Armlets Are Bracelets for the Biceps

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…

Talking Jewelry on TikTok

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…

One of This Movie’s Stars: A Really Big Emerald

“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…