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Bulgari, in the meantime, marks the 20th anniversary of its Colosseum-inspired B.zero1 line with extra items – greater than two million rings have been bought worldwide since it was first launched in 1999. The old is new again, due to a complicated set of designers who’re imaginatively taking inspiration from brands’ archives to have fun their 2019 anniversaries. Brides in search of the quiet luxurious vibe are gravitating towards elongated diamond shapes, like ovals, emeralds and marquises.

Reviewing the previous 10–15 years – the first of Jeweller’s evaluation of jewellery chains was published in 2003 – many jewellers lamented the rise of, and competitors from, style jewelry. The ‘big boy’ of the Australian jewellery industry, James Pascoe Ltd , the owner of Prouds, Goldmark and Angus & Coote, remains the largest group, as it was in 2010. Since then it has had a net lack of solely 10 shops, or 2 per cent, declining from 469 to 459. Some fine jewelry chains – such as Prouds and Michael Hill – managed to increase total store numbers, while others marginally decreased. The woman who can’t make up her mind, switching between a quantity of totally different necklaces and constantly asking for …