Every year around this time, the trend pieces start flooding in — oversized, conceptual, often un-wearable. And every year, I find myself sorting through what's actually worth your attention versus what looks great on a runway and looks strange everywhere else. Fall 2026 has some genuinely interesting things happening in jewelry. Some trends are continuations […]
Read moreIn 1987, during a U.S. Open match, tennis player Chris Evert paused play to search for a bracelet that had fallen from her wrist. The bracelet was a diamond inline piece she'd been wearing during competition — something that had previously been called an "eternity bracelet." After the incident made headlines, the style became known […]
Read moreThere's a scene I think about sometimes from when I was new to the jewelry business. An elderly gentleman came in to have his grandfather's signet ring resized — a heavy, oval gold piece with an engraved crest he couldn't fully explain. He just knew it had been in the family for four generations. "Does […]
Read moreA few years back, a customer brought in a diamond tennis bracelet for appraisal. It was a beautiful piece — fourteen carats total weight, set in platinum. But it looked dull. Lifeless. The diamonds weren't sparkling the way diamonds are supposed to. I asked how long it had been since she'd cleaned it. "Cleaned it?" […]
Read moreMy grandmother always wore the same ring to special occasions — a deep blue oval sapphire set in yellow gold that caught the light in a way I've never forgotten. She called it her "something permanent" in a world that never sits still. It wasn't until I started working in jewelry that I truly understood […]
Read moreI used to think I had some exotic skin condition. Every pair of affordable earrings I bought left my earlobes red, itchy, and swollen within hours. I tried cleaning them, tried different brands, tried every over-the-counter cream my pharmacist recommended. Nothing helped until a dermatologist finally asked me a simple question: "Have you tried platinum […]
Read moreWhen I was helping my sister pick out a diamond engagement ring, she handed me a printed chart with a row of acronyms: FL, IF, VVS1, VVS2, VS1, VS2, SI1, SI2, I1, I2, I3. Then she looked at me and asked, in complete seriousness, "Which one do I actually need?" It was a great question. […]
Read moreThe first time someone pointed out the "925" stamp inside a silver ring I'd just bought, I had absolutely no idea what it meant. I assumed it was a style code, or maybe a manufacturer ID. It wasn't until later that I learned it was something far more useful: a direct statement about what the […]
Read moreMy grandmother left me a box of jewelry when she passed. Inside were brooches, chains, and rings — some marked, some not. I had no idea which pieces were genuine gold and which might be gilded brass or some long-forgotten alloy. I spent an entire afternoon researching, testing, and learning more about gold than I […]
Read moreWalk into any boutique, scroll through any fashion feed, or glance at the neck of anyone who seems to have their jewelry life together, and you'll notice the same thing: multiple necklaces, worn simultaneously, looking like they just happened. Like the wearer simply reached into a drawer and the result was this perfect, curated stack. […]
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