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Week in Photos--May 31, 2015
It was a Vegas-centric news week, with Jewelers for Children announcing it had raised $2.8 million to support its charity partners and PGI-USA and the Couture show naming the winners of their respective annual design contests.
A mix of newcomers and well-known names were the winners in this year’s Couture Design Awards. Pictured here accepting his award is Tomasz Donocik, and the ring that netted him a win in the Colored Gemstones below $20K category. Read more here.
It was a Vegas-centric news week, with Jewelers for Children announcing it had raised $2.8 million to support its charity partners and PGI-USA and the Couture show naming the winners of their respective annual design contests.
In the world of man-made diamonds, the International Gemological Institute Hong Kong certified a lab-grown 10.02-carat square emerald-cut diamond, and Helzberg Diamonds confirmed that it is selling lab-grown diamonds at some of its locations.
On the other side of the spectrum, the world’s largest diamond mining companies have formed the Diamond Producers Association in an attempt to buoy demand for mined diamonds.
See the week that happened, in photos.
A mix of newcomers and well-known names were the winners in this year’s Couture Design Awards. Pictured here accepting his award is Tomasz Donocik, and the ring that netted him a win in the Colored Gemstones below $20K category. Read more here.
Sex and the City costume designer Patricia Field gave a talk at the JCK Las Vegas show, discussing what attracts her to the pieces she picks and why there’s no “ass kissing” in retail. She was interviewed by longtime jewelry editor and author Marion Fasel. Read more here.
Ten pieces of platinum jewelry were recognized for innovative design at the Platinum Guild International’s sixth annual JCK Platinum Innovation Awards, with Stuller taking the prize for “Best in Show.” Read more here.
Jewelers for Children honored De Beers CEO Philippe Mellier (second from right) and Pandora Americas President Scott Burger (far right) at Facets of Hope on Sunday, and the industry heard from two individuals who have benefited from the charities JFC supports, Florence Ngobeni-Allen (center) and 4-year-old Violet. Read more here.
The JCK Las Vegas and Couture shows (shown here) wrapped up on Monday in Las Vegas, marking the official end to market week 2015.
The International Gemological Institute Hong Kong has certified what it believes is currently the world’s largest colorless lab-grown diamond, a 10.02-carat square emerald-cut stone grown by New Diamond Technology. Read more here.
A week after his case allegedly had been settled, a judge hit journalist Rafael Marques de Morais, who writes about the diamond industry in Angola, with a 6-month sentence suspended for two years for libel and criminal defamation. Read more here.
Helzberg Diamonds now is selling lab-grown white, pink and yellow diamonds at select locations, making it the latest retailer to test the market for the man-made stones. Read more here.
The world’s largest diamond mining companies have formed the Diamond Producers Association in an attempt to buoy demand for mined diamonds, though it won’t be doing generic marketing on the scale that De Beers once did. Read more here.
Black, Starr & Frost, “America’s first jeweler,” is expanding this year with a new location in Phoenix (shown in this rendering) slated to open for the fall season. Read more here.
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