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Live from Couture: Meet the Design Atelier
This year’s crop of up-and-coming designers is preternaturally polished.
Vram returned to the Couture show’s Design Atelier this year. Pictured is the brand’s “Rotating Scarab Ring” in 18-karat yellow gold and sterling silver with 18.79 carats of purple sapphire as well as Paraiba tourmalines. It’s one of the new pieces debuting at the show.
Las Vegas—The Couture show’s section dedicated to emerging talent is a show-goer favorite.
Any given year, the jewelry trade show’s opening day sees retailers scouting “Design Atelier” talent between years-established appointments for a glimpse of what’s next, not only for their stores and customers but also for jewelry design’s overall direction.
This year’s group of emerging designers is an especially good arbiter of what’s resonating in the saturated marketplace of new brands, having set themselves apart simply by being selected for the show.
The 2021 class is particularly polished at that, with a host of good retailers already under their belts, good industry connections, and lots of branding know-how.
That they seek out the Couture show in an increasingly digital era speaks to the prestige of the jewelry trade show. The selectivity of its vetting process acts as an endorsement, and ambitious designers see it as an opportunity to level up and connect with the accounts that really matter to them.
Click through the below gallery for a sampling of what these directional voices have to offer, from the everyday staples (Lizzie Mandler, Walters Faith) to the avant-garde (Vram), diamond-centric (Ondyn), and the colored gem-obsessed (M. Spalten, Dale Hernsdorf). Visit their websites for a more in-depth look.
We’ll have more on these and other designers exhibiting at the Las Vegas jewelry trade shows in the coming days and weeks.
Any given year, the jewelry trade show’s opening day sees retailers scouting “Design Atelier” talent between years-established appointments for a glimpse of what’s next, not only for their stores and customers but also for jewelry design’s overall direction.
This year’s group of emerging designers is an especially good arbiter of what’s resonating in the saturated marketplace of new brands, having set themselves apart simply by being selected for the show.
The 2021 class is particularly polished at that, with a host of good retailers already under their belts, good industry connections, and lots of branding know-how.
That they seek out the Couture show in an increasingly digital era speaks to the prestige of the jewelry trade show. The selectivity of its vetting process acts as an endorsement, and ambitious designers see it as an opportunity to level up and connect with the accounts that really matter to them.
Click through the below gallery for a sampling of what these directional voices have to offer, from the everyday staples (Lizzie Mandler, Walters Faith) to the avant-garde (Vram), diamond-centric (Ondyn), and the colored gem-obsessed (M. Spalten, Dale Hernsdorf). Visit their websites for a more in-depth look.
We’ll have more on these and other designers exhibiting at the Las Vegas jewelry trade shows in the coming days and weeks.
M. Spalten jumbo “Gemfetti” necklace with 14-karat yellow gold 20-inch large open link chain ($5,450)
Ondyn “Eminence” earrings in 14-karat gold with SIH1 diamonds ($5,195)
ARK Fine Jewelry “Lotus Blossom” spinning necklace in 18-karat recycled gold with pink sapphire and orange and yellow sapphires on the reverse ($3,400)
Renna Jewels 18-karat yellow gold and blue sapphire earrings
Milamore “Candy Hanabi Sky Rocket Earrings” in 18-karat yellow gold with Akoya pearls, diamonds and sapphires ($7,000 per pair)
Shihara “Twist Curl Earrings” in 18-karat yellow gold and diamond (priced from left to right: $658; $858; and $1,058)
Vram “Rotating Scarab Ring” in 18-karat yellow gold and sterling silver with 18.79 carats of purple sapphire, and Paraiba tourmalines (price available upon request)
Lizzie Mandler 18-karat yellow gold and diamond bangle (price available upon request)
Dale Hernsdorf “Juno Ring” in 22-karat yellow gold with 20.42-carat pear-shaped Mozambican tourmaline (price available upon request)
Walters Faith “Saxon” 18-karat rose gold and diamond oval link necklace ($25,000)
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