Discover festive favourites as chosen by guest jewellery editor Isabella Yan The festive season is upon us and the excitement is mounting, and with it comes a little gift inspiration. In the last year, I’ve scoured globally for resplendent jewels – rings, necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and pendants and made a…
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GOING TO NEW LENGTHS
Emperor Jewellery celebrates movement, femininity, and style with the Sautoir Collection. One of the most iconic jewellery styles from the 1920s is the sautoir, a statement-making long necklace that accentuated the self-confident and independent image of contemporary women of the era. The sautoir was typically characterised by long-twisted pearl chains…
EDMOND CHIN’S MARVELLOUS UNIVERSE
The Creative Director is shaping up the world of Boghossian with his mettle. We caught up with the Hong Kong-based Singaporean designer to discuss travel, jewellery, and his passion – research. If you weren’t a jewellery designer, what would you be? I have a couple of very, very strong interests.…
5 REASONS WE LOVE FOPE
From designs that stand the test of time to the “Made in Italy” distinction, here are the reasons why you should add FOPE to your jewellery collection. FOPE was established in Vicenza, Italy – a picturesque renaissance town in the Veneto region – more than 90 years ago, boasting an…
CHARMED BY CHARMS
AQUA LIGHT BY BEE GODDESS Ece Şirin’s talismanic jewellery brand Bee Goddess has brought out a great jewellery wardrobe in time for beach vacations. Her Aqua Light collection brings an array of treasures inspired by the sea, whilst predominantly being expressions of spirituality – all rendered in gold. Necklaces, earrings,…
TO PIERCE OR NOT TO PIERCE?
Alexis Bittar Golden Pebble Cake Large Clip-On Earring Unlike a ring or a necklace, the earring is the only form of jewellery that requires a certain level of commitment. As a jewellery editor, I have found myself still having reservations to get my ears pierced despite being an immense lover…
PALAWAN’S GOLDEN PEARLS
Intrepid travelers describe her as the most stunningly beautiful island in the world, a finger of paradise, fringed by wide beaches, forest-covered craggy cliffs, and high-altitude thermal lakes. This is Palawan, one of the 7,000 plus islands of the Philippines. Hidden beneath the pristine waters that lap her shores is…
INDEPENDENT HIGH JEWELLERY BRANDS WORTH SPLURGING ON
Two high jewellery designers indulge us with an up close and personal look at their creative process and finely crafted one-of-a-kind treasures. EMMANUEL TARPIN Paris, France Emmanuel Tarpin Emmanuel Tarpin arrived on the high jewellery scene with a quiet fortitude and has since been designing jewels stripped of pretension. His…
JADE TRAU’S BEJEWELLED TRIBUTE TO HER LATE GRANDFATHER
New York City native and jewellery designer Jade Trau named her latest collection “Poppy” after her grandfather, which was a nickname she used to call him. “Poppy is the reason I am doing what I am doing. He taught me to be a person of integrity and honesty, and told me…
It’s Time to Pick Up that Patek Philippe World Timer and Go Travelling Again
The ingenuity of Patek Philippe’s world-time display and its laud to the grandeur of aviation. Patek Philippe’s World Time watches have a history spanning over eight decades, when the first of its kind was introduced in 1937. The modern time travelling collective, historically referred to as the Heure Universelle, generally…
