- Fashion Week Roundup:
The Spring/Summer 2005 Fashion Week in New York not only provided a snapshot of trends for the coming season but also previewed a future in which fine jewelry and fashion are considerably more co-dependent. Though no new trends for spring emerged as powerfully as the brooch did last season, the ......
- Bangkok Breaks Out
For the past few years, Bangkok has been working at moving its gem and jewelry industry from its traditional focus on gem manufacturing and price-based jewelry manufacturing to a more diverse industry offering high-quality jewelry and original designs. This change was evident during the 34th Bangkok Gems and Jewelry Fair, ......
- Winners of Diamond Jewelry Competition Announced
Eight pieces were recently selected as winners of this year’s Diamond Promotion Service Journey Diamond Jewelry Design Competition. The event challenged U.S. sightholders, manufacturers, and jewelry designers to create new Journey diamond jewelry designs. Among the winning designs is a ring from the Elegant Collection for Jasani for the Distinctively ......
- Dream Suite Wins AGTA “Best in Show”...
Presenting the winners of the annual AGTA Spectrum Awards for colored gemstone jewelry. “Best in show” usually conjures up images of perfectly fluffed and blow-dried pooches prancing around a judging ring, but for designer and private jewler Samuel Getz of Coral Gables, Fla., there are no sweeter words. No dogs ......
- Supplier News
L.I.D Opens New Offices in India L.I.D. Ltd., an Israeli company wholly owned by the Elishyov family, has opened a loose-diamond sales office in Mumbai, India. The company also has a new, state-of-the-art diamond and jewelry manufacturing plant in Visakhapatnam, India. For information, call (800) 981-7005. Rembrandt Acquires Beaucraft Rembrandt ......
- O'Connor Tapped to Head PGI P.R.
Michael O'Connor, a veteran public relations and marketing specialist in the jewelry industry, has been named senior vice president of Platinum Guild International in the United States. He will be responsible for all of PGI-USA's public relations as well as trade relations in the eastern United States. Prior to joining ......
- Alarama Purchased by Buffett Group
Jewelry manufacturer Alarama was recently purchased by The Richline Group, the new company controlled by famed billionaire investor Warren Buffett's holding company, Berkshire Hathaway. Richline purchased Bel Oro and Aurafin in a transaction earlier this year. Brands now under its umbrella include Aurafin, Baby Gold, Bel Oro, Gold Expressions, Michael ......