Hélène Courtaigne-Delalande

Valentine's Day 2025: Declare your love with exceptional jewelry

Valentine's Day 2025: Declare your love with exceptional jewelry

From sparkling diamonds to timeless symbols and hints of red passion, jewelry houses compete in creativity to celebrate love in all its forms. Discover the most beautiful creations to offer (or to treat yourself) for an unforgettable Valentine's Day. February 14, a day of lovers for more than 700 years, remains a privileged opportunity to express one's feelings. Every year, couples play the gift game, and in 2023, the French planned an average budget of €142 to pamper their other half (+€28 compared to 2022, according to YouGov). Among the must-sees: flowers, chocolates, perfumes... but above all jewelry, symbols of eternal love. From diamond creations to bold, contemporary pieces, leading jewelry houses and talented jewelry designers are reinterpreting their icons and unveiling new thing...

Hélène Courtaigne Delalande, a designer worth gold

Hélène Courtaigne Delalande, a designer worth gold

The jewels of Hélène Courtaigne Delalande have a particular singularity; they are immediately recognizable and can be associated to works of art. Her signature lies in her approach to gold work, mixing mat and polished finishing, ornate in fine and precious gems selected with care. We have been following this designer for years, admiring her work and singularity – she is worth gold. Initially she was the artistic director for ad campaigns of big brands. In 1990 she oriented herself towards her passion and started creating her own jewels after a workshop internship and graduated from the ING school of Paris (Institut National de Gemmologie). Her style asserts itself; she shapes and brings to life true sculptures that she will ornate with gems as rare as they are precious. This jewelry is fo...

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Mother's Day: Jewellery Under 1000 Euros
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Mother's Day: Jewellery Under 1000 Euros

Widely acclaimed, Mother's Day remains an opportunity to celebrate the women in our lives. And what better way to pamper our dear mothers than with a beautiful piece of jewellery that symbolises our attachment over time? Say it with gemstones, hearts, or pearls... without breaking the bank! Like Christmas or Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, celebrated this year on Sunday, May 26th, is a key event for the French. Indeed, 63% of them claim that they have never forgotten it, and 61% consider it important. Nearly half of all mothers in France say they would be upset if their children did not wish them a happy Mother's Day (2022 Omnibus YouGov study). But what do children give to their dear mum? The traditional bouquet of flowers remains the favourite gift for a quarter of respondents, followed b...

The Ultimate Guide to Birthstones for Jewellery
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The Ultimate Guide to Birthstones for Jewellery

The tradition of assigning a gemstone to each month of the year dates back to antiquity. These stones, known as birthstones, are often used in jewellery to craft unique and meaningful pieces. Whether you're looking for a ring, a bracelet, earrings, or any other piece of jewellery as a gift, this comprehensive guide will help you discover the birthstone associated with your birth month, providing insights into its significance and properties. Indeed, birthstones, beyond their symbolic and spiritual meanings, possess unique physical properties that make them valuable from a gemmological perspective. Each birthstone has its own chemical composition, crystalline structure, and optical characteristics that set them apart from one another. Garnet is a gemstone that comes in a variety of colours...

Révélations Biennial : 30 jewellery designers you can’t miss !
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Révélations Biennial : 30 jewellery designers you can’t miss !

The fifth edition of Revélations , the international biennial event of Crafts and Creation, will open its doors from Thursday, June 9th to Monday, June 13rd, 2022 in Paris at the Temporary Grand Palais and it is certainly the artistic event not to be missed to support the crafts and creation. With Révélations, the diversity, talent and audacity of artists, craftsmen, creators, gallery owners, designers, manufacturers and institutions express their talent, their mastery of gesture and material and reveal it to the public. And the public is you! It is a nice gift that we will not miss under any pretext, especially since out of the 400 exhibitors present, we will have the pleasure of counting 30 jewellery creators. Thirty talented designers who deserve to be revealed for their know-how a...

Hélène Courtaigne Delalande, a designer worth gold
Jewellery

Hélène Courtaigne Delalande, a designer worth gold

The jewels of Hélène Courtaigne Delalande have a particular singularity; they are immediately recognizable and can be associated to works of art. Her signature lies in her approach to gold work, mixing mat and polished finishing, ornate in fine and precious gems selected with care. We have been following this designer for years, admiring her work and singularity – she is worth gold. Initially she was the artistic director for ad campaigns of big brands. In 1990 she oriented herself towards her passion and started creating her own jewels after a workshop internship and graduated from the ING school of Paris (Institut National de Gemmologie). Her style asserts itself; she shapes and brings to life true sculptures that she will ornate with gems as rare as they are precious. This jewelry is fo...