Competition - It leads dogs to bark and market traders to bite. Say what you will about competition, without it, we would be living in a dull world. And in the industry of fashion design, competition is the whetstone... [view full entry]

An optician is an unlikely candidate to be named the next big thing in the fashion industry, but one look at the creations of Jak Figler reveals that he could very well be the new James Avery. As a product designer for... [view full entry]

Suzanna Dai has found her place in jewelry fashion:  the center.  As this evolving talent turns her head a new world is discovered.  Her timing and her tastes weave and wonder together.  Dai’s... [view full entry]

Often when a designer deviates from creating expensive lines for high income clientele, much of the substance is lost in the interests of decreasing prices. The results can be derivative, (the Isaac Mizrahi line for... [view full entry]

When Gallery Atlantic spoke last year with Yuli Ziv, founder and Editor-In-Chief of MyItThings.com, she said that what’s hot for Jewelry in 2009 is Big and Bold.  We recently caught up with Yuli while she... [view full entry]

Temple St. Clair Carr is an alchemist; this much is clear even before you've learned that her book on the art of fine jewelry design, out last year from HarperCollins, is called Alchemy: A Passion for Jewels. It is not... [view full entry]