A few takeaways from the annual JCAs: Voters still love their greens and blues. The bigger the earring, the better. Stock up on cocktail rings. And congratulations to our grand-prize winner, Rahaminov, for its Celestial Diamond lariat, featuring 40+ carats of white and yellow pear-shape diamonds. Best Bracelet $2,500 & Under Bujukan 14k yellow gold…

We use ChatGPT all the time. My favorite use is having it generate lists of ideas around a specific topic, and then asking it to write 500-to-600–word articles. The most important aspect is outlining very specifically how you want it to approach a task. One prompt I have used is “Act as a jewelry industry…

The JCK show is landing in Las Vegas at a perfect time—Sin City is on quite a heater. It all started back in November with a Formula One race that rattled windows along Las Vegas Boulevard and attracted international attention. Then the city welcomed its newest Strip resort: the 3,644-room, $3.7 billion Fontainebleau Las Vegas…

The sparkle-loving designer, gem dealer, and AGTA board president on her colorful career We admit: Asking Kimberly Collins to name her favorite gemstone is unfair. “That’s like being asked to pick a favorite child!” But since she’s been in the gem and jewelry biz for nearly 30 years, we couldn’t resist. “All jokes aside, I…

We loved hearing these adorable anecdotes, from a (sort of) surprise proposal to an impulse wedding to a meet-cute at Mandalay. What can we say? We’re hopeless romantics! Love has always been an integral part of the jewelry business. For starters, jewelry is practically a love language unto itself. From the deep affection a piece…

“Do you think it’s too much if I wear all these on the same day?” squeals Ginger McKenna (played by Sharon Stone) in the 1970s- and ’80s-set Casino. Ginger gets a trunk full of Bulgari bracelets, rings, necklaces, and earrings from her paramour, pro gambler/mafioso Sam “Ace” Rothstein (Robert De Niro), and spreads them on…