Jewels and Jewelry

May 27, 2022

A Gem Cutting Style Gets a Reboot

The portrait cut, which produces a thin, flat stone, has enchanted a new generation of designers and clients. The main attraction of any diamond is its […]
April 14, 2022

A Gen Z Success Story

Ian Charms is drawing young shoppers with its charm necklaces. When Lisa Sahakian and her partner upgraded to a new apartment in Los Angeles last year, […]
March 24, 2022

‘Cleopatra’ May Be 60, but the Jewelry Never Gets Old

The Elizabeth Taylor extravaganza influenced designs for decades. Soon, a new remake may have us all wearing scarabs again. Sixty years ago this summer, production finally […]
March 24, 2022

Jewelry Decorates the Metaverse

From necklaces to headpieces, NFTs allow owners to accessorize virtually with flair. Last Christmas, Lorena Bello was at home making a video for social media to […]
March 24, 2022

New Jewelry From Old

A jewelers’ cooperative crowdsourced 100 pounds of castoffs and is turning them into upcycled creations. For four straight weeks, packages arrived daily. There were large boxes […]
March 24, 2022

5 Women at the Heart of the Jewelry World

“I tell women they’ve got to have thick skin in order to exist in some worlds,” one of them said. It may seem logical that an […]
March 24, 2022

From Gems for Royalty to Recycled Gold

In the 1800s, Oscar Massin made jewelry for queens. Now the brand will focus on lab-grown diamonds and sustainable practices. PARIS — A pioneer of 19th-century […]
March 24, 2022

In Kenya, a Bold Approach to Adornment

Ami Doshi Shah “expands expectations of what jewelry is,” one museum curator said. Sitting in her Nairobi studio for a video interview in late February, Ami […]
March 8, 2022

Francesca Amfitheatrof Designs a Jeweled Watch for Louis Vuitton

The Mini Malle echoes details of a trunklike handbag from 2014, but with 617 diamonds. During the high jewelry presentations in Paris in January, Louis Vuitton […]
March 8, 2022

Auction Bid Secures ‘a Piece of History’

The diamond-studded watch brooch from the late 18th century doesn’t keep time, but its new owner says that doesn’t bother her. Judith Price checks out jewelry […]