By Emily Lincke Education Reporter Emily joined Community Impact in August 2021 and is an education reporter for the northern Greater Houston area. Previously, Emily worked for a small-town newspaper in El Campo, Texas, for two years. Before that, she interned and freelanced for the Houston Chronicle and worked as a freelance photographer and writer…

The Jackalope Arts Fair makes it easy to shop small. The fair is back this spring, with over 200 artisan and specialty booths offering art, food, home goods, body care, accessories, jewelry, fashion and more. The fair will be held at Central Park in Old Town Pasadena from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov.…

Ojai artist Elaine Unzicker makes chain mail. Not for Renaissance Faire enthusiasts or Society for Creative Anachronism members — at least, not specifically designed for them. Unzicker’s unique creations, constructed from carefully hand-welded stainless steel links that she calls “metal lace,” are designed with modernity in mind. “It’s very contemporary,” Unzicker said of her work,…

Fine jewelers and watchmakers are giving insight this winter into their storied histories through a series of new books. Fine jewelers such as Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels are highlighting their centuries-long histories, for one, focusing on their inceptions and major milestones. Jewelry designers like David Webb and Francesca Amfitheatrof are also giving peeks…

Ever since Jean-Marc Mansvelt took the helm of Chaumet in 2015, he’s been on a mission to wake the historic French jewelry house from slumber. The house has certainly been stretching its legs. Industry sources estimate Chaumet has reached around 450 million euros in reveues, exceeding pre-pandemic levels, although its parent group LVMH Moët Hennessy…

Berkeley Street in London’s Mayfair — an affluent district for shopping and fine dining — has a newcomer, Chiefer Jewellery, joining its neighbors such as Novikov Restaurant & Bar, 1 Hotel Mayfair and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars’ London showroom. Chiefer Jewellery is a bespoke jewelry and watches boutique that caters to the 5 percent started by…

LONDON — Last August, when the British Museum revealed that 2,000 precious items worth millions of pounds had been stolen from its collection, they weren’t referring to the Edo-era Japanese porcelain elephants, Native American medicine masks or Anglo-Saxon swords on display. Instead, they were forced to tell the world that classical Greek and Roman jewelry…

LONDON — Toteme, the hot Stockholm fashion label, is expanding into the fine jewelry category with sustainability and craftsmanship in mind. Billed as “a foundational edit of the jewelry box,” the brand’s inaugural jewelry collection comprises diamond-set midi rings and a chain necklace in 18-karat recycled gold, as well as the more accessible Signature jewelry…

When Nicole Wegman founded Ring Concierge in 2013, her mission was to make fine jewelry more accessible for women — whether they were finding the perfect engagement ring with a partner or self-gifting a diamond tennis bracelet.  Ten years and $100 million into business, Ring Concierge plans to keep increasing its product assortment of wedding-related…