Professional Jeweller Award Nomination
We were pleasantly surprised with the announcement of the Professional Jeweller that Madestones is nominated as of one the five candidates for the award of supplier of the year 2018 in the UK.
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Madestones Fine Jewellery Collection Launch
February and March were very busy monthes for Madestones with the Inhorgenta Munich show and the launch of Madestones Fine Jewellery Collection. The Madestones collection blends high quality lab-grown diamonds with the timeless Antwerp design and craftsmanship. And, because our lab-grown diamonds are up to 50% cheaper compared to Earth-extracted diamonds, we can offer exquisite…
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Update from the Inhorgenta Munich 2018 show
We saw the same trend as at the Vicenza show a month earlier. The awareness and interest for lab-grown diamonds is growing fast. Companies that would not consider the use of lab-grown diamonds a few years ago are now rethinking fully and implementing the sales of lab-grown diamonds alongside their mined diamonds. Retailers, designers and…
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Sotheby’s will offer the historic Farmese Blue diamonds at its Geneva sales in May.
The pear shape of 6.16-carat fancy dark grey-blue diamond, originally given to Queen Elisabeth Farmese of Spain as a wedding gift following her marriage to King Philip V in 1714, has spent 300 years in the private collection of Europe’s royal families. The diamond will go under the hammer at the Magnificent Jewels and Noble…
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2017 – Historical Year for Laboratory Grown Diamonds. Final Breakthrough
Morgan Stanley reported that laboratory grown diamonds captured 3% market share of the global diamond business in 2017. This percentage is estimated to reach 8% by 2020. It is clear that the consumer definitely welcomes this new diamond product but retailers do not always know how to best fit or position this new product within…
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Pink diamonds, a Valentine’s dream
End of last year The ‘Pink Promise’ was the highlight of Christie’s Magnificent Jewels Hong Kong auction, with the 14.93-carat Fancy Vivid pink diamond selling for $31,861,000. The auction house said the sales price was a world-record per-carat price for any pink diamond weighing more than 10 carats. The pre-sale estimate for the oval stone…
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Madestones and Insignety, an innovative luxury brand, joins forces to bring innovation in the diamond and jewelry industry
Madestones, the largest European distributor of laboratory grown diamonds and Insignety, an innovative luxury brand, joins forces to bring innovation in the diamond and jewelry industry. Insignety, soul signed jewels, is an innovative, luxury jewelry brand for today’s demanding customer and retailers. Insignety believes that pieces of jewelry that are connected to special moments in…
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The very first range of Fine Jewellery using Madestones
´The Promise Of Created Elegance´, a new brand of Lab-Grown Diamond Jewellery – the very first range of Fine Jewellery that Madestones® has partnered to develop and a premiere for the European market. This exciting new range comprises scintillating lab-grown diamonds in hues of pink, yellow, cognac and blue set in 18kt Fairtrade yellow, rose and…
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The Promise of Created Elegance – Discover the brand and why it truly stands out
Discover the brand, hear Judith Lockwood, the Managing Director of You Fine Jewellery introduce the new brand of Fine Fashion Jewellery using Madestones and know why the collection truly stands out.
Leonardo DiCaprio endorses laboratory grown diamonds
Famous actor Leonardo DiCaprio proudly announced on November 11, 2015 that he invested in a start up producing laboratory grown diamonds because he was concerned about some ethical issues related to conventional diamond mining, including environmental issues. DiCaprio, who starred in Blood Diamond, tweeted: Proud to invest in a company reducing human & environmental toll…
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