The 18-karat white gold pear-shaped diamond ring with wings costing Rs.50,000 ($1,270) introduced by Scintillating Jewellery is studded with brilliant cut 1.426 carats of diamonds, and coloured stones. ‘The ultimate piece in luxury’, these pear-shaped rings are available at 11 of their outlets across the country, and also at Atria in Mumbai.
Takat Goes Green
Inspired by nature and the timeless beauty of trees, the Green Collection launched by Takat Gems India at the Jaipur Jewellery Show 2007, consists of chandelier earrings replicating the thick stems and branches of trees in 22 karat gold, encrusted with leaves of emeralds and rubellites. Prices range from Rs.275,520 ($7,000) to Rs.504,700 ($12,807) and the collection is available at the company’s retail outlet in Jaipur.
A Legacy in Gems
New-Delhi based designers Gaurav and Ritu Khanna have launched their coloured stone brand The Gem Legacy at their flagship store in Saket. The collection in precious and semi-precious stones dressed with diamonds in gold, boasts of an exquisite range of enamelled pieces. New-age designers, the Khannas have added touches of contemporary and international styling, so the pieces can be worn with western as well as traditional outfits.
Lucera’s Valentine Celebration
Renaissance Retail Venture’s sterling silver jewellery brand Lucera, unveiled its Valentine’s Day Collection to celebrate love and oneness in two tone effects. The collection comes in delicate and exquisite heart-shaped designs with studded champagne diamonds, solitaires, cubic zirconias, pink tourmalines in gold and sterling silver. The collection offers a spread of 35 designs in silver ranging from Rs.650 ($16) to Rs.1,500 ($38), and 20 designs in gold and diamond between Rs.2,700 ($68) and Rs.20,000 ($507). The collection is available at all Lucera stores across the country.
Bridal Collection by Cygnus
Cygnus from the house of Laxmi Diamond has launched Bridal Collection featuring diamonds, precious and semi precious stones studded in 18-karat yellow and white gold. The collection is handcrafted to create exquisite and stylish masterpieces to adorn a woman on her wedding day. The jewellery line is available at their 24 showrooms across India.
‘Sirius’ Solitaires by Kirtilals
Kirtilals recently unveiled its ‘Sirius’ solitaire collection in association with the Forevermark, at their Bangalore store. The collection comprises elegantly designed solitaires that innovatively depict the five elements of nature (Panchabhootha) as purity, brightness, solidness, innovativeness and eternity for Water, Fire, Earth, Wind and Sky respectively.
Speaking at the launch, Kirtilals managing director T. Shantakumar said, “The Sirius collection is a statement of femininity, luxury and fashion that creates an impeccable expression of style for the person. The unique feature of the Sirius solitaire collection is that it is exclusively designed and crafted with the latest Italian techniques at Kirtilals’ own state-of-the art manufacturing facility.” The collection is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and 100 per cent buy-back guarantee.
Celebrating Emotions
Tugging at emotions, designer Shobha Asar, at her recently inaugurated boutique in Mumbai, showcases her new line titled Love & Envy. Asar has attempted to marry purity with passion by innovatively using a combination of rubies to denote the blush of first love and emeralds to signify envy evoked in the darker shades of love.
Playing with Pearls
H. Ajoomal’s new earring collection uses South Sea pearls in various hues from ‘optic white’ to ‘deep honey gold’, ‘champagne’ and ‘chocolate brown’ to combine linear, light shapes and feminine motifs. The collection includes black pearl earrings in monochromatic shades, encrusted with pave black and white diamonds and grey Tahitian pearls. The pearl earrings in a new shade of chocolate outlined with diamonds, come in classic silhouette with solitaire rose cuts framed in black enamelled borders. The 18-karat yellow gold traditional danglers are aesthetically arranged with marquise emeralds, golden South Sea pearls and rose cut and full cut diamonds, while its white South Sea pearls inspired by oriental designs, are surrounded with round and baguette diamonds in 18-karat white gold.
Orra’s Platinum Pairs
Orra raised a toast to celebrate romance and relationship this wedding season by introducing the Platinum Couples Collection, an exclusive range of ‘his’ and ‘hers’ complementary rings. The collection, which comes in pairs, is studded with certified Belgian diamonds. Each pair has been crafted at Orra’s global design centres in New York, Antwerp, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Mumbai. The range, which includes eternity and semi-eternity rings, classic plain bands, solitaires and three stone rings, is available at Orra’s 34 exclusive boutiques in 20 cities across the country. The collection ranges from Rs.25,000 ($635) to Rs.50,000 ($1,270).
