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sources: Diane von Furstenburg, Diane Von Furstenburg, Bazaar, Wonder Sources
Designing tasteful modern jewelry with semi-precious stones requires a lot of time in the market selecting a few special materials and playing with the shapes and colors until the recipe seems just right...
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sources: Lanvin, Elle, Oscar de la Renta, Wonder Sources
Creating mouth watering, over the top visual displays of semi-precious stone, meant to inspire other jewelry designers, requires a zen like immersion into the stone itself and a marathon approach to assembling a series of vignettes representing the season's top color stories.
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sources: Vogue, Dolce & Gabbana via Bazaar, Vera Wang, Wonder Sources
It certainly helps that I create visual displays for a top notch wholesale stone dealer, whose vast inventory of semi-precious and precious stones, sourced from the far reaches of the globe, is entirely at my disposal. The result, a virtual jewel fantasy fit for queen.