Pendants, Paper-Clip Chains & Pearls: Luxury 2021 Strikes Optimistic Note

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Pendants, Paper-Clip Chains & Pearls: Luxury 2021 Strikes Optimistic Note

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Oddly enough they don't say what stones are in the pendants in the lead pic. We can guess that they're likely lapis and azurite, but nothing can be determined as fact from a photo, and I thought it was odd for them not to disclose them in an article. I love the paraiba ring, which is stunning, and I also like the ring in the last pic. Check these out. 8-)

Pendants, Paper-Clip Chains & Pearls: Luxury 2021 Strikes Optimistic Note
By Victoria Gomelsky | August 31, 2021

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"A sure sign that 2020, with its lockdowns and work-from-home mandates, is in the rearview mirror: The “Zoom earring” no longer reigns supreme.

In its place, make way for the mask-friendly necklace.

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Platinum ring with 7.15 ct. round Mozambique paraiba tourmaline, 0.56 ct. t.w. round Brazilian Paraiba, 1.53 cts. t.w. diamond baguettes, and 1.65 cts. t.w. round diamonds, $320,000; Omi Privé

Just ask exhibitors at the Luxury fair, which opened at The Venetian Resort on Tuesday for three days of invitation-only buying before welcoming all buyers on the opening day of JCK Las Vegas.

“We’re selling very simple pendants,” said Lauren Kessler, whose New York–based Lauren K brand showed a range of gemstone pendants on trendy 18k gold paper-clip chains. “It’s a mask-life thing.”

Yossi Abrahimi, director of sales and marketing at Doves by Doron Paloma, another Luxury exhibitor, ­alluded to the same rationale when he noted that pendants, such as the brand’s newest collection of 18k gold medallions featuring celestial elements and signs of the zodiac, have been popular. “We don’t know if it’s a mask thing or what,” he said.

Melanie Goldfiner, director of business development at Los Angeles–based Rahaminov Diamonds, echoed the others: “We’ve been selling so many diamond line necklaces,” she said.

It stands to reason that neckwear is seeing renewed interest. Even with the Delta variant raging, people are resuming activities they opted out of last year (trade shows, for one!). Encouraged by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines urging Americans to mask up indoors regardless of vaccination status, jewelry lovers are gravitating to styles, such as pendants and bracelets, that don’t interfere with mask-wearing, according to exhibitors at Luxury. ... "

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