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News Edit: 26 January 2020
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A round up of this week's international jewellery news...
The dreamiest dresses of Haute Couture Paris Fashion Week 2020
The Evening Standard: The invitation-only week-long extravaganza is one bursting with the frothiest tulle, the daintiest embroidery and the most meticulous detail, all presented to the eyes of the most revered fashion editors and the wealthiest clients.
They’ve Got Their Gems to Keep Them Warm
NY Times: At the high jewelry presentations in chilly Paris, Chanel went for tweed, Dior went for pairs, and Boucheron celebrated the Question Mark.
The diamond deal that rocked Angola
The Guardian: For Sindika Dokolo and Isabel dos Santos, a stake in De Grisogono was a status symbol. But Angola claims it has been left to foot a $200m bill.
Restructuring firm Gordon Brothers cashes on Links of London collapse
The Telegraph: A restructuring firm is in line for almost £1m payday after it helped wind down luxury jeweller Links of London.
Exclusive: Tiffany & Co to open a Blue Box Cafe in London, bringing the Breakfast at Tiffany’s experience to Harrods
The Telegraph: Tiffany & Co is making the Breakfast at Tiffany’s dream a reality in London, as it announces it will open a Blue Box Cafe within Harrods in February.
A Jewel By Cindy Chao Makes Couture Week History In Paris
Vogue: 15 years since she launched her collection, Chao becomes the first Taiwanese jeweller to enter the city’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs’ collection.
You can now have breakfast at Tiffany’s IRL in London
Time Out: How do you like your eggs in the morning? Encrusted with diamonds? Then you’re going to love London’s new Tiffany & Co café.
How nature-inspired high jewellery from Chanel and Cartier offers the route to prosperity this Lunar New Year
SCMP: Van Cleef & Arpels, Boucheron and Chaumet also offer tantalising prospects for the Year of the Rat, and beyond.
Kate Middleton's new £110 gold bangle will suit every outfit you wear
Hello: A birthday present for the Duchess of Cambridge perhaps?
Facets PR owes £190,000 after entering liquidation
PR Week: Specialist jewellery communications agency Facets PR owes almost £190,000, including more than £51,000 to former employees, and money to W Communications.
Teenage entrepreneur is a ‘jewel’ for plastic-free oceans with new business
Tenby Today: A 16-year-old from Templeton has set up a jewellery business to help a marine conservation charity with a goal of a plastic-free coastline.
Tiara With A Tale: A Colourful, Eccentric Aristocrat & His Passion For Diamonds
Vogue: A diamond tiara that once belonged to the “Dancing Marquess” Henry Cyril Paget will be presented at Tefaf Maastricht by Hancocks London.
The ‘nerd’ jewellery designer who once worked for chewing gum
AFR: Alina Barlow founded Alinka Jewellery in Sydney just five years ago. Now she's about to launch at Harrods and is on track to creating a globally recognisable brand.
Three Britons accused of jewellery heist in Japan could be extradited by UK government
The Telegraph: The UK authorities are considering extraditing to Japan three Britons who it suspects of carrying out a high-profile jewellery heist in Tokyo over four years ago, according to reports.
Statement Jewellery Crafted From Recycled Raw Cotton
Euro News: In anticipation of their upcoming Biennale, 1.618 are partnering with euronews Living to tell the environmental, social and essentially human stories behind their unique collection of international brands.
The Best Goddess-Inspired Jewellery From The Dior SS20 Couture Runway
Vogue: Dior Couture spring/summer 2020’s primordial theme (co-conceived by legendary American feminist artist Judy Chicago) saw the runway decorated with museum-worthy pieces. From laurel-leaf tiaras to sculptural cuffs and gilded pearl earrings, here’s your up-close look into Dior’s divine jewellery box.
Pearls With A Twist: Comme des Garçons Launches A Fine Jewellery Collaboration
Vogue: In a link-up with Japanese pearl experts Mikimoto, the avant-garde fashion brand puts its idiosyncratic twist on the pearl necklace.
Exclusive: Mikimoto Comme des Garçons pearl jewellery
How To Spend It: The first fine jewellery collaboration in Comme des Garçons’ history has landed – with a unisex twist.
‘Proud moment’ for Scottish jeweller set to occupy iconic Dundee high street unit
Evening Telegraph: The boss of the Scottish jewellery firm poised to change the landscape of Dundee’s high street says it will be a “proud moment” when he opens his first shop in the city this spring.
The best jewellery from Paris Couture Week spring/summer 2020
The Telegraph: Not all couture shows feature jewellery – some are purposefully devoid of it entirely – but when they do, oh!
Comme des Garçons launches a fine jewellery collection with Mikimoto
Luxury London: Rei Kawakubo reinvents the pearl by collaborating with Japanese jeweller Mikimoto on Comme des Garçons' first foray into fine jewellery.
Hilarious video of bumbling jewelry shop robbers goes viral
Today: These men took "thick as thieves" very seriously.
9 essential features every jewellery ecommerce website should have
Flux Magazine: Selling jewelry online can be tricky. With so many brick-and-mortar jewelry stores, why would customers choose to buy expensive pieces of jewelry online without being able to feel them or touch them?
How archaeologists found 3,000-year-old ‘crown jewels’ in pristine Bronze Age settlement
The Express: Archaeologists made an "extraordinary" find in the Fenlands of Cambridgeshire, which has been dubbed "the crown jewels" for understanding a possible European settlement that lived in the UK 3,000 years ago.
Red carpet jewellery looks: 2020 Screen Actors’ Guild Awards
Jeweller Magazine: Diamonds were truly a girls’ best friend at the 2020 Screen Actors’ Guild (SAG) Awards, with a constellation of stars glittering from head to toe.
Man who made jewels for Princess Diana left with 'suicide disease' after hospital error
Mirror: Tony Bellingham, 62, is launching his jewelry business once again after a terrifying health ordeal that saw medics mistakenly rupture his nerve and artery.
Goldsmith who made jewels for the Royal Family is left in constant pain after bungling doctors severed a major artery while trying to insert a tube in his arm
Daily Mail: A goldsmith who made jewels for the Royal Family has been left in constant debilitating pain after bungling NHS doctors severed a major artery in his arm.
A diamond the size of a tennis ball and the rest of the best high jewellery at Paris Haute Couture 2020
The Telegraph: For all the fanciful frothiness of the catwalk collections, Paris Haute Couture Week is serious business: not least in the private salons that overlook Place Vendôme, where jewellery houses present their latest one-of-a-kind creations.
Louis Vuitton Hosted A Glittering Dinner in Paris to Celebrate its Latest Acquisition—the World’s Second-Largest Diamond
Vogue: Couture Week is not just about the clothes, it’s also a time for high jewelry maisons from Paris’s Place Vendôme to unveil their newest and most precious treasures.
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