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Fine Jewelry

Guides, stories, and answers about lab-grown diamonds, moissanite, and fine jewellery — written by our atelier.

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Signet Rings

The only ring where the metal itself is the decoration — which makes it the only one that can be remade decorative...

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At a funeral, jewelry should be quiet and respectful. What's appropriate, what to avoid, wearing something of the person who died, and...

Station bracelets and bangles space stones along the metal for a lighter, more everyday sparkle. How they compare with tennis bracelets and...

Match the piece to the working day rather than hoping it copes — and the one situation where the answer isn't a...

Baguettes give jewelry its crispest lines. Where they're used, straight vs tapered, why they flash instead of sparkle, and the light test...

Tennis bracelets beyond the round: oval, emerald and pear lines compared, why shaped stones must be matched by outline and orientation, and...

An Indian wedding in the US means several events and two jewelry traditions. Event-by-event planning, the 22K vs 14K colour trap, and...

Jewelry for petite frames is about proportion, not just size. Which earrings, necklaces and bracelets work, why standard lengths sit lower on...

Marquise cut earrings are long, slim and dramatic. How the shape is used in drops, clusters and climbers, why it looks large...

The pear is the natural earring shape. Studs vs drops, which way to point them, why they look bigger than rounds, and...

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