Writing about trends and fashion in jewelry is Ashley Davis’ day job—she’s National Jeweler’s longtime senior fashion editor. But over the years, the Miami-based journalist has also raised thousands of […]

The iconic X Ring from Eva Fehren, designed by the jewelry brand’s co-founder and creative director, Eva Zuckerman, debuted in 2011, and helped to redefine fine jewelry’s current era of […]

Nashville-based jewelry and fashion brand ABLE began as an experiment. In the late 2000s, company founder and CEO Barrett Ward, who was then director of the Mocha Club, a nonprofit […]

In 2021, consumers have easy access to virtually all of humankind’s accrued knowledge—thank you, Internet! Many even enjoy doing light background checks (a.k.a intensive Google searches), on the companies they […]

Independent. Powerful. Unique. Those three words describe not only the brands, but also the entrepreneurs, behind this year’s nominees for the GEM Awards for Jewelry Design. Foundrae’s Beth Bugdaycay, Brente […]

They were high school sweethearts who attended adjacent high schools in Cranston, R.I., then worked together at Alex and Ani, one of jewelry’s biggest modern success stories, before Omar and […]

When 8th grader Nathan Benjamin Slavens was around 10 years old, his mother suggested that the two of them take a jewelry-making class—for fun. He agreed, and the pair eventually […]

Talk to Mariele Ivy, founder of jewelry brand Young in the Mountains, for even a few minutes and you’re bound to discover that she’s as invested in making the world […]

If you live in Canada’s frozen Northwest Territories, you probably know more than the average person about diamond mining, through sheer proximity to its trio of major mines.   And […]

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and jewelry brands on every tier are donating to nonprofits that help fund breast cancer research, treatment, awareness, and education.   Some companies choose […]