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Kimai opens its first retail store in London

Digitally native and traceable fine jewellery brand Kimai, which offers lab-grown diamonds, has opened its first bricks-and-mortar store in London. Located at 24 Chiltern Street, London, the retail space offers Kimai’s range of 100 percent traceable lab-grown diamonds and recycled 18k gold jewellery, including earrings, necklaces, bracelets and...

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Swarovski rolls out lab-grown diamonds across the US

Swarovski has confirmed that it is rolling out its lab-grown diamond collection ‘Created Diamonds’ in 200 stores in the US and Canada over the next year and online from November. The news follows a successful pilot in key locations across the US, where the collections have exceeded sales expectations. The Austrian crystal house has been offering...

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Balmain unveils debut fine jewellery collections

Balmain has unveiled its first fine jewellery collections during Paris Haute Couture Week, reflecting the historic fashion house’s signature audacious and inclusive spirit. There are two debut collections, ‘Emblem’ and ‘Labyrinth,’ which reference some of Balmain’s most well-known signatures, with classic motifs pulled from the fashion house’s...

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Verragio appoints creative director of new fine jewellery division

New York City-based jewellery designer Verragio, known for its handcrafted diamond engagement rings and wedding rings, has appointed Sophia Macris as the creative director of its new fine jewellery division as part of its 2022 brand expansion. Macris joins from a twelve-year tenure at Roberto Coin, Inc. where she served as the senior vice...

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Kate Hudson and Rachel Zoe invest in Oscar Massin

Actress Kate Hudson and stylist Rachel Zoe have invested in French fine jewellery house Oscar Massin, which uses sustainable, traceable recycled 18k gold and man-made diamonds in its collections. Luximpact, the Paris-based investment firm that is reviving Oscar Massin, said that Hudson and Zoe, through her Rachel Zoe Ventures’ latest investment...

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Balmain to launch gender-neutral fine jewellery

French fashion house Balmain is entering the fine jewellery category with a new gender-neutral offering set to be released this summer. Balmain Fine Jewellery is partnering with the Adorisa Group, established in Paris in 2021 and helmed by former De Beers Jewellers chief executive François Delage to design, produce, market and distribute fine...

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Fenton announces B Corp certification

British fine jewellery brand Fenton has confirmed that it has been certified as a B Corp business for meeting the highest verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability. The direct-to-consumer brand is one of only a few jewellers in the world to achieve this globally-recognised certification and comes...

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David Morris launches exclusively on Farfetch

London jeweller David Morris has launched exclusively with Farfetch, offering a selection of its new high jewellery collection online for the first time via e-commerce. Named ‘Renaissance’, a nod to the brand’s continually evolving and inventive approach to the traditional world of high jewellery, the collection features 13 unique pieces, four...