Jewels and Jewelry

January 27, 2025

Black Jewelers on the 5 Years Since Millions Marched for Racial Justice

Black jewelers reflected on the racial justice movement, and on how a wave of support that pushed them forward since 2020 has shifted. The jewelry designer […]
January 26, 2025

Which Says Luxury: Specialty Work or Gobs of Gems?

Brands still pile on the glitter, but skills such as enamel and miniature work have become the real distinguishing characteristics of high-end watches. Jeweled timepieces typically […]
January 26, 2025

Touch This Jewelry, and Watch It Move

The Contrast Club brand uses the energy from a tiny nudge or touch to make earrings curl up or a bracelet wrap around the wrist. A […]
January 20, 2025

Olympic Medals From Paris Games Are Falling Apart. LVMH Has Fallen Silent.

The medals were designed by a jewelry maker owned by the French luxury conglomerate LVMH, which has declined to comment on their deterioration. Rarely in Olympic […]
January 4, 2025

Harper Steele of the documentary “Will and Harper” and Her Matriarchal Jewelry

Everyone asks Harper Steele about “the Will Ferrell diamonds.” This is what she called a pair of diamond earrings that Mr. Ferrell gave her during one […]
December 5, 2024

Van Cleef & Arpels Takes to the High Seas

“Treasure Island,” Robert Louis Stevenson’s adventure novel, was the inspiration for the Paris jeweler’s new high jewelry collection. With its latest high jewelry collection, Van Cleef […]
December 5, 2024

A Poet Becomes a Jewelry Maker. But She Still is a Poet.

Teresa Kiplinger’s work features a mix of highly detailed images and fragments of her own poems. Teresa Kiplinger’s recent Instagram post, titled “How It Started,” showed […]
November 28, 2024

Madison Avenue’s New Buzz Is Due in Part to Jewelry Brands

Two years ago it seemed like a big risk when Irene Neuwirth, the Los Angeles jeweler known for her vibrant upscale creations, opened a store on […]
November 28, 2024

Bulgari Puts the Focus on Customer Experience

Laura Burdese, recently appointed to the jewelry house’s new post of deputy chief executive, talks about retail, heritage and her own jewelry purchase. Laura Burdese accepted […]
November 13, 2024

The Sculpture That Sophie Thatcher, the Star of “Heretic,” Wears as a Necklace

Sophie Thatcher’s handbag is full of tangible memories. She called out pictures, a pair of earrings from her boyfriend and “old things I keep in there.” […]