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News Briefing: 15 June 2025
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A curated edit of this week's national and international jewellery news...
What World Craft City award means for jewellers
Aida Fofana, 8 June 2025 for BBC News, West Midlands: Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter has sat nestled next to the city centre creating some the worlds finest jewellery for 250 years, but has done so quietly it seems.
The One Jewellery Trend Set To Take Over This Summer
Alice Cary, 6 June 2025 for Vogue: When it comes to jewellery, it’s common to be loyal to either silver or gold – but recent trends suggest that people are becoming more open-minded to wearing both at once.
London sisters create jewellery from forgotten technology
Tyler Quaye, 11 June 2025 for SW Londoner: London-based sisters Alice and Karen Chave created fine gold jewellery brand ‘Incador’ which sources its materials from old iPhones and computers in response to the climate crisis.
It's great to have a female Chancellor - just not this one!, says jeweller Kiki McDonough
Ruth Sunderland, 8 June 2025 for This is Money: Kiki McDonough's status as a successful businesswoman would have come as a surprise to her father, her teachers and at least one bank manager.
Jeweller clocks up 40 years in Tewkesbury
David Wood and Mark Owen, 13th June 2025 for Punchline: A Tewkesbury jeweller has celebrated 40 years trading in the town.
Meet the fashion set’s favourite jewellery designer
Anna Murphy, 12 June 2025 for The Times: Alexandra Jefford’s playful pendants can be seen nestling in the décolletages of the world’s most stylish women.
'Minimalism is a lifestyle choice': ten years of design and jewellery brand Arc Objects
Sarah Moroz, 8 June 2025 for Wallpaper: Arc Objects translates traditionally fragile materials into clean and sculptural works. Wallpaper* meets founder, Daniela Jacobs in New York.
How I Made It
Hannah Prevett, 7 June 2025 for The Times: Tragedy set me on a journey to build a £6.6m jewellery brand. Olivia Jenkins started D. Louise when she saw a niche for stylish, affordable and durable creations. Named after her late mother, the firm is sparkling.
Design event to honour hearing aid jewellery brand to celebrate a new way of seeing hearing loss
Millie York, 10 June 2025 for At Today: Hearing device jewellery brand Deafmetal is being honoured at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London for its new exhibition, Design and Disability, which celebrates the radical contributions of disabled, deaf, and neurodiverse creatives to global design culture.
Deafmetal to be honoured for inclusive jewellery at the V&A’s Design and Disability exhibition
Millie York, 10 June 2025 for This: Jewellery brand Deafmetal is showing how wearers of hearing aids and cochlear implants can reclaim their identity and feel proud of their hearing loss journey by featuring its products in a new exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.
Incador: Meet the enterprising London sisters making fine jewellery from forgotten iPhones
Abigail Rabbett, 11 June 2025 for London World: Alice and Karen Chave are proving that creating stunning jewellery doesn’t have to come at an ethical cost.
Juicy fruits jewellery is trending for summer 2025
For The Times: From precious pears to sparkling strawberries, this season’s gems are tutti frutti
Jewellery & Watches comment: Between a rock and a hard place
Lisa Moore, 10 June 2025 for DFNI: DFNI Jewellery & Watches Editor, Lisa Moore outlines a damning report highlighting what it perceives are the main issues with lab-grown diamonds
Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Posts Strong Margin Expansion and Operating Profit for FY2025 from Brand Transformation Success
12 June 2025 for Access Newswire: Macro-economic externalities and elevated gold prices weighed on the consumer sentiment in FY2025. The Group's revenue decreased by 17.5% year-on-year to HK$89,656 million.
2025 Couture Design Awards Celebrates The Best In Fine Jewelry Design
Anthony DeMarco, 9 June 2025 for Forbes: The 2025 Couture Design Awards was held Saturday at the Wynn Las Vegas, once again serving as the premiere event of The Couture Show, a jewelry and watch trade fair that features jewelry designers, brands and artists that was held June 4 – 8.
Addressed: A Guide to Layering Jewelry
Laia Garcia-Furtado, 12 June 2025 for Vogue: Welcome to Addressed, a weekly column where we, ahem, address the joys (and tribulations!) of getting dressed.
Dublin silversmith 'overwhelmed' by support after robbery
12 June 2025 for RTE: A silversmith who had most of his products stolen in a burglary at his Dublin workshop in April has said he was "overwhelmed" by the support he received.
