Coming Soon - A New Bling Blog Feature

Coming very, very soon to this space...  a new feature called "Chatting With The Paragons Of The Industry."

When speaking of diamonds, a paragon is a diamond that weighs a hundred carats or more.  It's a big, significant, weighty sucker and we all ought to sit up and take notice.  My desire is to seek out and talk to the human paragons of the jewelry industry.  The designers, the artists, the teachers, the stonecutters, the good retailers, the collectors, the industry innovators.  The people with the right stuff.

I have had the most excellent good fortune to become acquainted with the wonderful and brilliant Etienne Perret, who has graciously agreed to be interviewed for the Bling Blog.

I hope you are as excited as I am about this feature.  I could not have asked for a better debut jeweler/designer to interview.  He is spectacularly talented, terribly thoughtful and bright, gloriously irreverent, and you're going to love him.

Watch this space...

Comments

[Wendy]

Ooooh. Susanna! Can you hear the clamouring? What a wonderful choice to kick off this feature! Mr. Perret's design aesthetic is both extraordinarily elegant and playful. Although it would be an unusual choice for me, I am quite captivated by the U ring with the burnish set ball. And the coloured diamond lentil & pearl spinning rings. And ... well, the list does go on!

[Susanna]

Oh, I know... some of the choices are ultra-modern and sleek for my taste and yet so utterly appealing and timeless.

Hoping to have this up by tomorrow or Sunday. It is a wonderful collection and you're going to adore the man himself, I just know it!

[Gunnar]

Mr. Perret's jewelry does look stunning. It seems to have a youthful aesthetic - pinks and light greens...

[Wendy]

I'm looking forward to it! Something that sets Mr. Perret's web site apart is the quality of information -- as we know only too well, an educated consumer makes a solid decision. From metal to coloured diamonds, the copy is clear, informative and well written. And like you, Susanna, I do have a soft spot for the fancies!