If you already find yourself longing for a summer vacation, sorry, but Daniela Villegas’ capsule collection for Salvatore Ferragamo is about to add fuel to the fire. Villegas, who launched her own namesake brand in 2008, worked with the brand to create an eight-piece collection that channels Ferragamo’s love of travel and nature through various tropical bird pieces–a motif borrowed from Ferragamo’s famous silk scarves. FERRAGAMO “I have always … Read More →
Fourteen officials from the Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy are taking a rough diamond training course provided by the Antwerp diamond industry over a two-week period. The objective of the course is to ensure that Brazil is able to apply the strict requirements of the Kimberley Process properly, the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) … Read More →
The first training centre for “highly-skilled jewellery professionals” started operating recently in Nansha District, Guangzhou, China. The training centre, located in Guangzhou Nanhua Technical School for Industry and Trade, will work closely with other institutions from France, the US and Hong Kong to provide internationally recognised training programmes, according to a report by Takungpao.com.hk. The … Read More →
Alrosa’s diamond mining production reached over 38 million carats in 2015, an increase of 6 percent from the previous year, the Russian mining giant announced recently. Alrosa President Andrey Zharkov attributed the results to the opening of the Botuobinskaya pipe in Yakutia, rising production at Severalmaz in the Arkhangelsk region, and improved diamond mining at … Read More →
KOTA: As jewellers strike continues against excise duty imposition, a lot of work in the city has been shifted underground to meet the lucrative wedding season demand. According to a jeweller, who requested anonymity, there is no dearth of work for workers and designers, who are busy making ornaments as demand peaks ahead of the … Read More →
NAOMI CAMPBELL has spoken out in support of Ashley Graham, followingCheryl Teigs’s comments last month criticising Graham’s appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated due to her size. “I would never make a comment like that. I think it’s way too personal,” Campbell told Sway Calloway’s radio show, Sway in the Morning, yesterday, reports E!. … Read More →
Chinese jewellery art brand HMR recently showcased its products at the Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week. It was the first mainland Chinese brand to display its products in a China Fashion Week,People.com.cn reported. HMR’s catwalk show, entitled “Transcending Time & Space,” showed off dozens of artistic jewels inspired by classical Chinese poetry, philosophy and folklore. The … Read More →