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Courtesy of Lauren Adriana
Since she burst onto the scene roughly seven years in the past, British designer, Lauren Adriana has grow to be one of the crucial coveted names among the many jewellery cognoscenti. She makes simply 20 items a 12 months and every melds her experience as a grasp of high quality craftsmanship with a visionary and fashionable method to design (she studied as an undergrad on the famed design faculty, Central St. Martin’s in London). Those who get their fingers on one among her creations are as uncommon because the gems themselves. However Adriana is providing one particular Robb Report reader the chance to satisfy along with her in particular person at her studio on Mount Road in London’s Mayfair neighborhood to design a bit along with her from scratch.
On the desk is a uncommon 18-carat, top-color pure rubellite with distinctive readability and brilliance. Its pinkish-red hue with flashes of fuchsia is taken into account among the many most coveted colours of the stone. “Nearly all of Rubellite seen right this moment is included, cloudy or boring in colour,” says Adriana. “This stone has distinctive readability and shows the right steadiness of pink to pink which is barely seen within the best of Rubellite. Sourced from Brazil, its massive measurement additionally makes it significantly rarer—and a shocking centerpiece for an necessary jewel.”
The consumer will have the ability to remodel the gem, alongside Adriana, into no matter their coronary heart wishes whether or not it’s a shocking assertion ring, an necessary pendant, or the centerpiece of a bracelet. Both manner, given the ultra-limited and unique manufacturing of her items, proudly owning a bit of Adriana’s work is a chance that received’t come alongside too typically.
The piece begins at $150,000 for the rubellite and can go up from there relying on the place the consumer’s funds and creativeness can take them. E-mail giftguide@robbreport.com for extra particulars.