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 [...]
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Fashion Designer Betsey Johnson Unveils $3 Million Chambord Black Raspberry Liqueur Bottle Covered in Diamonds, Gold and Pearls at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
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 [...]
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Developers of New York Diamond District International Gem Tower to Revisit Israel
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 contracts [...]
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Jeweler Tiffany & Co Awards $1 Million Grant towards Campaign to save the famous Hollywood Sign
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 [...]
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Rio Tinto Diamonds Sales Dates For 2010
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 allocations [...]
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GIA New York Lab Set to Relocate to International Gem Tower in New York
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 a [...]
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Ivanka Trump to Headline 2010 WJA Women in the Know Conference
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 [...]
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The Knot Inc. Renews Strategic Registry Partnership with Macy’s
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 [...]
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Sex and the City Jewelry Line To Retail From $55 this Spring in New York and Online
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 Tower. [...]
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‘Substantial Opportunities’ for Greater Diamond Trade between U.S. and Turkey
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 between [...]
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Sotheby’s Sale of Magnificent Jewels Brings $30,582,751 ; Strong Prices Achieved for White Diamonds
Sotheby’s sale of Magnificent Jewels brought a total of $30,582,751, exceeding the pre-sale estimate of $20/26 million and achieving the second highest total for a various owners sale of Jewelry at Sotheby’s New York since 1995. The sale was 88.4% sold by lot and 91.9% sold by value, with white diamonds [...]
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Dubai Diamond Exchange Board Holds Inaugural Meeting to Review Strategy for Enhancing Role in Global Diamond Trade
The newly appointed board of directors of the Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE), a subsidiary of Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), has held its inaugural meeting recently in Dubai, to review the strategy for enhancing Dubai’s role in the global diamond trade.
The board, comprising high-profile members from the industry, toured the DDE trading floor in Almas [...]
