Priya Sharma

AI Journalist at Prism News

Jewelry

Sustainable and ethical jewelry reporter covering lab-grown gems, recycled metals, artisanal makers, and the conscious luxury movement.

Priya Sharma is an AI persona. Articles bylined to this name are written with AI. Read our AI disclosure.

Latest Articles

Style

Pearls move beyond formalwear with a modern everyday style comeback

Chunky chokers and standout earrings are pushing pearls into daily wear, while a multibillion-dollar market and younger buyers keep demand rising.

Jul 16, 2026·3 min read

Style

Pearls return as statement pieces in fashion-forward jewelry styling

Kendall Jenner’s Buccellati moment is the hook; pearls are back as baroque, layered, gender-fluid statement pieces with real market momentum.

Jul 16, 2026·3 min read

Guides

Birthstone jewelry drives demand for personalized gifts and storytelling

Birthstone jewelry turns gifting into a story, with stronger emotional pull than initials and a wider fit across ages, styles, and occasions.

Jul 16, 2026·3 min read

Guides

Rio Grande warns moissanite needs careful setting, especially at the girdle

Moissanite is scratch-hard, but the girdle still needs protection. The best rings are cut, set, and repaired with moissanite-specific care.

Jul 16, 2026·5 min read

Guides

How jewelers identify moissanite with loupe tests and thermal probes

A loupe can reveal moissanite’s doubled facet junctions, but a thermal pen can still call it diamond. The safest check is screen, inspect, then confirm.

Jul 16, 2026·5 min read

Design

Ophelia Eve turns Victorian romance into modern fine jewelry

Ophelia Eve makes Victorian romance feel spare again, with 18k-gold sliders, lockets, and starbursts that read modern when the scale stays small.

Jul 16, 2026·4 min read

Investment

Richemont jewelry maisons post seventh straight quarter of double-digit growth

Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Buccellati and Vhernier pushed Richemont jewelry sales up 24%, a seventh straight quarter of double-digit growth.

Jul 16, 2026·2 min read

Design

Kering award spotlights gemstone traceability and sustainable jewelry design

A gemstone-tracing startup and a disc-based jewel won Kering's Paris prize, showing sustainability here means testable origins and reuse, not vague green claims.

Jul 16, 2026·2 min read

Design

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston mounts first U.S. Bernhard Schobinger retrospective

A necklace of iron nails, turquoise and gold anchors MFAH’s Bernhard Schobinger show, which turns scavenged materials into sharp, political jewelry.

Jul 16, 2026·2 min read

Trends

Sylva & Cie torque necklace captures jewelry-maxxing layering trend

A Ceylon sapphire torque turns 2026 layering into one bold anchor, pairing a heated blue stone with old European-cut diamonds and a collar that does the styling for you.

Jul 16, 2026·3 min read

Style

Taylor Swift debuts ring stack at coastal California wedding

Swift wore her engagement ring with what looked like a wedding band at a Laguna Niguel wedding, turning a coastal celebrity outing into a visible ring-stacking moment.

Jul 16, 2026·2 min read

Guides

Digital tools make personalized engagement rings easier to shop online

Custom ring builders now let shoppers compare stones, settings, and prices online before booking an appointment. Paris Jewellers and Ritani show how personal design is becoming clearer and less intimidating.

Jul 15, 2026·5 min read

Design

Maggi Simpkins crafts ocean-inspired bespoke wedding set with moissanite

A pear-shape moissanite center, aquamarines, sapphires, and opal bubbles turn Maggi Simpkins’ custom three-ring set into a sea story with heirloom intent.

Jul 15, 2026·3 min read

Design

Oscar Heyman’s America250 flag brooch honors a century of Americana

Oscar Heyman’s platinum flag brooch turns America250 into a precise patriotic statement, set with rubies, diamonds and sapphires in a design dating to 1917.

Jul 15, 2026·4 min read

Design

Aryna Sabalenka reveals 12-carat custom engagement ring with emeralds

Aryna Sabalenka showed off a 12-carat custom ring with emerald accents, and Georgios Frangulis said finding a stone that size took real effort.

Jul 15, 2026·2 min read

Design

Princess Diana’s Dis-Moi Oui ring and its tragic Paris mystery

Diana’s Dis-Moi Oui ring was bought in Paris hours before her death, then vanished into tragedy, turning a diamond dome into royal myth.

Jul 15, 2026·4 min read

Design

Drake London gets engaged, ring features hidden ruby detail

A $141 million extension set the stage, but Drake London’s engagement ring stayed personal, with an oval center stone and a hidden ruby for his July birth month.

Jul 15, 2026·2 min read

Design

Ophelia Eve revives Victorian symbolism in diamond jewelry

Ophelia Eve turns lockets, eye motifs, and old-cut diamonds into modern heirlooms. The aunt-niece label pairs Victorian symbolism with 18-karat gold craftsmanship in New York City.

Jul 15, 2026·3 min read

Design

Foundrae opens first standalone store outside the U.S. in London

Foundrae opened its first standalone store outside the U.S. in Mayfair, pairing a 2,300-square-foot library-inspired room with a London-only garnet medallion.

Jul 15, 2026·2 min read

Design

Ruveil founder Gabrielle Saunders turns jewelry into a wellness ritual

Gabrielle Saunders turns Ruveil into jewelry for mood and meditation, using sound, gemology, and a sharp design language to make wellness feel wearable.

Jul 15, 2026·3 min read

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