63rd Edition of Cannes Film Festival Lighted by Color!
The Cannes Film Festival is traditionally a star-studded event with daily screenings of the best international films and best red carpet fashion stretched out over ten days on the French Riviera, just a couple of miles away from Monaco and the Italian border. Add each night, a major social ticket. Sprinkle with the thrill of the movie competition, the excitement brought by two major jewelry sponsors and tons of international movie glamour, well you get the Cannes Film Festival 2010. The 63rd edition just wrapped up. [more]

Color reigns supreme at the
Costume Institute’s Gala Ball 2010
Glamour and color in a red carpet event don’t get any better than the Costume Institute Gala’s annual ball held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The event, nicknamed in the past, ‘Metropolitan Museum Fashion Ball’, is considered the best social ticket in New York. On Monday, May 3, celebrities from coast to coast, including models, actresses, singers and fashion designers, all got glammed up, walked the red carpet and climbed the monumental stairs of the MET with a great sense of show and fanfare. [more]

Oscar’s 2010 – Colored gems and gowns won big at the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony
Glitter and shimmer took the stage at the Academy Awards. But color was clearly the award winner this season. This year’s 82nd Academy Awards was an occasion to see jewelry and fashion bursting in a glamour extravaganza. The elite of movie stars were dressed and jeweled to the nines. The ceremony, held at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday March 7th, certainly downplayed the pomp in terms of jewelry (a few magnificent necklaces for instance) but certainly not in terms of style. Rich colors and textures were chosen in an optimistic, and yet tasteful approach. [more]

Glam, Glitter & Color Preside Over Golden Globe Awards Ceremony 2010
67th Annual Golden Globe Awards
The Golden Globe ceremony is the first red carpet event of the year. This year’s 67^th annual Golden Globe Awards was an occasion to measure the temperature of Hollywood jewelry and fashion. The crème de la crème of the television and movie elite were dressed and bejeweled to the nines. This year’s ceremony, held at the ballroom of Beverly Hilton on Sunday, January 17, was undeniably influenced by the massive earthquake that occurred in Haiti earlier in the week. Stars were wearing red, yellow and blue ribbon pins in a sign of solidarity. A group of stars will donate their gowns for auction to benefit earthquake victims. …[more]

Record Sales for Color at Fall ‘09 Jewelry Auctions.
From New York to Dubai, Geneva to Hong Kong magnificent jewelry sales held during the fourth quarter of 2009 set several all-time records for the number of sapphires and color diamonds on the auction block. Most impressive were the large number of high-end pieces, many very collectible for their design or gem quality, including high-end untreated Burmese rubies, Kashmir sapphires, Colombian emeralds, natural pearls, and fancy colored diamonds. … [more]

INTERGEM Idar-Oberstein 2009
October 2nd to 5th 2009
The 25th Intergem, a brilliant event, ended successfully. After the follow up has been finished this is the perfect moment to sit back and take a look at the most important facts. This year the numbers of visitors of the trade fair reached last yearís numbers on day three already and finally 3.600 visitors came to Idar-Oberstein. [more]

ICA Poster Competition 2009 - Poster Gallery
The 5th ICA International Poster Competition dedicated to Colored Gemstones. ICA 13th Congress at Panyu – China
Visit the Gallery of all 104 Posters …[more]

ICA Poster Competition 2009 Winners Announced
The 5th ICA International Poster Competition dedicated to Colored Gemstones
ICA 13th Congress at Panyu – China
The International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA) conducted the 5th International Poster Competition dedicated to colored gemstones during ICA Congress, that took place in Panyu, Guangzhou, China.
A total of 103 posters from 20 countries, including designs from countries that have not participated in previous years, were exhibited in the congress venue. The delegates of the congress, that had the largest attendees ever in such an event, voted for the three best posters that have been submitted to the competition. …[more]

ICA PRESS RELEASE
Five Minutes Before the Gong of the 5th ICA International Poster Competition
New York, April 23, 2009 - The International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA) will conduct the 5th International Poster Competition dedicated to colored gemstones during the ICA Congress, May 5-10, 2009, in Panyu, Guangzhou, China.

A total of 106 posters from 20 countries were submitted to the organizing committee, including designs from countries that have not participated in previous years, such as Pakistan, Finland, Ecuador and Turkey. …[more]

Oscar’s 2009: glamour and glitter!
81^st Annual Academy Awards 2009
The 81^st Annual Academy Awards celebration was held on Sunday 22 February 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The most important red carpet event of the year has become a stellar occasion to showcase beautiful fashion and jewelry. This year was no exception: glitter and glamour was on display. The good news is that color stones abounded, dazzling and glittering. …[more]

Tucson Show 2009
This year’s 2009 Tucson was the 55th edition of the gem world’s largest and most popular show, itself spawning 42 ancillary shows throughout Tuscon. Asian exhibitors, notably, have been coming in growing numbers in recent years, and 2009 was no exception.  Indeed, there have been droves of attendees and exhibitors coming from all over the world. …[more]

Color Scores Best Dressed at Golden Globes 2009
66th Annual Golden Globe Awards
The most memorable looks along the red carpet of the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards were those in colorful gowns and jewels. While the expectation was to downplay the pomp and circumstance given the difficult economy, celebrities with an eye for style (or a really good stylist) chose a more optimistic, yet tasteful approach in their use of color. …[more]

THE BLUE WITTELSBACH DIAMOND:
WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR ANY DIAMOND SOLD AT AUCTION
London – The top lot was The Wittelsbach Diamond, an historic 17th Century cushion-shaped deep grayish blue, VS2 diamond of 35.56 cts which realised £16,393,250/ $24,311,190/ ‚¬18,704,698, setting a WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR ANY DIAMOND SOLD AT AUCTION and WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR ANY JEWEL SOLD AT AUCTION. …[more]

ICA Announces Fifth International Poster Competition
ICA Announces Prizes for 5th ICA International Poster Competition. Deadline for entries – December 31, 2008
New York, Dec. 4, 2008 – The International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA) announced prizes for the 5th ICA International Poster Competition, which will be held in conjunction with the ICA Congress scheduled for May 5-10, 2009 in Panyu, Guangzhou, China. …[more]

Best in Show Goes to Best in Color at Emmys
60th Annual Emmy Awards 2008
HOLLYWOOD, CA – The all white diamond look seems passé for the glamorous stars who grace Hollywood’s most prominent red carpets. At the 60^th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in late September, the hottest celebrities in Hollywood have embraced the trend for color as the ultimate message of personal expression. The most memorable gowns and jewels were in brilliantly vivid hues, from bright coral, raspberry and lemon yellow to emerald green and aqua blue. …[more]