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A Delicate Balance of Strong and Feminine Jewelry
The name Onirikka comes from the word Oneiric, which means ‘from dreams.’” Explains El Salvadorian-born designer Gloria Rank. “Ever since I was a child growing up in my native country, I always had a passion to travel and to work in a creative field. Launching the jewelry collection was a dream come true for me.” Inspired…
Read MoreYokabid Worku’s Yoki Fine Jewelry Collection Sparkles
When Ethiopian born Yokabid Worku launched her fine jewelry collection Yoki in 2008, her maternal Aunt said, “I am not surprised that this is the path you chose.” She reminded Yokabid, “when you were a little girl, you cut the biggest flower from my garden and held it against your ear and said to me…
Read MoreTHE JEWEL THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN: THE ONE WE LET SLIP AWAY YET WILL NEVER FORGET
Suzy Landa’s triple drop necklace in 18K white gold with 17.9 TWC of rubellites In June 2017, Bejeweled ran a two-part series of stories as told by jewelry designers, editors, retailers, collectors and antique dealers/store owners about their ‘one that got away’—the jewel that no other has lived up to. (Read here). We heard from…
Read MoreLoren Celedonia shares her past, present inspirations and future aspirations
I first met Loren Celedonia years ago when she was director of product development at Me & Ro. She was sharp and authoritative about how the pieces should be made from the first models to the hand finishing and setting. She understood Robin Renzi’s aesthetic and knew how to facilitate and get things done. The…
Read MoreThe Jewel That Might Have Been, Part 2
Here is the second installation in our collection of personal stories in our ‘One That Got Away: The Jewel That No Other Could Live Up To’ Series. Starting in July, we will bring this back as a column with new captivating tales each month. Nicholle Mogavero | jewelry blogger, JewelryNerd.com “Some people have buyer’s remorse. I…
Read MoreThe Jewel that Might Have Been: The one we let slip away yet will never forget
Here is the first collection of personal stories in our ‘One That Got Away: The Jewel That No Other Could Live Up To’ Series. Bejeweled is running this as a two-part series over the next week but starting in July, we will bring this back as a column with new captivating tales each month. There…
Read MoreOn The Hunt For Jewels To Collect And Wear
To bring you the trends in ready-to-wear, fashion editors and reporters attend the fall/winter and spring/summer fashion weeks in New York, Paris, Milan and London. There are approximately four weeks of shows for each season. Fine jewelry journalists trek out to the desert heat of Sin City for five to six days—where the cha-ching of…
Read MoreThe natural beauty of Page Sargisson’s jewelry
From the time she was a young girl, Page Sargisson’s family encouraged her creativity. She knit her own dolls’ clothes and batiked scarves. (Pretty impressive to a person like me, who only knew how to dye clothes, as well as the bathtub, purple and fuchsia with RIT dye). Page also grew up working in…
Read MoreJewels to Celebrate the Women who Inspired My Life
This is the final installment in our four part Mother’s Day series. We hope you enjoyed reading and that you were inspired by the stories that were shared and that the gifts given or received by those we interviewed give you ideas for this year. My own story isn’t traditional—It starts out similarly to…
Read MoreMother & Daughter: Joanne and Alysa Teichman’s Inspired Gifts of Love
This is our 3rd article in our 4-part series: Mother’s Day Stories: The Real Gems In Our Lives. To read the introduction to the series (please go here). “As the daughter of parents who have been in jewelry for more than three decades,” says Alysa Teichman, “there are so many special and significant jewelry gifts…
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