Fragments showroom in New York City has added
jewelry collection
Jordan Alexander to its offerings. Designed by Los Angeles–based Theresa Bruno, the collection is inspired in part by her Southern upbringing and the classic chic of her mother and grandmother, as well as by her travels and her background as a musician and performer. Bruno’s designs for Jordan Alexander are an amalgamation of her mother’s and grandmother’s traditional style and her own more edgy aesthetic, a look that she describes as “elegant funk.” Central to her collection is the use of baroque pearls paired with chunky, old mine diamond beads using a thread-tying method that juxtaposes classic elegance with modern cool. The collection, created for contemporary women seeking something out of the ordinary, also includes diamond pieces created from old cut diamonds.
Carelle once again teamed with L’Oreal Paris to create gemstone compacts for the leading lady nominees at the Golden Globes, Sundance Film Festival, SAG (Screen Actors Guild) and Academy Awards. This year’s offerings showcased diamond shooting stars with lemon quartz and sapphires, white smoky quartz and orange sapphires or Rose de France amethyst and pink sapphires, as well as a compact in diamonds and white agate. Each limited-edition compact is numbered and engraved with the L’Oreal tagline “Because You’re Worth It.”
Jewelry retailer H. Stern has launched a new collection — Sutras — in its Diane von Furstenberg line. The eight pieces feature von Furstenberg’s mantras — love, laughter, freedom, harmony, confidence, truth or life — engraved in low relief in characters based on her handwriting. The pieces are made of rock crystal with a flat upper surface and cabochon back, creating an optical illusion. The rock crystal is set in gold and accented with a diamond.
In 1995, a group of Diamonds Today Design Award winners got together and founded the Jewelry Design Professionals’ Network (JDPN). This year marks the group’s 15th anniversary. The designers — Antonia Wechsler, Stephanie Occhipinti, Lauren Pipkorn, Sharon Khazzam and Lori Gyl Mahler — met at each other’s homes to support each other in their product development. The JDPN became a nonprofit entity in 1998, with the mission of promoting, educating and inspiring its 100 members, comprised of designers and model makers, whose work ranges from sketching to CAD and manufacture. The group also includes professionals in the jewelry industry, including trend-casters, public relations experts and students who are seeking a group of supportive professionals to help them with information as they get started in the business. The group holds monthly meetings, each one focused on a specific industry topic. For more information, visit: www.jdpn.org.
Article from the Rapaport Magazine - April 2011. To subscribe click here.