Grammy nominated superstars Katy Perry and Akon will be the musical guests on THE VICTORIA’S SECRET FASHION SHOW, taped in New York, to be broadcast Tuesday, Nov. 30 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Supermodels Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Rosie-Huntington-Whiteley, Candice Swanepoel,Chanel Iman, Erin Heatherton, Lily Aldridge, Behati Prinsloo and a bevy of [...]
A new GIA Laboratory report called “Using the DiamondView to Detect Irradiation-Induced Defects in a Brown-Orange Diamond”, by Sally Chan and Paul Johnson of the GIA Laboratory in New York reports on using the DTC DiamondView to detect irradiation-induced defects in a brown orange diamond. “Fluorescence is an important property of diamonds, which have characteristic [...]
pManhattan-based sterling silver jewelry designer, Cynthia Gale, is creating a buzz with her new Signature Collection, The City That Never Sleeps. The result of a collaboration with the New-York Historical Society, the jewelry is an aesthetic tribute to the New-York Historical Societyrsquo;s Irving Browning collection, which consists of 1,885 gelatin silver photographic prints and ephemera [...]
Security was tight at the W Hotels Arrival Lounge at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York where iconic fashion designer Betsey Johnson unveiled for the first time in the U.S. arguably the world’s most expensive spirits container: a Chambord bottle fashioned with $3 million worth of diamonds, gold and pearls. Designed by international jeweler Donald [...]
A delegation of senior officials from Extell Development Company, the developer that is building the iconic International Gem Tower Company in New York’s Diamond District, will be visiting Israel from February 14-17, 2010. Since Extell’s first visit to the Israel Diamond Exchange in Ramat Gan this past October, a number of Israel-based companies have signed [...]
The Tiffany & Co. Foundation has awarded a $1,000,000 grant to The Trust for Public Land (TPL) and its Campaign to Save Cahuenga Peak, Home of the Hollywood Sign. The award expands the Foundation’s urban parks program that originated with support for New York City’s parks through the Battery Conservancy and Friends of the High [...]
Rio Tinto Diamonds sells rough diamonds in large volumes to a number of specialist customers. The relationship between Rio Tinto Diamonds and its customers is based on mutual understanding and trust, and is long-term in nature. Rio Tinto Diamonds customers benefit by receiving a regular supply of consistently assorted rough diamonds. Consistency of assortments and [...]
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has announced plans to relocate its New York Laboratory to Extell’s International Gem Tower (IGT). GIA has signed a contract to purchase an entire floor in the tower under construction on 47th Street. The nearly 30,000 square foot space will enable GIA to organize its staff and equipment in [...]
Ivanka Trump – social and style icon, astute businesswoman, best-selling author, international TV personality, jewelry entrepreneur, and daughter of Donald and Ivana Trump – will headline the Women’s Jewelry Association’s Women in the Know Conference (WITK) on Friday, March 12, 2010 at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City. A summa cum [...]
The Knot Inc. (NASDAQ:KNOT), a leading lifestage media company devoted to weddings, nesting, and first-time pregnancy, has signed a new registry agreement with leading bridal registry retailer, Macy’s Inc. The new agreement terminates the previous agreement that had been scheduled to expire in January 2011. The new, three-year deal is expected to begin in February [...]
Dogeared Jewels & Gifts, a trendsetting fashion brand that creates handcrafted jewelry in Los Angeles, has officially licensed the Sex and the City brand from HBO to create a new a line of jewelry. Dogeared designed charms that represent iconic themes from the award-winning HBO series, among them a diamond, a stiletto, and the Eiffel [...]
The New York Diamond Dealers Club’s executive leadership in New York has met with Yunus Oguzhan Aloghu, executive vice president of the Istanbul Gold Exchange, to discuss improving diamond, jewelry and gold trade between the two countries. In summarizing the discussion, Dealers Club president Moshe Mosbacher said, “There are substantial opportunities for greater diamond trade [...]