perfect sheen, that crushingly elegant presence. Other times,...