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Special Report - Jewellery

Special Report - Jewellery
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9 September, 2024
Bella Hadid stars in Chopard’s campaign for the Ice Cube collection. Photo: Chopard
High Jewellery

Why geometric jewellery has always been timeless, as Chaumet and Chopard show

Luxury jewellery brands are incorporating hexagons, cubes and sleek lines in their contemporary collections.

High Jewellery

How jewellery brands are helping to preserve traditional crafts

High Jewellery

High jewellery for all occasions: how to balance your collection

Timepieces

Stone dial watches by Piaget, Audemars Piguet and Rolex are making a comeback

Once considered a relic of the hippie era, watches with dials made from exotic stones, like turquoise lapis lazuli and opal, are enjoying a renaissance – the world’s luxury watchmakers are taking note.

Bivier Automatique Rose Gold. Photo: Handout
Auctions

Bidders set the bar high at Hong Kong’s buoyant autumn auctions

Results highlight the enduring appeal of exceptional pieces by iconic high jewellery maisons such as Cartier, Bulgari and Van Cleef & Arpels.

High Jewellery

How colourful Y2K beaded jewellery is making a sophisticated comeback

Taylor Swift brought back the friendship bracelet, which millennials will remember from the playground – now, designers are creating luxe versions of the playful, nostalgic baubles.

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Timepieces

Bring on the bling: 8 jewellery watches guaranteed to turn heads

Richard Mille, Jacob & Co. and Graff have diamond-encrusted wristwatches, while Chanel, Van Cleef & Arpels, Bulgari and Jaeger-LeCoultre present blinging sautoir timepieces

Michelle Yeoh rocks her trademark Richard Mille at the 2023 Met Gala in New York. Style selects eight jewellry watches for wrist and neck, from Chanel, Bulgari, Van Cleef & Arpels and more. Photo: EPA-EFE
A new era of 3D-3 jewellery arts

Rise of the machines: how robots are changing the way jewellery is made

A shortage in manpower and rising costs are leading to the widespread adoption of automation in the jewellery manufacturing sector, with top maisons now using robots for diamond cutting and polishing

High Jewellery

Maximum impact: how bold, colourful high jewellery is brightening the season

From sea anemones to the four seasons to the birth of planet Earth, the natural world is providing inspiration for maximalist jewellery pieces, with Boucheron and Piaget joining the trend

High Jewellery

From Harry Styles to Pharrell, all these men have worn women’s jewellery with pride

Bucking a trend of more than 200 years – which saw men eschew beautiful adornments – brands like Dior, Hermès and Versace are embracing feminine jewellery for men

Harry Styles rocking feminine jewellery the 2019 Met Gala, which carried the theme “Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion”. Photo: WireImage
High Jewellery

High jewellery in 2024: the trends, products and predictions you should know

In a word, elegance – from classy pearls by Van Cleef & Arpels and Annoushka Ducas, to maximalist Tiffany & Co. and Boucheron cuffs, and glamorous Harry Winston and Chaumet cocktail rings

Van Cleef & Arpels Le Grand Tour collection, Dea Eterna Clip
High Jewellery

Why the top high jewellery maisons can’t shake their fascination with nature

From Gucci’s embrace of the four seasons and Graff’s Classic Butterfly to Chanel’s iconic camellias, designers are still spellbound by natural wonder

High Jewellery

Divas to disco: how retro culture is driving today’s high jewellery designs

Boucheron cites the 80s Rubik’s Cube and New Wave, Stephen Webster channels New Romantic pop, Tiffany & Co. and Piaget are inspired by 70s disco, while Chanel looks back to its 30s Jazz Age collection

High Jewellery

Is modular jewellery the future of fashion? 2023’s best detachable pieces

This year Chanel, Boucheron, Chaumet and De Beers all unveiled ingenious detachable pieces that prove once and for all that luxury and versatility can go hand in hand

The Spring set from Chapter 2 of De Beers’ Metamorphosis collection was inspired by the King Protea flower from southern Africa. Photos: Handout
High Jewellery

All choked up: how neck jewellery evolved, from ancient Egypt to Kendall Jenner

Spring/summer 2024 sees chokers everywhere – from Christian Dior to Vivienne Westwood – on models including Kendall Jenner, with neck jewellery also increasingly being worn by men

From Princess Diana to Kendall Jenner, chokers and neck jewellery have endured to this day, with a history dating back to the ancient Egyptians and Vikings, through Anne Boleyn to Princess Diana and the fashion runways and high streets of the 21st century. Photos: Getty
High Jewellery

Cuffing season: high jewellery artists make bold statements with diamond cuffs

Encrusted with white diamonds, fancy coloured diamonds and other precious gems – set in 18k gold – high jewellery cuffs, bracelets and bangles might be the ultimate maximalist style statement

High Jewellery

Ear candy: stunning high jewellery earrings that stole the spotlight in 2023

From Dior’s Les Jardins de la Couture floral bouquets and Gucci’s Allegoria jacket design to Tweed de Chanel’s tribute to Scotland, high jewellery earrings were bolder and more ornate than ever in 2023

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High Jewellery

Why silver and gold may still be the safest investment there is

As precious metals surge in value, Van Cleef & Arpels is creating new silhouettes in gold, Tiffany & Co. debuted a collection in blackened sterling silver, and Monica Vinader has seen sales of silver pieces go up by 26%

Proving their metal: Van Cleef & Arpels and Tiffany & Co. continue their love affairs with gold and silver, while buyer demand asserted itself at the Jewellery & Gem World Hong Kong fair. Photos: Handout
Fashion

Would you wear a lab-grown diamond as your engagement ring?

Consumers are increasingly turning to synthetic diamonds – including when it comes to their wedding day – due to ethical and environmental concerns around the mining of natural diamonds

Celebrity style

EmRata’s name necklace for son Sylvester is sparking a personalised jewellery trend

Queen Victoria had a bracelet with nine lockets containing strands of hair from each of her nine children – and who can forget Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton’s ‘romantic’ vials of blood?

High Jewellery

Wearable art? Brooches offer high jewellery designers the ultimate freedom

High jewellery brooches by artists such as Cindy Chao remain in the ascendancy, with fans including Michelle Yeoh – Hong Kong collectors can view pieces by Hemmerle at The Upper House from November 20

Michelle Yeoh wears the Pamir brooch from Cindy Chao’s Black Label Masterpiece collection. Photos: Handout
High Jewellery

Why investors are crazy for coloured gems at Hong Kong’s jewellery auctions

Jadeite, pink and blue diamonds are trending at Hong Kong’s Sotheby’s and Phillips autumn auctions – so is now the time to invest, or has the bubble burst?

A 25.88-carat fancy vivid yellow diamond fetched HK$10.3 million (US$1.3 million) at the Poly Auction Hong Kong sale on October 5. Across the board at the top auction houses, fancy coloured diamonds as well as jadeite have been the standouts this autumn. Photos: Handouts
Jewellery 2022

Is 3D printing the next big thing in high jewellery?

As high jewellery designers flirt with 3D technology, there is a fear that it will infringe upon age-old techniques … here’s what you need to know

Jewellery 2022

Generational gems: the dos and don’ts of choosing heirloom jewellery

Buying a piece of jewellery you hope to pass on to future generations can be a significant investment, so its financial value and versatility are crucial – as is the nature of the piece

Jewellery 2022

How the world’s most iconic jewellery brands reinvent signature pieces

From the jeweller’s sketchbook in 1906, to the wrist of Kate Middleton in 2022, the spirit of Van Cleef & Arpels is kept alive by its iconic four leaf clover – and the maison is not the only one

This Panthère de Cartier necklace takes a classic motif and gives it a contemporary twist. Photo: Cartier
Jewellery 2022

How haute couture is inspiring dazzling new high jewellery collections

Dress to impress: these are the luxury brands blurring the lines between haute couture and jewellery, from Dior and Chopard to Van Cleef & Arpels and Cindy Chao

Houses like Van Cleef & Arpels are featuring couture in their new high jewellery collections. Photo: Van Cleef & Arpels
High Jewellery

All in the cut: the jewellery designers ditching the oval and pear stones of old

Over oval diamonds? Try trilliant, trapezoid and tapered baguette cuts – now in vogue as houses like Cartier and Chaumet seek fresh perspectives on traditional designs

Jewellery 2022

Is gold getting old? How high jewellers fell for cheaper, colourful metals

Forget traditional gold and platinum – the high jewellery world is turning to space tech, anodised alloys and colourful finishes to complement gem settings

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