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NEW BAZAAR CRJP
- council to boost image Companies
from across the gold and jewellery industry along with some non-governmental
organizations have combineed efforts to boost the image of diamonds
and gold to consumers under the name The Council for Responsible
Jewellery Practices (CRJP) and pledged to promote responsible business
practice across the industry and promised greater transparency and
accountability. US
jeweler offers exotic gold
Jewelry designer to the stars Neil
Lane will create a signature collection of diamond jewelry for De
Beers LV to launch in November with the opening of the company's
Beverly Hills store. Christopher
Bull
Vartkess Knadjian, Backes & Strauss'
Group CEO, is delighted to announce that Backes & Strauss (B & S) has acquired Newmont Hong Kong, a company that has been
B & S' representative office in Hong Kong for several years. Tiffany, Sale hold to top 100
The most successful retailers are
those that change with time and diversify their product mix in order
to stay competitive, according to the 2005 Triversity Top 100 Retailers
ranking. Tiffany & Co. sale, and Helzberg Diamonds' parent company
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.,held to steady positions on the list for
2005. Man's best friend
The new vogue for dressing pets is
gathering momentum in the states - complete with "bling"
accessories. Barry Kiesselstein-Cord,a jewellery maker
from the Big Apple, has begun producing a whole range of accessories
using precious metals for man's best friend. ................................................................................................................................... DESIGN Rings "Lift Off"
Erich
Zimmermann loves precious stones and jewelry in elementary forms.
He now presents the latest collection, which he created in his Augsburg
atelier, a line of eminently compelling rings. Greg Stopka of JewelSmiths
Here
is a fail proof recipe: Take teo prominent members of the International
Colored
Gemstones Association (ICA), one from India and one from Israel;draw
freely from their boundless passion for gems, their contagious enthusiasm,
their diverse design capabilities and excellent photographical skills,
add some Indian fervor and a dash of Israeli tenacity to the mix,
and voila, ome has created an unbeatable creative team. Silvia Blumberg
Creative,
good-humoured and fallen in love with the Brazillian culture, Silvia
Blumberg is one of Brazil's most well known designers. Developing
conceptual jewellery, that always carry a good story, the designer
has already achieved a captive audience inclusind artists, politicians
and fine jewellery lovers in general. Change the course : "20
South"
A new wave is gathering momentum. This autumn,
the sportlights will be on men and thier love affairs with jewellery. In particular with cultured Tahitian pearls in dark mysterious
colours. Men's jewellery will no longer be just an obsession of
the minoriry few, but moving towards the centre stage of the fashion
world.
................................................................................................................................... Mark Grosser Mark
produces original custom designed jewelry. A member of the Society
of North American Goldsmiths and the first jeweler in Indiana to
achieve the title of Certified Master Bench Jeweler by Jewelers
of American. He is also a faculty member at the Indianapolis Art
Center metals department.
Russian Jewelry Market Russians
traditionally love jewelry, especially gold, the symbol of wealth
and prosperity. ................................................................................................................................... FASHION TRENDS Erich
Zimmermann What
would divas of such class as Ava Gardner or Grace Kelly long for
today ifthey could once again grace the screen as the most legendary
jewel thieves in film history? Wolf
Designs Wolf
Designs, the Mailbu-based designer-manufacturer of genuine leather
jewelry cases, technical watch rotators and personal accessories,
unveiled their 2005 Leaving London Collection of assorted-size jewelry
cases made of high quatily cowhide in four colors (cream,blank,tan
and sage green) for spring/summer that double as handbags. Sporting
fine English names: Ella, Sarah, Elizabeth, Penelope, Kimberly,
Emily and Judith, each Handbag and Jewel Case in Wolf's Leaving
London Collection has a contemporary look, chrome closings, and
comes with removable trays, ring rolls,earrings holders and other
handy features. A
Gift forever Upon
entering the home studio, one has a clear and nice sensation that
in this place, art is breathed in the most pure meaning of the word.
Wide spaces interspersed with sculptures, the majority of which
are portraying the female body and its infinite spatial possibilities,
provides the observer with a picture of the environment where this
art is dreamed up and creaed, in the calm town of Rio Claro, near
Sao Paulo, the biggest city in South America. Working
diamond Working
Diamond reveals its latest collection "From the bottom of my
broken heart" inspired by the combination of teardrop shape
and the nature on earth. This inspiration entities"Supornthip
Choungransee or Tippy", Working Diamonds CEO, to create a marvelous
jewellery collection in her own style. French
watch and jewelry designs With
a creative tone, Balenciaga enriches its collection with elegant
and refined jewelry in sparking colors : spinels and zirconia blended
with rhodium-plated sterling silver in a very jeweled style. ................................................................................................................................... TALKABOUT Pakistan
has the potential Pakistan
has the potential to become the next alternative source for the
coloured gemstone trade - a source of a wide variety of rough stones
- but it has a long way to go to achieve that status, says Ambarine
Bukharey, the newly-appointed international Colored Gemstone
Association ambassador to Pakistan.
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