While the Duchess of Cambridge attended the national Portrait Gallery Gala in London last night wearing her go-to label Alexander McQueen; Amal Clooney opted for an all-white Jean-Louis Scherrer by Stephane Rolland 2007 Haute Couture gown ...
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas’s wedding is quickly becoming a late contender for the Celebrity Wedding of 2018. The week-long festivities began in Mumbai on Monday, November 26 with a dinner party. On Wednesday, Chopra’s ...
The Duchess of Sussex is even more of a fan of Givenchy’s Clare Waight Keller than we might previously have thought. During Monday’s Fashion Awards at London’s Royal Albert Hall, the Duchess made a surprise appearance to ...
We started out with the idea of a diamond tennis bracelet, but then I said no, we can do something better than that,” says Jessica McCormack of the private commission that was the starting point of ...
Often the best watches are those that come with a story attached. Sometimes that story can be attached to momentous events or achievements the watch is associated with, or the accomplishments of those who wore ...
The Coromandel screens with which Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel surrounded herself were a sort of travelling tent she took with her wherever she went. With her collection of up to 30 of these folding 17th and 18th century lacquered artworks, ...
It can be difficult, sometimes, to align the story behind a piece of jewellery with what’s in front of you. Jewellers design instinctively to emphasise the beauty of a rare gem – so the narrative ...
With a new exhibition opening in Tokyo dedicated to the art of Chaumet, the legendary Parisian jewellery house, the tiara is having a moment. From Queen Elisabeth to Courtney Love – not to mention countless Disney princesses, ...
As contemporary jewellers increasingly stake their territory at art and design fairs (Masterpiece London, PAD, TEFAF in Maastricht and now Gem Geneve, the new dedicated jewellery and gem fair which launched earlier this year), they ...
While many column inches are devoted to the frantic spinning of fashion’s creative-director carousel, the jewellery industry’s head honchos tend to stay out of the limelight. The designers at the helm of the likes of ...