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A number of events took place in New York City this week, with Jocelyn Prestia of jewelry brand Unhada named New Designer of the Year...
Jewelers of America elected Ryan Berg of Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry (pictured here, right, will Bill Farmer Jr., immediate past chair) to lead its board at a meeting held Saturday in New York. Read more here.
A number of events took place in New York City this week, with Jocelyn Prestia of jewelry brand Unhada named New Designer of the Year at the JA New York Summer show and Ryan Berg elected board chairman of Jewelers of America.
Also in New York, the Women’s Jewelry Association held its annual Awards for Excellence gala at Chelsea Piers, and the American Gem Society hosted its Circle of Distinction dinner, honoring jeweler Georgie Gleim, JCK’s Yancy Weinrich and John Green of Lux, Bond & Green.
It’s the week that was, in photos.
Jewelers of America elected Ryan Berg of Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry (pictured here, right, will Bill Farmer Jr., immediate past chair) to lead its board at a meeting held Saturday in New York. Read more here.
Global and digital influences will inspire jewelry design in 2016, but just knowing the trends won’t be enough for jewelers to sell the pieces. They’ll need to market them accordingly, too. Read more here.
The Women’s Jewelry Association announced the winners of its 2015 Awards for Excellence live in New York Monday night, and honored Gumuchian with the Corporate Award. Pictured here giving their acceptance speech at the awards are Myriam Gumuchian Schreiber, flanked by her mother Anita, left, and sister Patricia, right. Read more here.
Jocelyn Prestia, the woman behind jewelry brand Unhada, was recognized with the New Designer of the Year Award Monday afternoon at the JA New York Summer show. Read more here.
Paris-based luxury goods conglomerate LVMH reported this week that its Watches & Jewelry division saw sales increase by double digits in the first half of the year, led by Bulgari. Read more here.
A panel discussion called “The Big Pitch,” designed to help new designers with their sales pitches and collections, took place at the JA New York Summer show on Tuesday afternoon. Read more here.
Also this week in New York, the American Gem Society held its annual Circle of Distinction dinner Tuesday night at The Plaza Hotel. The organization honored two women, jeweler Georgie Gleim and JCK’s Yancy Weinrich, with its Triple Zero Award while this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award went to John Green of Lux, Bond & Green.
Tina Chan, a Chicago-based jewelry designer who just opened a brick-and-mortar space, is the winner of this year’s WJA-Carelle grant, created in honor of the late Brooke Tivol McGrath. Read more here.
Louise Prior, who spent a total of 18 years with De Beers, is the new executive director of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses. Read more here.
The great-great-grandson of Tiffany & Co.’s founder, Harry Platt, died this week at the age of 91 in his home in Palm Beach, Fla. Read more here.
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