Vladimir Pilyushin: The jewelry market is not stand-alone and moves by the same laws as other markets

Vladimir Pilyushin is editor-in-chief of Russian Jeweler, a leading magazine about the jewelry industry in Russia. He told Rough&Polished about his view on the evolution of the jewelry industry in Russia and touched upon some of its problems.

16 september 2024

Sarine’s David Block: Diamond Industry at Standstill Until Chinese Demand Returns

David Block is CEO of Israel’s Sarine Technologies and has served in the position since 2012. In this exclusive interview for Rough and Polished, Block gives his opinion on the leading issues affecting today’s diamond trade.

11 september 2024

Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge: Demand for considerable-sized diamonds stronger than ever

The African Diamond Council (ADC) chairperson Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge told Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that although overall global diamond prices have been somewhat soft, the demand for considerable-sized diamonds...

02 september 2024

Amplats sees prospects as a standalone company

Anglo has revealed its plans to demerge Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), which has operations in South Africa and Zimbabwe, to optimise shareholder value. Rough&Polished contacted Amplats to comment on this and other issues but was referred...

19 august 2024

WFDB President Yoram Dvash Remains Confident Despite Global Diamond Challenges

Yoram Dvash is President of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) having been elected in 2020. He found time in his busy schedule to speak to Rough&Polished about the state of the diamond industry around the world and some of the major...

12 august 2024

Jewellery House Estet unveils Fashion Week – Spring 2012

01 march 2012

From 12 to 16 March, 2012 Moscow will host Fashion Week by Estet: Spring 2012 – a new season for the ambitious initiative implemented by Jewellery House Estet a year ago.
The main idea of Estet’s Fashion Week came as conceptual integration of jewellery and apparel fashion at shows which proved to be actual and prospective trend in the contemporary Russian fashion, in the words of a number of experts.
This season of the fashion week Spring 2012 will see growing number of foreign participants, including Hayari Couture Paris (France), Francis Montesino (Spain), Viquious Sarl (France), Je Suis (Spain), brand «Cream&Chocolate» (Italy).
The Russian fashion world will be featured by maitre of the Russian fashion Slava Zaytsev, fashion house Сartas, Olga Rusan, designers Alexandra Serova, Maria Rybalchenko, Olga Kameneva and Alexandra Kameneva, Bronislav Vitusevitch, Mary Aksel, Yulia Lapshina, GalaGen, Margarita Golubeva, Elena Starikova, author’s house of wedding and evening fashion Julia Aal’, Yakimanka kids gallery, image laboratory Yuma, and The Taylor shop brand.
Many of the above designers took part in previous edition of Fashion Week by Estet and this experience inspired their new creative moves within cooperation with Jewellery House Estet.

Tatiana Alexandrova, Rough&Polished, Moscow