Buying Guides

How to Choose an Engagement Ring Setting
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How to Choose an Engagement Ring Setting
An engagement ring setting is the architecture that holds the center stone, and the architecture is what the eye reads at conversational distance. This is the editorial buying guide to... Read more
Best Jewelry for Work
Best Jewelry for Work
The office is the most demanding wardrobe in fine jewelry. The best jewelry for work is not the boldest jewelry you own. It is the rotation that disappears into the... Read more
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How to Choose Luxury Jewelry
How to Choose Luxury Jewelry
Luxury jewelry is not the loudest piece in the case. It is the piece that survives a decade of being worn, reset, restrung, and handed down without ever looking like... Read more
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Best Layering Necklaces: An Editorial Buying Guide
Best Layering Necklaces: An Editorial Buying Guide
A layered necklace is the editorial of accumulation, where two or three or four thin chains read together as one composed line across the collarbone. This is the editorial buying... Read more
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How to Choose Gold Jewelry: An Editorial Buying Guide
How to Choose Gold Jewelry: An Editorial Buying Guide
Gold is the foundational metal of fine jewelry, and the most easily confused category in the case. A 14k chain and a 14k-plated chain look identical in the photograph and... Read more
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Best Jewelry for Sensitive Skin: An Editorial Buying Guide
Best Jewelry for Sensitive Skin: An Editorial Buying Guide
Most jewelry irritation is fixable. Eight out of ten cases trace to one metal and one alloy decision, and once the wearer learns to recognize it, the problem stops happening.... Read more
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How to Choose a Promise Ring: An Editorial Buying Guide
How to Choose a Promise Ring: An Editorial Buying Guide
A promise ring sits in the quiet space between a gift and an engagement - personal, intentional, and meant to be worn every day. The right one says what the... Read more
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