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2 days ago | 
jckonline.com | Karen Dybis |Brittany Siminitz |Victoria Gomelsky
Jessica Jesse (pictured) has been a model, a stylist, and a retail manager, but she says her strongest skills may be as an editor: She knows what to add to the ensemble a person is wearing, what to take away, and when the look is complete. Now, as the founder and designer of fine jewelry brand BuDhaGirl, she uses a variation of those skills.
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2 days ago | 
jckonline.com | Brittany Siminitz |Victoria Gomelsky |Rob Bates
I love when I correctly predict a handful of trends from Jewelry Week in Las Vegas—after months of leafing through jewelry images and conversing with hundreds of brands, it’s incredibly satisfying. Ultimately, though, I love it even more when I’m wrong. Maybe wrong isn’t the word I’m looking for, exactly; I just love being surprised.
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2 days ago | 
jckonline.com | Rob Bates |Karen Dybis |Brittany Siminitz |Victoria Gomelsky
Scott Rauch (pictured), the cofounder of SHR Jewelry Group, and longtime Signet executive David Bouffard have established JEM Brands Group—a business accelerator designed to identify, acquire, and scale direct-to-consumer (DTC) and omnichannel jewelry brands. JEM, which stands for Jewelry Enterprise Management, lists its early goals as attracting a select group of designers for incubation, as well as acquiring a profitable brand with a charismatic founder.
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3 days ago | 
jckonline.com | Karen Dybis |Annie Davidson Watson |Brittany Siminitz |Rob Bates
Actress Dakota Johnson is starring in Roberto Coin’s new global advertising campaign that seeks to connect the Italian jewelry brand with younger generations. For the “The Art of Dreaming,” campaign, Johnson was photographed in Venice—where brand founder Coin was born—wearing his most celebrated jewelry collections: Love in Verona, Venetian Princess, Navarra, Obelisco, Tiare, and Animalier.
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3 days ago | 
jckonline.com | Annie Davidson Watson |Brittany Siminitz |Rob Bates |Karen Dybis
On June 12, Bonhams will host its New York Jewels auction, featuring 126 lots—from exceptional colored diamonds and important signed pieces to historic designs from top jewelry houses. A 14.52 ct. heart-shape fancy light blue diamond (pictured at top), set in a ring of 18k pink and white gold, leads the sale with an estimate of $2 million to $3 million. The ring, which also has 1.1 cts.
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3 days ago | 
jckonline.com | Rob Bates |Karen Dybis |Annie Davidson Watson |Brittany Siminitz
Later this year, GIA will stop grading lab-grown diamonds by the color and clarity scale it uses for natural diamonds and instead use two broad classifications: “premium” and “standard.”Those categories will be defined by (as yet unspecified) metrics related to color, clarity, and finish, GIA said in a statement. If a created diamond does not achieve GIA’s minimum quality standards, it won’t receive any designation, the lab added.
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3 days ago | 
jckonline.com | Brittany Siminitz |Rob Bates |Karen Dybis
Each year I do a pre-Vegas Britt’s Pick spotlighting a jewel I’m really anticipating seeing at the shows. This year’s selection comes with an unfortunate caveat—it’s no longer available. “Is it an issue that it’s already sold?” Parlé’s marketing director Stephanie Major asked when I inquired about the piece via email. That poses no problem for the lucky owner of the one-of-a-kind jewel, of course, but I must admit I lament that I won’t see it in person.
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4 days ago | 
jckonline.com | Rob Bates |Karen Dybis |Brittany Siminitz |Annie Davidson Watson
Platinum Guild International (PGI) has appointed Vaishali Banerjee (pictured) as head of global market development. She was formerly PGI’s country manager for India. In her new role, she will continue her focus on India and the Middle East—both critical growth hubs for platinum—but also focus on promoting the metal globally. In addition, Pallavi Sharma has been elevated to deputy country manager for India and the Middle East. She was formerly the group’s business director.
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4 days ago | 
jckonline.com | Karen Dybis |Rob Bates |Brittany Siminitz |Annie Davidson Watson
Camille Zarsky’s celebrated New York City jewelry and accessories store The Seven will close later this year as she transitions into a new role with Trove that may lead to future retail opportunities. In a statement provided to JCK, Trove called its purchase of The Seven as an acquisition and part of the New York City’s company’s “strategic expansion plans.” The statement also confirmed Trove will close The Seven’s well-known Bleecker Street store in July.
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4 days ago | 
jckonline.com | Annie Davidson Watson |Rob Bates |Karen Dybis |Brittany Siminitz
Phillips is bringing a standout slate of 144 rare and historic timepieces to New York this June for its 12th watch auction, The New York Watch Auction: XII, headlined by Patek Philippe timepieces and more. Leading the sale is a yellow gold Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 (estimate $400,000–$800,000). A holy grail among collectors, this perpetual calendar chronograph was the world’s first serially produced wristwatch of its kind when introduced in 1941.
