The Natural Diamond Council & Assouline Release “DIAMONDS”
Coffee Table Book
Shine bright like a diamond
Diamond earrings from De Beers’s Talisman high-jewelry
collection, which feature 32 floating diamonds suspended from a
rare 1.6-carat oval-shaped white diamond in an 18-karat yellow-gold
semi-bezel setting. Alternating white polished diamonds and green
and orange rough diamonds imbue this design with a soft and elegant
color. Courtesy of De Beers Jewellers
A 200+ page coffee table book all about the beauty and brilliance
of diamonds? Sign us up. The Natural Diamond Council has teamed up with
publisher Assouline—a go-to authority on fashion , travel and
luxury publications—to create “Diamonds,” dedicated to the world’s
most sought-after jewel. In telling the story of today’s expression
of natural diamonds and their continuous impact on the world, this
new tome dives into tales of the world’s most captivating stones,
from the Hope Diamond, De Beers Millennium Star
diamond, to
the legend of the Beau Sancy Diamond, and cultural moments like
Marilyn’s infamous “Diamonds are a girl’s bestfriend.” The
book features stunning images, tall tales, and interviews with top
designers, tastemakers, and enthusiasts and a forward from esteemed
editor, Edward Enninful.
The edition, authored by fashion critic Anders Christian
Madsen, covers the scope of diamonds, from its history, to
providing a space for new and merging artisan jewelry designers to
highlight their diamond focused creations. Brands like Meesika,
Suzanne Kalan and Anita Ko. As diamonds are a huge widespread
cultural piece of iconography, the book includes quotes from
today’s cultural figures and disrupters like Kendall Jenner, Offest
and actress
Lucy Boynton about their sentiments around the precious
stone.
Cover of “DIAMONDS”. Courtesy of Assouline.
“While it is these pop culture diamond moments
that are forever etched in our collective memories; out of the
spotlight, all around the world, people are having their own
diamond moments,”
Customized $5 million Big Bang watch from Hublot,
encrusted with 1,282 diamonds, including more than 100 carats of
baguette diamonds and six emerald- cut stones each weighing more
than 3 carats. Courtesy of Hublot.
Necklace with 63.5 carats of diamonds from
Graff’s Tribal high-jewelry collection. Courtesy of
Graff
Model wears a Sabyasachi necklace in 18-karat
gold with rose-cut diamonds, brilliant-cut diamonds, Colombian
emeralds, Zambian emeralds and Japanese cultured pearls Errikos
Andreou/DEU: Creative Management.
Awakening Lotus high-jewelry necklace by De
Beers, with an 18.79-carat bluish-green rough that’s suspended from
a line of round brilliant and marquise-shaped diamonds totaling
46.69 carats. De Beers Jewellers.
