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Retail
Emerging Designers
By Amber Michelle
The search is always on for new designers whose creativity breaks the boundaries of tradition, but at the same time produce jewelry that remains wearable. It is these creations that inspire excitement and keep jewelry fresh and interesting. For the past five years, the Centurion Jewelry Show has introduced new design talent. This year, there were three winners in the Centurion 2013 Emerging Designer Competition, sponsored by Stuller. More than 300 retailers voted on 70 entries, narrowing the field to 12 contenders. Once the 12 finalists were selected, the Centurion Board of Retail Advisors voted to determine the winners. These three designers all made their first trade show appearances in the U.S. at Centurion in Scottsdale, Arizona…now, Rapaport Magazine introduces them to you.
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in the Guinness Book of Records in 2003 for his design of the Millennium Sapphire, the largest blue corundum ever engraved. He is the winner of numerous design awards, including the Charles Perroud award in Lyon, France, and the Kobe Pearl Contest in Japan. In 1994, Boschi graduated from the Academy of Costume and Fashion in Rome. He then moved to Athens, Greece, to work as a designer for a company that specialized in producing jewelry with semiprecious gems. After another stint in Rome as a freelance designer and six years in Thailand working for a high-end jewelry manufacturer, Boschi moved to Sydney, Australia, as design and product development director for Autore. In March 2011, he founded his own company, Lux2Lux Jewels, with business partner Martino Eduardo Convertino. Boschi is committed to designing jewelry that is
eco-friendly and made with conflict-free stones. Peppermint Inc. for Alasia A career in luxury brand building with advertising agency Young and Rubicam (Y&R)
in London was the launching pad for Erika Bertin. She left Y&R to join Italian jewelry
firm Favero as director of sales, during which time she learned about precious stones and jewelry manufacturing. In 2000, Bertin moved to New York City to set up the U.S. branch of Favero — Arte Italiana. As a partner to the owner of the company in this venture, Bertin designed or merchandised many of the pieces in the Arte Italiana collection. In 2008, Bertin set up Peppermint Inc., based in New York, as a consulting firm to European brands on American distribution. The Gucci Group was the company’s largest client. Over the next few years, Bertin continued with her own designs and recently launched Alasia, an affordable, fashionable line of jewelry made entirely in Italy. Sharart Design While growing up in Singapore, Shar-Linn Liew’s passion for fashion and antiquities was fueled by her mother, an apparel designer. As a girl, one of Liew’s greatest pleasures was going with her mother to Hong Kong on buying trips, where they would shop the fabric and accessories market. Liew moved to the U.S. to study finance and she began designing handmade jewelry that was sold at the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She subsequently went into finance, but when she met her husband, he introduced her to the world of fine jewelry and gemstones. He encouraged Liew to learn more about the business and she enrolled at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) in Carlsbad, California, where she studied grading and identification of gems. Liew joined a television jewelry network as a merchandiser and subsequently left to start her own collection. Inspired by her Asian heritage and architectural lines blended with European allure, all of Liew’s pieces are manufactured at her husband’s jewelry factory in Thailand, where her designs become art. Article from the Rapaport Magazine - March 2013. To subscribe click here.
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