There will be no fewer than nine jewelry, gem and watch shows being held during the first week of June in Las Vegas. Nearly all are for the trade and are highly influential in determining the products that will be available at retailers for the second half of the year, including the all-important Christmas shopping season.
The Couture Show specializes in luxury and fashion jewels from independent designers as well as national and international luxury brands. Held at the appropriately luxurious Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Luxury Resort, more than 200 exhibitors and 4,000 buyers from top luxury department stores and independent luxury retailers fill the main ballrooms and private spaces throughout the resort. In recent years it has attracted more international jewelers and last year it added a dedicated area for luxury timepieces called CoutureTime.
Below is a short preview of what to expect at the Couture Show and what may soon appear in the display cases of luxury retailers.
Gold, bamboo and diamond Arbor ring with a 7-carat blue-grey spinel center stone by Aaron Henry
David Webb Paisley bracelet with cabochon rubies, emeralds, sapphires, brilliant-cut diamonds set in... [+] green and light blue enamel with 18k gold and platinum
22k gold and silver rectangle drop earrings with black diamonds by Arman Sarkisyan
Three stacked rings by Yael Sonia: Solo Rotated 8mm ring in 18k yellow gold and amethyst, Sonia Duo... [+] Solo 6mm and 8mm ring in 18k yellow gold with green tourmaline and pink tourmaline, and the Solo Rotated 6mm ring in 18k rose gold with pink tourmaline
The Macan Murni 18k gold ring by John Hardy featuring a Mabe Pearl framed by two jeweled tiger heads... [+] with pave-set black and white diamonds and black sapphires
18k gold and emerald cocktail ring with diamonds by Colette
18k black gold opal butterfly bangle by Wendy Yue with tsavorites, black diamonds, champagne... [+] diamonds, and white diamonds
Loren Nicole Etruscan Collar in handcrafted filigree 20k gold with 8mm bezel set stones and satin... [+] finish
18k white gold and diamond signet ring by Jemma Wynne
Black rhodium gold and black diamond bracelet by Noudar
Tanzanite sugarloaf carved 4-prong ring in 18K white gold with diamonds by Goshwara