Christmas Jewellery Gifts: How to Choose Well
The difference between a piece she wears for decades and one that lives in a drawer is choosing well. Person-first thinking, the no-ring-size rule, personalisation and lead times.
Curated perspectives on fine jewellery metallurgy, laboratory-grown solitaires, and centuries-refined diamond setting from our Surat atelier.
The difference between a piece she wears for decades and one that lives in a drawer is choosing well. Person-first thinking, the no-ring-size rule, personalisation and lead times.
The evil eye charm is not the curse; it is the cure. From 3,300 BC Mesopotamia to the modern nazar pendant, here is what the symbol means and why it is one of the most gifted motifs in jewellery.
A locket is jewellery as a container for memory: a hinged pendant holding photographs, hair or keepsakes. Six centuries of history, and how to choose and wear one today.
Serpents have coiled around human wrists for nearly 3,000 years. Healing, protection, eternal love, rebirth: what snake jewellery means and why it keeps coming back.
Cufflinks need a French cuff shirt and thirty seconds of ritual. The styles, the history, how to fasten them, and when a pair turns a shirt into an occasion.
Earrings frame your face, so shape matters. Round, oval, square, heart, rectangular or diamond: the styles that flatter each, and the ones to skip.
From a first diamond stud to a curated ear of hoops and huggies: how to choose men's earrings, match them to the occasion and pick metals that last.
A charm bracelet is a wearable autobiography. From 75,000-year-old amulets to Queen Victoria and the 1950s, plus how to start and build your own.
Nickel allergy affects millions, but sensitive skin and fine jewellery get along beautifully with the right metals. Platinum, high-karat gold and the habits that help.