Talented LVMH alumna Katia de Lasteyrie has launched a highly innovative new jewelry marque SPKTRL and unveiled its very first quiet tech product. Jewelry as a sensorial medium – SPKTRL Think of it as high jewelry’s smartwatch moment: a diamond jewelry ring that communicates key digital messages silently, without screens, noise, or disruption. Pronounced “Spectral,”…
Paris was packed this month with scores of haute joaillerie collections, from established giants to jewelry by leading fashion labels to emerging stars – in a season dominated by Art Deco and nature motifs. FashionNetwork.com caught up with five: Chanel, Dior, David Yurman, Serendipity and Sahag Arslanian. Chanel haute jewelry collection – Chanel Timed to…
Paris is expecting one of the quietest haute couture seasons in memory — devoid of shows by Dior, Gaultier or Valentino and of any major debut, albeit as the parallel high jewelry season continues to expand rapidly. See catwalkElie Saab – Spring-Summer2025 – Haute Couture – France – Paris – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight In the wake of…
Everything lies within a name. For the Hilton dynasty, the names were formally synonymous with luxury hotels founded by family patriarch Conrad Hilton in 1919. Nicky Hilton wearing a Theo Grace charm necklace – Courtesy of Theo Grace. Since then, it’s become synonymous with the famous Millennial socialite sisters Paris and Nicky, who have been…
Her name is known worldwide. Elisa Johnson, daughter of legendary basketball player Magic Johnson, and sister to reality star EJ Johnson, is now trying to make a name for herself through her eponymous sunglasses brand. Elisa Johnson founder her namesake brand in 2021 – Elisa Johnson A student at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published May 29, 2025 Morellato Group, a prominent Italian jewelry and watchmaking company headquartered in Fratte di Santa Giustina in Colle, Padua, concluded its 2024/25 fiscal year (ending February 28, 2025) with positive financial results and improved profitability. The company maintained its leadership position in Italy, reporting revenues of €723…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published April 22, 2025 Nothing seems to slow down Bulgari’s chief executive, Jean-Christophe Babin, who has just assumed leadership of the Watches division at LVMH. Under his direction, the Roman house inaugurated on April 16 the world’s largest jewelry manufacturing facility in Valenza, located in the Piedmont region of northern…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published March 26, 2025 Tous, the famous Spanish jewelry brand, reported record-breaking revenue in 2024. According to a statement released on Tuesday, the company saw its sales grow by 9.4% over the last fiscal year, reaching $570 million. However, net profit declined to $49 million from $54 million in 2023….
When the Italian jewelry designer Bea Bongiasca, 34, founded her namesake brand in 2014, she set out to create a world where whimsy reigns. Her sculptural, irreverent collections have included curling bright yellow, orange and purple enameled rings that resemble jewel-encrusted vines, and knotlike silver earrings inspired by taralli, the savory biscuits from Puglia, where…
There is a flat, amorphous pendant stamped with a faun’s face by Pablo Picasso. A brooch that fuses the forms of a hair comb, watch and a spoon certainly is the work of Salvador Dalí. And Man Ray’s gleaming “Optic Topic” gold face mask would be borderline creepy if it weren’t so impressive. These rarities,…