LONDON — In November 2019, Emefa Cole first exhibited her bold, sculptural jewelry in oxidized silver and gold leaf at a contemporary craft fair here, a public debut that has changed her career — and likely will change the careers of others as well. “When Clare Phillips visited my stand, I had no idea it…
In ancient times, armlets — bracelets made to sit between the elbow and the armpit — were worn by Egyptian rulers, Roman soldiers, Greek brides, Assyrian deities, and men and women throughout China, Greece, India, South America and the Celtic world. Nowadays, bracelets for the biceps still are embraced globally, wrapping the arms of Dua…
Being fascinated by small things is a helpful inclination for a jewelry designer. At least that has been the case for Guy Bedarida, the creative director of the Italian fine jewelry brand Marina B. He has spent the last three decades collecting micromosaics, images created from tiny pieces of glass. “I’ve always been amazed at…
Twelve years ago, Eliza Walter was studying design at high school in England when she learned about e-mining, the process of recovering precious metals from electronic waste. During a school trip to a local foundry in Melton Mowbray, the owner explained to Ms. Walter and other students that gold was mined from the earth, but…
In August 2020, when Julie Dang, a 31-year-old psychiatric nurse practitioner in Houston, started a TikTok account to talk about her jewelry and luxury goods collection, she never expected that, a couple of years later, 21,500 people would watch her, as @jkimdee, shopping at the local Van Cleef & Arpels boutique for a Mother’s Day…
Ms. Masson worked as an IT program manager and, after cost-cutting measures at her company brought on an increased workload, found herself feeling burned out. She quit her job in March 2021 and made the most of her newfound free time. Ms. Masson chaperoned her 11-year-old daughter, Sadie, and her niece on a cross-country road…
When Serena Williams steps out onto the hard courts of the U.S. Open on Monday for what may be her last tournament, she will do so in a little black (tennis) dress with long sheer sleeves, a six-layer skirt — one tier for every U.S. Open title she has won — and a bodice sparkling…
Authentic and a bit rough But Chioggiotti take great pride in being “veraci” — authentic and a bit rough — in contrast to Venetians’ sophistication. Each year, in early August, a local theater company presents Goldoni’s play “Baruffe Chiozzotte” in the streets, and tickets get sold out quickly. Venetians mock Chioggia, by calling the city…
LONDON — The dark days of the pandemic caused many people to reflect on their lot, some more deeply than others. The Roman jeweler Fabio Salini was so shaken by the devastation he saw that he has donated more than 50 jewels, created in his signature bold and modernist style, to be auctioned at Sotheby’s…
“Inside the Dream,” a new movie about Bulgari, follows a necklace from the jewelry house’s 2021 Magnifica high jewelry collection from its inception — design, stone selection and production — to its introduction around Zendaya’s neck at the world premiere of “Dune” during the Venice International Film Festival last year. “Very little is known about…