Katerina Perez and Precieux Webzine Biennale des Antiquaires Jewellery Nominations:
The 27th Biennale des Antiquaires was, for me, one of the most important jewellery events of 2014. Within the trappings of the resplendent Grand Palais, 13 legendary jewellery maisons from France, Italy, Britain and Hong Kong were gathered. As well as the usual suspects (Cartier, Piaget, Van Cleef&Arpels, Chaumet, Boucheron, Chanel, Bvlgari and Dior) a few debutantes also appeared: Giampiero Bodino and David Morris, Graff returned to the Biennale after a 12 year hiatus, whilst Wallace Chan and Alexandre Reza returned to the exhibition for a second time.
When I visited the Antiquarian Biennale with Céline Richard – a Parisian jewellery blogger and founder of Précieux Webzine, we recognised that it would be simply impossible to talk about each brand separately. That is why we decided to select our own jewellery award nominees and settled on 11 categories which were as follows:
Best Gemstone Jewellery of the Biennale des Antiquaires
Best Pearl Jewellery of the Biennale des Antiquaires
Best Diamond Jewellery of the Biennale des Antiquaires
Best Interpretation of a Theme at the Biennale des Antiquaires
Best DNA collection at the Biennale des Antiquaires
Most Innovative jewellery at the Biennale des Antiquaires
Best Jewellery Piece at the Biennale des Antiquaires
Personal Favourite Jewels of the Biennale des Antiquaires
Best Surprise of the Biennale des Antiquaires
Most Complex Jewel of the Biennale des Antiquaires
Unrealised Potential - Dior and Boucheron
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Katerina Perez is a jewellery insider, journalist and brand consultant with more than 15 years’ experience in the jewellery sector. Paris-based, Katerina has worked as a freelance journalist and content editor since 2011, writing articles for international publications. To share her jewellery knowledge and expertise, Katerina founded this website and launched her @katerina_perez Instagram in 2013.
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