Ethical gold rush: Gilded age for guilt-free jewelry
The firm, which makes the Palme d’Or trophy for the Cannes festival, now uses only verified suppliers of gold that meet strict standards.
The firm, which makes the Palme d’Or trophy for the Cannes festival, now uses only verified suppliers of gold that meet strict standards.
Men’s fashion brand Billionaire is pushing the concept of luxury to the extreme with the launch of a pair of 24-carat pure gold sunglasses.
All that glitters is definitely gold in a new exhibition at Germany’s central bank that lifts the veil on the nation’s massive reserves of the precious metal, partly to reassure
Guests who attend the launch of “Street Style,” To Be You’s picture-heavy book on the various fashion statements of today’s youth, have a chance to win one of several Swatch
Goldenall and Shiny Moon have mirrors for straps. Lattea and Golden Jewel have bracelets of small golden nuggets for sparkle. For Spok and Maremosso, a rainbow is the new monochrome.
IN AN EVENT-FILLED week that included the Pope’s visit to the US and the opening of the UN General Assembly, the exhibit “Philippine Gold: Treasures of Forgotten Kingdoms” opened at the Asia Society in New York last Sept. 11 and runs till Jan. 3, 2016.
It’s the first high-end jewelry venture of Suyen Corp., the same company behind such local and global fast-fashion brands as Bench, Human, Kashieca, Aldo, and American Eagle Outfitters.
It couldn’t have chosen a better brand. The Milan-based Dodo may have been designed to appeal to a younger and more adventurous market, but it is backed by the experience of craftsmen from luxury jewelry brand Pomellato. Every piece is made in Italy.
You got to hand it to Lisa Macuja. Most dancers at midlife and beyond reinvent themselves, explore new styles, redefine the meaning of dance in their lives and have choreographies made on them. But in the past few years, Macuja has gone the way of prima ballerinas in the past—performing the lead classical roles until their later years.
Lisa Macuja-Elizalde has staunchly adhered to a birthday “tradition” for several years. Instead of kicking back and relaxing, she indulges in the one thing she’s most passionate about—dancing.
Gold has always been in fashion but it need not be kept solely to bracelets, necklaces and rings. Longchamp’s Spring 2014 collection commands us to rediscover the allure of the legendary precious metal.
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