Anklets Go Beyond the Beach

During Dior’s high jewelry presentation in June, a model walking down the stairs of the Villa Erba on Italy’s Lake Como wore two earrings, an ear cuff, a choker, two rings on each of her forefingers and, tied around her right ankle, a bouquet of diamond blossoms on a fabric strap. “It was very much…

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It’s Got Diamonds. But Is It Fun?

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…

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Like a Tattoo, but in Gold

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…

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Elevating the Humble Hairpin

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…

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