Cocktail rings and yellow diamonds: Chatting to M...

September 8th 2025

“For me there is nothing more beautiful, more interesting and more tactile than vintage jewellery,” says Michael Rose, founder of the eponymous jewellery shops in the Burlington Arcade. This quotation stayed with me for a while after I ...

Cocktail rings and yellow diamonds: Chatting to M...

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Indeed. I understand jewelry is something else entirely, but I came to the conclusion that in my own life it mostly revolved around having the opportunity to visit ateliers and build those connections. Sort of like a pat...

Glasses and jewellerySeptember 8th 2025

My vintage gold chain, and how to buy one

September 5th 2025

A couple of years ago I bought a vintage gold chain, prompted initially by style considerations. One was the fact I wear so many fewer accessories - ties, handkerchiefs - despite still loving them as works of beauty, and of craft. Unfortunately the...

My vintage gold chain, and how to buy one

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Sure. I take it off at night and showering, gym, swim. I don't clean it...

Glasses and jewellerySeptember 5th 2025