Jewellery

Engagement-ring season favored sculptural settings, Black-owned brands carried Met-driven editorial momentum into Q4, and Foundrae continued its multi-year compounding run.

The Met Gala carpet kept Black designer jewellery in the editorial spotlight, Foundrae and Anita Ko continued their slow expansion, and the indie European demi-fine wave reached its first US flagship moments.

Engagement-ring season pulled wedding bands into the editorial frame, statement earrings reasserted themselves for NYE, and Foundrae’s winter capsule confirmed where the indie cult money was going.

Foundrae kept the charm-necklace momentum, indie French houses like Yvonne Léon expanded US distribution, and the cuff bangle finally pushed the hoop out of editorial favor.

Foundrae’s defining year, the pearl moment matures into a category, Anita Ko’s red-carpet dominance, lab-grown diamonds cross into mid-market, and three-tier holiday gifting.

The cluster-ring moment, the pearl conversation matures, Tiffany under LVMH, lab-grown diamonds cross over, and the investment cuff finds its tiers.

Foundrae, Sophie Bille Brahe, Anita Ko, Brent Neale, and the independent-jewellery designers who defined the close of 2022.

The independent jewellery designers we kept circling back to in summer 2022 — beaded statement earrings, freshwater pearls, body chains making a return, anklets back, and small studios leading.

The independent jewellery designers and small studios we kept circling back to in late 2021 — signets, charms, ear cuffs, and the direct-to-consumer studios growing up.

Summer 2021 jewellery: the small, independent makers we’re watching, from Sophie Buhai’s sterling silver sculpture to Catbird’s permanent welded chains.