The Jewellery Editor

PeaceGold from DRC is set to soar

Maria Doulton — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:39:50 +0000

PeaceGold is a social enterprise co-founded in 2013 by Greg Valerio MBE and the Congolese peacebuilding organisation Centre Résolution Conflits (CRC). It is working to create a fair and legal ...

Bright New Gems 2026 names six graduate winners

Maria Doulton — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:58:56 +0000

Bright New Gems has named its six winners for 2026. Katherine Campbell-Howard, Kyra Xu and Aya Alshalal won Show Off, Statement Pieces. Madhawi Alzuabi, Hana Mulaku and Ana Luisa Braun ...

Chopard Happy Diamonds at 50

Maria Doulton — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:39:42 +0000

Swiss jeweller and watchmaker Chopard celebrates 50 years of Happy Diamonds, its signature design of freely moving diamonds invented in 1976. The milestone is marked by the revival of three ...

The diamond split: the way ahead for lab-grown and mined diamonds

Maria Doulton — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Lab-grown diamonds have captured more than half of global diamond jewellery sales by value. Mines are closing. Prices are collapsing. The natural diamond industry admits it misread the threat entirely.

Seven years ago, when the ...

Céline Dion's Paris concert Boucheron diamond necklace

Maria Doulton — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:21:27 +0000

What necklace was Céline Dion wearing at her Paris concert?

Céline Dion wore Boucheron’s The Address diamond necklace with a 10.01-carat diamond for her much-anticipated return to live performance that ...

Bvlgari's Serpenti takes a bite at the Big Apple

Maria Doulton — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000

At the launch were two Bvlgari ambassadors: Anne Hathaway and Dua Lipa (main image), both wearing jewels created specially for the New York event.

Chanel Camélia: the importance of icons for Chanel

Maria Doulton — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Chanel's latest jewellery launch is Camélia, which focuses on Mademoiselle Chanel's favourite flower, which has become a recurring motif in the maison's creations from couture to handbags, from shoes to ...

What are today's engagement ring trends?

Maria Doulton — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Q: What are the Trends in Engagement Rings?

A: As jewellers, we see changing preferences first-hand. The first major trend is that around 70% of our engagement ring customers currently ...

French jewellery trends light the way

Maria Doulton — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:28:52 +0000

France is the heartland of jewellery and the stage for the most significant industry events, uniting the global community through a calendar of launches and exhibitions closely tied to the ...

Pomellato Stile Libero high jewellery

Maria Doulton — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Unveiled in Paris at its rue Faubourg Ste Honoré showroom, Pomellato was once again rubbing shoulders with the great names of Place Vendôme, such as Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, ...

Summer tomes for jewellery lovers

Maria Doulton — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:17:16 +0000

Summer is a time to slow down, and catch up with all that you may have missed in the rush of the first half of the year. Here are three ...

The Best High Jewellery Collections of July 2026

Christine Pasquier — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:58:09 +0000

Paris Haute Couture Week is where the jewellery world sets the tone for the year ahead. This season once again showcased exceptional creativity, craftsmanship and gemstones. Rather than ranking the ...

Chanel brings on Signes & Symbols High Jewellery Collection

Maria Doulton — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:18:26 +0000

You could read all 368 pages of the brilliant biography of Gabrielle Chanel by Justine Picardie to understand the mercurial genius of Mademoiselle Gabrielle. Or you could take a look ...

Shout it out: Nada Ghazal unveils Whispers of Joy

Maria Doulton — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:12:30 +0000

Whispers of Joy is Nada Ghazal’s latest collection of jewellery, and like all her creations, they are deeply personal and linked to her life. Fluid sculptural gold shapes finished in ...

Designing Africa's future: the winners of JGAA's Design Dynamic Competition

Christine Pasquier — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:07:49 +0000

At GemGenève 2026, the Jewellery and Gemstone Association of Africa (JGAA) unveiled the winners of its Design Dynamic Competition, an initiative inviting designers from across Africa and the African diaspora ...

RoughDiamonds.dk teaches us to 'Love it like it is'

Maria Doulton — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:14:13 +0000

As its name suggests, RoughDiamonds.dk Fine Jewellery by Maya Bjørnsten, uses only unpolished, raw diamonds, precisely as they were found after their long journey from deep within the Earth’s mantle.

Copenhagen-based Maya Bjørnsten has pioneered ...

All hail Alexandria: a men's high jewellery house is born

Maria Doulton — Thu, 28 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000

New York-born Ryan Bernell (below) is on a mission to revolutionise men’s jewellery by establishing a new category of high-end pieces worthy of history’s greatest names. Now based in London, ...

Jewelry Creators, the must-have book for jewellery lovers

Beth Bernstein — Tue, 19 May 2026 12:27:12 +0000

If you look back at the most storied jewelry houses throughout history, their success has often been rooted in family ties, generational continuity, and creative partnerships. These relationships helped define ...

Bvlgari enters the inner circle of the Venice Biennale

Christine Pasquier — Wed, 06 May 2026 17:23:14 +0000

Founded in 1895, La Biennale di Venezia is one of the world’s oldest and most influential art fair staged in Venice every two years. It is widely regarded as one ...

Ones to watch from Watches & Wonders 2026

Maria Doulton — Tue, 05 May 2026 10:57:27 +0000

The word ‘considered’ comes to mind to express the mood at Watches & Wonders 2026, the largest and most important watch show of the year. Gone were the excesses and ...