From left: Contra Mundum diamond glove created for Daphne Guinness, shot by Nick Knight; Coil corset created for Alexander McQueen’s AW99 show The Overlook, shot by Chris Moore; Thorned Branch necklace featuring a 162ct natural yellow sapphire.
Vivienne Becker Meets Shaun Leane
Vivienne Becker ‘meets’ multi-award-winning designer jeweler and goldsmith Shaun Leane, who is celebrating the launch of a new book charting his career, and bringing new insights into his collaboration with the late Alexander McQueen, when together they created barrier-breaking catwalk jewels.
Vivienne Becker Meets Shaun Leane >
Discover More
How Master Jeweler Shaun Leane Redefines Beauty and Danger
Vivienne Becker Meets Alisa Moussaieff
Mrs. Moussaieff, head of the renowned family-owned gem and jewelry business, Moussaieff Jewellers, occupies a very special place at the center of our world of gems and jewels. Here, Vivienne traces Moussaieff's origins and asks Mrs. Moussaieff about her and her late husband’s specialty of colored diamonds and how the current crisis is influencing her design aesthetic.
Vivienne Becker Meets Alisa Moussaieff >
Vivienne Becker Meets Albert Boghossian
Boghossian traces its story back to 1868, when Ovannes Boghossian, founder of the company, was making jewelry for the community in Mardin, the city known as Small Jerusalem, a strategic stop along the Silk Road. In this conversation, Vivienne Becker meets Albert Boghossian, 5th generation head of the Geneva-based, family-owned and run High Jewelry house known for its creative ingenuity, innovative craftsmanship and exceptional colored stones.
Vivienne Becker Meets Albert Boghossian >
Vivienne Becker Meets Fabio Salini
Vivienne Becker, in lockdown in London, ‘meets’ Italian designer-jeweler Fabio Salini, quarantined in Rome. Vivienne speaks with him about the 20 years since he launched his own collection and how he has spent that time exploring materials, concepts and technical innovation, in order to build and refine a new language of modernism in jewels.
Vivienne Becker Meets Fabio Salini >
Vivienne Becker Meets Saul and Eve Goldberg
Vivienne Becker meets two guests, Saul and Eve Goldberg, son and daughter of the legendary New York diamantaire, William Goldberg, the "father" of NY’s diamond district, so famous that he has a street named after him. In this entertaining and informal but informative interview, Saul and Eve, who now manage the company, reminisce about their father, telling the story behind the Ashoka cut, pioneered by and exclusive to William Goldberg.
Vivienne Becker Meets Saul and Eve Goldberg >
Recommended Reading
Dr. Michael Krzemnicki: Pearls of Wisdom >