Victoria Gomelsky

3 days ago | jckonline.com | Victoria Gomelsky |Rob Bates |Karen Dybis

In the luxury watch world, Material Good has built a reputation as one of the industry’s most astute retailers, thanks to its selection of rare new and pre-owned timepieces curated by Yoni Ben-Yehuda, the company’s head of watches. The New York City–based retailer’s many watch fans may be surprised to learn that the company—which operates stores in the city’s SoHo neighborhood, Miami Beach, Dallas, and, as of this fall, Boston—has an equally strong footprint in jewelry.

3 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.

3 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.

3 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.

3 days ago | jckonline.com | Victoria Gomelsky |Rob Bates

On Memorial Day, Louis Vuitton unveiled its new Virtuosity high jewelry collection in a Gothic-style castle on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Of the 110 one-of-a-kind jewels in the dramatic range, one sun-drenched piece stood out. Called the Eternal Sun necklace, the spiraling gold collar blends a string of 27 round yellow diamonds totaling 46.13 cts., sourced over the course of seven years (!), with the house’s signature rope motif. But that’s not all. A single round 14 ct.