When the weather is cold and I’m all bundled up, the one jewel that never fails to bring me comfort is a yellow gold medallion pendant. Between zodiac styles, mandalas or simple round discs sprinkled with diamonds, the chic designs available at BE are the perfect talismans to shield you against the winter blues.
Point of View: Designer Spotlight on Daniela Villegas
Since 2008, when she moved to Los Angeles and made her first insect-inspired jewel, a stag beetle necklace, Daniela Villegas has transformed the creatures that slither, fly and crawl among us into rarefied 18k gold jewels studded with precious gems and beloved by tastemakers the world over.
Back to Basics: Tennis (Bracelet) Lessons
The story of how the diamond line bracelet, a jewelry staple dating to the Art Deco era, came to be known as the “tennis bracelet” is one of jewelry’s best apocryphal tales. Most versions trace the moniker to tennis star Chris Evert, who famously lost a diamond-and-gold line bracelet—traditionally, a flexible form of wrist wear featuring a row of square-cut gems set in white metal—during an early round of the U.S. Open one year, and halted play while she looked for it. Regardless of how the style came upon its name, there is no debate about its enduring popularity.
