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Best things deserve waiting
They say, how you start your year can have an impact on its entirety, so it’s worth spending the first days with something that you would enjoy doing in the coming months too. Although on 2 January the day started off grey and icy, I…
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Loupio-cite #1
“Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.” – Dorothy Parker (US poet and satirist, August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967)
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Maison of Hidden Treasures
Friday morning in Paris. My eyes popped open before the alarm went off. The sun was glimpsing into my hotel room around the edges of the curtain, calling out for me to have a noisette at the cafétéria next door. Stepping out of the building…
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Van Cleef & Arpels – ” L’Art de la Haute Joaillerie”, Part 2
The creativity of the jewellery house persisted even during the world war years. The Oiseau de Paradis clip decorated with yellow gold, ruby, sapphire and diamond was a product of this period, and this magnificent bird of paradise motif has been the source of inspiration…
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Van Cleef & Arpels – ” L’Art de la Haute Joaillerie” exhibition in Paris, Part 1
Les Arts Décoratifs provides a perfect frame and setting for the Van Cleef & Arpels exhibition which encompasses over 400 pieces in a chronological presentation dating from 1906.
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Mouawad: “New Generation” boutique in Oman
Earlier this year I enjoyed a beautiful performance in the Royal Opera House Muscat; The Hungarian State Opera presented Mozart’s “Abduction from the Seraglio”. The building is gorgeous and fits into the grandiose vision of Oman: established by Royal Decree, Royal Opera House Muscat is…
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HRD – Is the future synthetic?
We heard a rather interesting presentation by research scientist Dr. Bert Willems in the afternoon, about synthetic diamonds, and whether opportunities lie in these, or they pose a threat to the market by their sheer existence. As opposed to diamond imitations, synthetic diamonds bear the…
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Back to Antwerp
While the Gemmology Institute of America (GIA) is resorting to every available marketing and communication channel to reach its target group, the Antwerp-based HRD Institute of Gemmology is far more quiet. Nowadays there seems to be a shift. One of the signs of this change…
