Deluxe Pad Senior Haute and Fine Joaillerie editor / contributor.Also contributor to Japanese magazine, Brand Jewelry and published author of 7 hardback books (all published by Thames & Hudson and distributed worldwide).Deluxe Pad is the world leading magazine and newsstand on the private business jet market.
Olivier Dupon
Author & Editor
London
Deluxe Pad Senior Haute and Fine Joaillerie editor / contributor.Also contributor to Japanese magazine, Brand Jewelry and published author of 7 hardback books (all published by Thames & Hudson and distributed worldwide).Deluxe Pad is the world leading magazine and newsstand on the private business jet market.
Dance is a terrific medium by which our bodies can vehicle a poetic message or a strong intention, and in a way, jewellery operates similarly while highlighting parts of our bodies. It is astonishing to see how much the repertoire of classical ballets inspired jewellers in the past and continues to do so in so many diverse creative ways.
A lot is being written about branded diamonds in the jewellery marketplace as today there are more diamond brands than ever before. A few diamond shapes stand out for us among the rest, however each marketer claims its own has the highest brilliance and the best scintillation. But is one really better than the other?
Mythology and religion are brimming with winged creatures: winged animals like Pegasus or the griffin – part lion, part eagle deemed to be guardian of scared places; as well as winged humans who appeared in ancient Greece with Hermes the Olympian god – and his Roman counterpart, Mercury. In the late 19th century, jewellers to the aristocrats and silver screen stars were quick to retrieve the symbolic essence of wings.
A growing segment of the costume jewelry industry has been successfully redefining what fashion jewelry actually is or could be. Combining precious plating with luxurious components, Australian designer Ryan Storer is part of the few how have explored these boundaries with a creative style that sets him miles away from his jewelry colleagues.