NEWS BRIEFING: 23 October 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring.

💰'Gold imports contract 81.27 pc; silver by 49.11 pc in Sep'
15 October 2026, ThePrint (PTI): India's September gold imports collapsed by more than four-fifths to $1.8 billion, and silver imports roughly halved, after May's increase in customs duty from 6 to 15 per cent and the prime minister's appeal to delay gold purchases during the West Asia crisis.
theprint.in

💰'India gold demand slows as prices rebound; China emerges from holiday lull'
9 October 2026, Reuters (via Engineering News): As domestic prices climbed back above Rs150,000 per 10 grams, Indian dealers' discounts narrowed sharply, while Chinese buyers returned from the Golden Week holiday paying a premium over the global benchmark.
www.engineeringnews.co.za

💰'Kering stabilises business in third quarter amid period of creative turbulence'
Olivier Guyot, 22 October 2026, FashionNetwork: Kering's third-quarter revenue held flat at about €3.3 billion even as Gucci fell 6 per cent like-for-like, and its jewellery division, led by Boucheron and Pomellato, was the group's strongest performer with 11 per cent organic growth to €239 million.
uk.fashionnetwork.com

💰'I wanted the inner world to shine': Jacqueline Rabun on jewellery that takes you to a better place'
Mazzi Odu, 15 October 2026, Wallpaper*: Jacqueline Rabun has reworked Cave, the silver collection she first made with Georg Jensen in 2002, in 18-carat gold and diamonds, reversing its finish to polished inside and matte outside, and links the pieces to her meditation practice and West African ancestry.
www.wallpaper.com

💰'The theme is forbidden paradise': cult jeweller Patcharavipa works in colour with Adler'
Felix Bischof, 20 October 2026, Wallpaper*: The Bangkok-based designer Patcharavipa Bodiratnangkura has made her first titanium capsule with the Geneva house Adler, using the metal's lightness to build large, colourful earrings and rings shaped like bird-of-paradise flowers.
www.wallpaper.com

💰'There is an incredible clarity to his vision': Sophie Bille Brahe and Juergen Teller make her high jewellery dazzle'
Felix Bischof, 14 October 2026, Wallpaper*: Juergen Teller and Dovile Drizyte have photographed Tangerine Sky, the Cy Twombly-inspired gold-and-diamond collection with which the Copenhagen designer marked her label's 15th anniversary and made her move into high jewellery.
www.wallpaper.com

💎'Exclusive: Queen Mary Debuts a Long-Missing Antique Sapphire Tiara With a Modern, "Unexpected" Styling Twist, Says Jewelry Expert'
Kristin Contino, 20 October 2026, Marie Claire: At the Christiansborg banquet for Vietnam's president, Queen Mary wore Queen Alexandrine's Ceylon sapphire tiara, an 1898 wedding gift from Nicholas II that left the family, sold at auction in 2018 and came back to the Danish Royal Collection in 2024. It has been redesigned to convert into a necklace or brooch, and she wore it low, as a bandeau.
www.marieclaire.com

💎'Princess Kate Is Belle of the Ball in Princess Diana's Favorite Tiara and a Yellow Elie Saab Gown With a Surprising Tie to Oman'
Kristin Contino, 20 October 2026, Marie Claire: For the Windsor state banquet for the Sultan of Oman, the Princess of Wales wore the Lover's Knot Tiara with Queen Elizabeth's Greville chandelier earrings and Queen Mary's diamond choker worn as a bracelet.
www.marieclaire.com

💎'Prize Presentation Pearls and Diamonds for the Queen of the Netherlands'
12 October 2026, The Court Jeweller: Presenting the Appeltjes van Oranje prizes at Noordeinde Palace, Queen Máxima wore diamond rosette earrings from the family collection hung with pearl drops, together with ruby-and-diamond and sapphire-and-diamond line bracelets from a set of three.
www.thecourtjeweller.com

💎'Every Must-See Look From the 2026 Academy Museum Gala Red Carpet'
Natalie Michie, 18 October 2026, W Magazine: W's gallery from the 17 October gala in Los Angeles credits the jeweller for each guest, and four houses shared most of the carpet: Tiffany (Amanda Seyfried, Greta Lee, Rosé), Cartier (Kendall Jenner, Elle Fanning, Jacob Elordi), Chopard (Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter) and Boucheron (Charlize Theron, Colman Domingo).
wmagazine.com

🏛️'24-Carat Pink Diamond Could Fetch $18 Million At Christie's Geneva Sale'
Anthony DeMarco, 9 October 2026, Forbes: A 24-carat emerald-cut pink diamond, set as a ring by Bulgari in the 1950s, will lead Christie's Magnificent Jewels sale in Geneva on 10 November with an estimate of $12 million to $18 million.
www.forbes.com