Oscar jewelry: what I would wear on the red carpet
Young actresses and red carpet stylists should use their 15 minutes wisely. Make a statement with that statement jewelry! Consider less-familiar talent, one-of-a-kind designs, unusual colored stones....
View ArticleStoned for the Holidays, part 2: best new books on contemporary design
Those of us who get giddy looking at giant images of gems and jewels are in hog heaven this year. A whole slew of delicious coffee-table-style reads were released just in time for the holiday buying...
View ArticleFemme métal: women who paved the way for today’s jewelry designers
There is much we don't know about the history of women jewelers. But we know they were designing and making jewelry, even running businesses, back to the mid-19th century. Here are just a few women who...
View ArticleMore fabulous jewels from AGTA Spectrum
Any designer who wants to stand out at the AGTA Spectrum Awards has to start with world-class gems and then do something astonishing with them. Here are tanzanite, tourmaline, topaz, and boulder opal...
View ArticleJewelry for a super blue moon
As 2018 launches with two blue super moons, jewelry designers around the world turn to the moon for inspiration. The post Jewelry for a super blue moon first appeared on the jewelry loupe.
View ArticleJewelry of color: Viviana Langhoff, owner of Adornment+Theory
Viviana Langhoff is the talented designer behind Adornment+Theory, a cool little jewelry store in downtown Chicago that's getting lots of buzz lately - partly for the owner's advocacy for BIPOC design...
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