Does the world need another jewelry fair? “That’s a very, very good question,” the French real estate investor and jewelry collector Richard Steeve Giraud said by phone recently from his home in London. Mr. Giraud, 62, is the founder and chief executive of ArtVendôme, scheduled to debut Jan. 31 to Feb. 3 in Paris. The…
When the French jewelry designer Marie Lichtenberg was growing up in Paris in the 1990s, she loved playing with the Magic 8 Ball. The toy, when shaken, acts as a kind of fortuneteller, revealing answers to questions in a small window: “Don’t count on it.” “It is certain.” “Ask again later.” “My parents traveled a…
On a recent summer afternoon, the Persée jewelry counter upstairs in the Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées was busy, with some shoppers inquiring about piercings, but most waiting to get the brand’s Eternam chain, delicate links of gold that are soldered on — forever. “It’s like a jeweled tattoo,” said Nawal Laoui, the founder and owner of…
Jenny Walton, an American artist and influencer, is creating heirlooms — or make that hairlooms. In late September she plans to introduce the four limited-edition hairpins she designed with Gioielleria Pennisi, the first pieces ever created by the family-owned antique jewelry boutique in the Grand Hotel et de Milan. Emanuele Ferreccio Pennisi, 46, who works…
Where can you find two women, both archaeologists, who independently decided to create jewelry lines inspired by their excavations? In Athens, of course, where the Acropolis dominates the cityscape and is a constant reminder of history. The jewelry created by the women — Stalo Karides who, with her daughter, Maria-Alexia Karides, started Ysso (derived from…
Guy Barton is hunting for bold gold jewelry with the initials GL, for Georges Lenfant. “It’s a hidden mark that indicates fantastic, unparalleled quality,” said Mr. Barton, the director of Hancocks London, the vintage jewelry dealer established in 1849. As someone who has handled examples of fine jewelry from every period, Mr. Barton said that…
I find bras totally uncomfortable, hot and itchy, for both work and leisure. But looking around, I seem to be in the minority. What are the rules for going braless? Is it OK to show my nips, or is it rude? — Eddye, Madison, Wis. You are not the only one having an anti-bra moment.…
“Geneva is just a natural step,” said Stephen Brooks, the chief executive of Phillips auction house, best known for buying and selling art and design. “We’re signaling to the marketplace that we want to be significant in this space.” On Nov. 6, Phillips has scheduled the first of what it said will be twice-yearly jewelry…
For Jenny Klatt and Stephanie Wynne Lalin, the founders and designers of the New York-based fine jewelry brand Jemma Wynne, inspiration has always come from their surroundings. And for their latest collection, that turned out to be an escalator. They didn’t have a “eureka!” moment on one, though. “We thought,” Ms. Lalin said, “that it…
Experimental goldsmith techniques and creative design produced from 1965 to 1985 are to be showcased this fall when Chaumet opens “Un Âge d’Or” (“A Golden Age”), an exhibition in the salons above the jeweler’s Place Vendôme boutique in Paris. “The 1970s was a very interesting era in jewelry, and specifically for Chaumet,” said Vanessa Cron,…