News Briefing
NEWS BRIEFING: 28 March 2026
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A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring.
💰 'Gold Set for Worst Week in Six Years as War Curbs Rate-Cut Bets'
Bloomberg, 19–20 March 2026
Bullion recorded its biggest weekly loss since 1983 as Middle East conflict drove energy prices higher and reduced expectations for interest rate cuts, with traders increasing bets on Fed tightening to 50% by October.
💰 'Gold Steadies After Six-Day Decline as Fed Warns on Inflation'
Bloomberg, 18–19 March 2026
Gold sank for a seventh consecutive session as the Iran conflict drove oil prices higher and reduced near-term prospects for a US rate cut, with silver plunging more than 13% before trimming losses.
💰 'Gold Pares Dramatic Losses as Trump Backs Off From Iran Threat'
Bloomberg, 22–23 March 2026
Spot gold briefly recovered before slipping roughly 2% after Iran denied productive ceasefire talks reported by the White House, while silver rebounded to erase losses of more than 10%.
💰'Richemont Beat Expectations in Holiday Quarter'
Business of Fashion, 15 January 2026
The Cartier owner's jewellery division posted 14% sales growth against demanding comparatives in Q3 2025, smashing analyst forecasts amid rising gold prices, currency headwinds, and US tariffs, with the Americas, Japan, and the Middle East leading growth.
💰'How Jewellery Houses Aim to Stay Ahead in 2026'
Business of Fashion, 30 January 2026
Jewellery outpaced the wider luxury sector in 2025 with 4–6% global sales growth, as Boucheron, Chaumet, Graff, and Dior unveiled new high jewellery at Paris Couture Week — with rising gold prices paradoxically boosting the category's perceived value proposition over handbags.
💰'Natalie Portman Is Tiffany & Co.'s New Global Ambassador'
WWD / Women's Wear Daily, 13 March 2026
Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman has been named Tiffany & Co.'s newest global House ambassador, with her debut 70mm campaign film — directed by Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold and shot by cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema — premiering during the 98th Oscars telecast.
💰'Engagement Ring Trends 2026: What's In, and Why'
National Jeweler, March 2026
Lab-grown diamonds now account for more than 50% of engagement ring centre stones sold in the US, with The Knot's Real Weddings Study recording a blended market average of 1.9 carats — driven by couples buying larger stones for the same budget, predominantly in yellow gold fancy-cut settings.
💰'2026 High Jewellery Releases from Couture Fashion Week'
Luxuo, 11 February 2026
A detailed account of how Boucheron's Histoire de Style collection — conceived as a portrait of founder Frédéric Boucheron through four chapters titled The Address, The Spark, The Silhouette, and The Untamed — reflects the maison's philosophy of jewellery designed in dialogue with the body rather than as static ornamentation.
💰'Bulgari Previews Eclettica High Jewellery Collection at Oscars 2026'
Diamond World, 16 March 2026
Bulgari used its brand ambassadors Anne Hathaway and Priyanka Chopra Jonas at the 98th Academy Awards to stage an early global preview of its forthcoming Eclettica high jewellery collection, including the Neoclassical Starlight necklace built over 850 hours around an 8.02-carat Fancy Vivid Yellow diamond.
💰'Van Cleef & Arpels Exhibits Time-Honoured Pieces from Its Heritage Collection at TEFAF 2026'
Richemont / Van Cleef & Arpels, 14 March 2026
Van Cleef & Arpels showcased approximately 40 pieces from its Heritage collection at TEFAF Maastricht 2026, celebrating white high jewellery from the 1940s to the 1960s and highlighting the maison's signature transformability technique — a rare glimpse of museum-quality archival pieces offered for private sale.
💎'Oscars 2026: The Night's Best and Blingiest Jewelry'
Hollywood Reporter, 15 March 2026
Kate Hudson's $35 million Garatti green diamond suite dominated the Academy Awards red carpet, while Damson Idris wore a bespoke brooch from his own Didris brand featuring a 7.41-carat marquise blue diamond — the most significant shift in men's red carpet jewellery in a generation.
💎 'Galerie's Top 10 Jewelry Moments from the 2026 Oscars'
Galerie Magazine, 16 March 2026
Rose Byrne's serpentine Taffin by James de Givenchy torque centring a 22.58-carat cognac desert diamond was judged by jewellery editors to be the standout piece of the night, with Elle Fanning completing the evening's love of antique stones in a 1903 Cartier wisteria diamond necklace.
💎 'All the Best Jewellery at the 2026 Academy Awards'
10 Magazine, 16 March 2026
A comprehensive roundup of the 98th Oscars jewellery, highlighting Michael B. Jordan's vintage 1970s Piaget Protocole watch alongside the women's most dazzling high jewellery — from Teyana Taylor's 60-carat Tiffany & Co. Shooting Star necklace to Gwyneth Paltrow's triple Fancy Vivid Yellow diamond suite.
💎 'The Princess of Wales Brings the Queen's Diamonds to the BAFTAs'
The Court Jeweller, 23 February 2026
The Princess of Wales made her first BAFTA appearance since 2023 wearing the 1918 Cartier Greville Chandelier Earrings and Queen Mary's Art Deco diamond bar bracelet, delivering a carefully considered statement on sustainable luxury and royal heritage.
💎 'iHeartRadio Music Awards 2026 Red Carpet Fashion'
E! News, 26 March 2026
Taylor Swift arrived at the Dolby Theatre for the iHeartRadio Music Awards wearing her Victorian old-mine-cut cushion diamond engagement ring from Travis Kelce, completing a mint corset dress with the piece that has already reshaped vintage jewellery trends globally.
💎'2026 Actor Awards: Bold, Glittering Jewelry Befitting Hollywood Sirens'
Galerie Magazine, 3 March 2026
The first ever Actor Awards (formerly SAG Awards) red carpet theme — Old Hollywood Glamour in partnership with Elle magazine — saw Kate Hudson in bespoke Desert Diamonds by Emily P. Wheeler, while host Kristen Bell wore Messika's Night Owl high jewellery suite.
👗 'These Spring 2026 Jewelry Trends Do All the Work for Your Outfit'
Marie Claire, 19 March 2026
The Spring 2026 runways confirmed personality-driven jewellery as the season's dominant language, from Chanel's coral chokers and Tory Burch's gold shell pendants to Presley Oldham's hand-strung beaded strands at Zankov — all elevated well beyond their souvenir origins.
👗 'The Defining Jewelry Trends for 2026 Are Everything But Minimal'
Marie Claire, 22 January 2026
Sculptural silver and Elsa Peretti-esque cuffs dominated the Spring 2026 runways, alongside the resurgence of leather cord pendants, bold pinky rings, and the rise of 'everyday diamonds' — delicate studs and stackable tennis bracelets worn from morning to night.
👗'The Key Jewelry Trends 2026 to Know'
Porter / Net-a-Porter, 14 March 2026
The choker has cemented its status as the season's defining piece, while onyx is staging a major comeback, vintage-inspired settings are gaining ground — partly attributed to Taylor Swift's engagement ring — and tennis bracelets are enjoying a quieter, minimalist renaissance.
👗'A New Era of Maximalist Jewelry Is Upon Us'
Fashionista, 20 February 2026
Industry insiders describe 2026 as a decisive pivot away from quiet luxury, with sculptural statement earrings, oversize ear cuffs, candy-coloured beaded necklaces, and chunky ring stacks now the dominant consumer vocabulary, fuelled in part by skyrocketing gold prices driving buyers toward alternative materials.
👗 'The 8 Jewellery Trends Set to Define 2026'
Woman & Home, 30 January 2026
Shell jewellery appeared across the SS26 collections of Ralph Lauren, Tory Burch, and Dries Van Noten, signalling a coastal-luxury moment that feels definitively more designer-led than previous iterations, while charms have matured into fewer, more thoughtfully curated statements.
💍 'Jewels in Motion: The Most Dazzling High Jewellery Collections of 2026'
Grazia ME, 23 March 2026
Chaumet's Envol collection reimagined its 200-year-old wing motif in midnight sapphires and grand feu enamel with a tiara engineered to be worn four ways, while Harry Winston's Talk to Me chapter three, Cartier's En Equilibre finale, and Damiani's Ode all'Italia prove that 2026's high jewellery language is motion, intention, and gemstone storytelling.
💍'Get to Know Jewellery Designer Lisa Eisner'
10 Magazine, 26 March 2026
A rare in-depth profile of the former Vogue West Coast editor turned jewellery designer, whose long collaboration with The Row and use of rare Wyoming black jade has finally brought her bronze-and-stone aesthetic to the widest possible fashion audience — decades after its time.
💍'Taylor Swift's Engagement Ring Was Designed by Travis Kelce'
ABC News, 27 August 2025
Kelce collaborated closely with New York goldsmith Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewelry to design Swift's Victorian-style ring featuring an old-mine brilliant-cut diamond in 18-karat yellow gold — a piece that jewellery industry insiders immediately credited with triggering a wave of vintage-inspired engagement ring designs for 2026.
💍'Oscars 2026: The Five Biggest Jewellery Trends from the Event'
Something About Rocks, 16 March 2026
The 98th Academy Awards confirmed five distinct jewellery trends: the return of the brooch for men (from Leonardo DiCaprio's Boucheron bee pin to Shaboozey's antique diamond pins), the dominance of fancy coloured diamonds in desert, green, and yellow tones, and the broad collar necklace as the season's defining silhouette.
🏛️'Design Highlights to Look for at TEFAF Maastricht 2026'
Galerie Magazine, 7 March 2026
The world's premier fine art and antiques fair returned to Maastricht (14–19 March) with 277 dealers from 24 countries and 7,000 years of art history, including a debut appearance from Brazilian jeweller Fernando Jorge with 13 newly made one-of-a-kind gemstone pieces.
🏛️'Galerie's Top Picks from TEFAF Maastricht 2026'
Galerie Magazine, 20 March 2026
The 2026 edition of TEFAF delivered museum-quality jewellery across its ten sections — standout moments included Van Cleef & Arpels exhibiting approximately 40 Heritage collection pieces, while Cora Sheibani and other specialist jewellery galleries drew intense collector attention.
🏛️ 'Royal Jewelry Exhibitions in Europe: The Best Shows for 2026'
Only Natural Diamonds, 22 December 2025
Two exceptional Q1 2026 exhibitions reveal aristocratic treasures: London's V&A is showing highlights from the Albion Art Collection including pieces from the Russian Imperial era, while the Royal Palace of Gödöllő near Budapest hosts a sweeping two-century retrospective of Habsburg jeweller A.E. Köchert, celebrated for its intimate connection to Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
🏛️'Christie's Launches Jewels Online Auction Led by 10.02-Carat Diamond Ring'
Diamond World, 9 March 2026
Christie's opened its first jewellery auction of 2026 — an online sale running to 19 March — led by a 10.02-carat emerald-cut diamond ring estimated at $500,000–$700,000, alongside signed pieces from Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, and property from the collection of Elizabeth Taylor.
🏛️ 'All You Need to Know About the Princess of Wales' Historic Jewels at the BAFTA Film Awards'
Something About Rocks, 23 February 2026
A deep cultural history of the Greville Chandelier Earrings worn by the Princess of Wales at the 2026 BAFTAs — tracing their journey from Margaret Greville's 1918 Cartier commission, through bequeathal to the Queen Mother, to Queen Elizabeth II, and now to Catherine as a statement of deliberate dynastic continuity.
🏛️'Jewels in Motion: The Most Dazzling High Jewellery Collections of 2026'
Grazia Singapore, 23 March 2026
A curatorial overview of the year's most significant new high jewellery launches, from Fred's 90th anniversary Force 10 Pompon collection to Damiani's Ode all'Italia — a love letter to Italian geography expressed in a 46-carat Paraiba tourmaline, a 31-carat Colombian emerald, and a rare fancy yellow-green diamond.
