In hip hop culture, a grill, also known as fronts or golds, is a type of jewelry worn over the teeth. Grills are made of metal and are generally removable. They began to be worn by hip-hop artists in New York City in the early 1980s, and upgraded during the '90s in Oakland. They became even more widely popular during the mid-2000s due to the rise of Southern hip hop rap and the more mainstream pop culture status hip hop attained.
Jacob Arabo is a Uzbek-born American jeweler and founder of Jacob & Company. He is widely known as "Jacob the Jeweler" or "King of Bling".
The Zale Corporation is an American jewelry retailer, incorporated in Delaware in 1993. The principal executive offices are located in Irving, Texas.
Suz Andreasen was an American artist known for her writings, musical compositions and vocals, and museum collection jewelry designs.
Zoltán Dávid (1955) is a Hungarian-born American jewelry designer based in Texas who has visited Costa Rica. His business, Zoltan David Precious Metal Art, opened in 1980 and has focused on individually crafted one-off pieces. On August 27, 1988, he was knighted by the Hungarian nation in honour of his father, Zoltan David I.
Arline Fisch is an American artist and educator who works with metal as her medium.
Birks Group is a designer, manufacturer and retailer of jewellery, timepieces, silverware and gifts, with stores and manufacturing facilities located in Canada and the United States. The Group was created in November 2005 through the merger of Henry Birks and Sons Ltd. (Canada) and Mayors Jewelers Inc..
Reeds Jewelers is a U.S. retail jewelry company founded in 1946 by Bill and Roberta Zimmer in Wilmington, North Carolina. Reeds Jewelers sells diamonds and precious gems, fine jewelry, brand-name watches, Pandora charms, Swarovski crystal, and jewelry accessories in its chain of retail stores primarily located in shopping malls and in its online store Reeds.com. In May 2008, "National Jeweler" magazine listed Reeds Jewelers as the ninth largest North American Retail Jewelry chain.
David Yurman Enterprises LLC is a privately held American designer jewelry company founded by David Yurman and Sybil Yurman and headquartered in New York City. There are currently 33 David Yurman boutiques in the US and 11 international boutiques.
Fulco di Verdura, or Fulco Santostefano della Cerda, Duke of Verdura and Marquis of Murata la Cerda, was an influential Italian jeweller. His career began with an introduction to designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel by composer Cole Porter. He opened his own jewelry salon, which he called Verdura, in 1939.
Ricardo Basta is an award-winning Argentine American jewelry designer based in Southern California and is known for sourcing only ethically mined gems and diamonds.
Alexandre Reza was a Paris-based jeweler known for his diverse and rare collection of precious gemstones. He is lauded as the greatest gem collector of modern times.
Henry Dunay is an American goldsmith and jewelry designer, best known for his fine scratched surface technique known as Sabi.
Ippolita Rostagno is an Italian-American jewelry designer based in New York City.
Sevan Bıçakçı is a famed Turkish jeweller of Armenian descent. He is one of the few renowned jewelers in Turkey and is known around the world. He is considered a "star jeweler" in Turkey.
Qeelin is a fine jewelry company. The brand's products refer to mystical or superstitious symbols strongly embedded in the Chinese culture. The name Qeelin comes from the Qilin, an auspicious Chinese mythical animal and icon of love.
Nima Behnoud is an Iranian-American artist and Creative Director. He is the first fashion designer who implemented Persian calligraphy in a form of clothing and later on the creation of the brand NIMANY in New York.
Gorjana Reidel is an American jewelry designer based in Laguna Beach, California. She co-founded the jewelry line gorjana in 2004, alongside her husband Jason Griffin Reidel.
Jan Yager is an American artist who makes mixed media jewelry. She draws inspiration from both the natural world and the lived-in human environment of her neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, emphasizing that art is a reflection of both time and place. She has incorporated rocks, bullet casings, and crack cocaine vials into her works, and finds beauty in the resilience of urban plants that some would consider weeds.
Beth Bugdaycay is a jewelry designer and entrepreneur living in New York City. In 2019, she was nominated for the CFDA Award for American Emerging Designer of the Year.
