Diamonds took centre stage at the first-ever joint diamond jewellery catwalk organised by the World Diamond Mark (WDM) and Fiera di Vicenza at the VicenzaOro Dubai (VOD) show last Friday, with some magnificent diamond jewellery pieces provided by the Dubai-based house of Dhamani, and Dehres Hong Kong being in the spotlight.

At the show models displayed exquisite necklaces, bracelets, earrings and diamond rings with diamonds of different sizes, shapes and colours. The highlights were a 72-carat stone in a 200 carat total weight colourless and yellow diamond collier, and earrings with pairs of 20-caraters of D colour and IF clarity.

"This catwalk is part of the WDM's efforts to promote diamonds and diamond jewellery at international jewellery trade shows," Krisztina Kalman-Schueler, the WDM Programme Director explained. "This is this first time WDM has organised a diamond jewellery fashion event in cooperation with our supporting partner, Vicenzaoro Dubai. It serves as a teaser for many similar events that will be held at other international trade shows around the world in the coming months," she elaborated.

Alex Popov, WDMF Chairman, said, “We are grateful for the invaluable help of the houses of Dhamani and Dehres;  Marg Mashiach, a renowned fashion designer from Berlin for the wonderful dresses; and to the fantastic staff and management of VicenzaOro Dubai.”

He added that the WDM will be staging much bigger shows at the IJW in Mumbai, India, in August, and at a series of international jewellery shows in the Fall, worldwide.