The Jewelry Podcast (Cecilia Kores)

In this first episode, we talk about a topic that is on many people's mind: is it ok to buy jewelry for yourself?

I feel this is such an important question that we need to devote the first podcast episode to it!

We will also talk about why I started this podcast and why I love fine jewelry.

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A step-by-step guide to how you can approach the exciting task of buying your very first ring!

How should you know which gemstones you like, and what ring style that will be the right one for you?

What if you regret your choice?

In this guide, I will share tips to how you can get to know yourself, your taste and your style and by doing your research you will know when the right ring comes along - and be confident in that you have chosen the perfect ring for you.

I will also share tips from those who have already been in your shoes - those who have already bought their very first ring.

If you like this episode, it would be amazing if you wanted to rate the podcast, and of course follow it on your Podcast Player! It not only will notify you when the next episode is out - it also helps us to spread the podcast so we can continue recording!

And remember: you deserve fine jewelry.

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My favourite episode so far! We talk about the subject that gives many people anxiety: do you have to wear the same engagement and wedding rings your entire life?

But it is also for you who maybe is like me: who cannot see yourself getting engaged.

We look back on the pretty unequal history of engagement rings, and talk about how the diamond solitaire became the ultimate symbol of love. I also share the story of Halina who wears seven wedding rings (same husband) - and then I reveal how my own non-engagement engagement ring would look like.

Listen to the full episode or jump right to your favourite part below!

0.00-2.06 Intro

02.06-03.32 Why do we actually wear engagement and wedding rings? A quite grimy story!

03.32-05.51 When did the diamond solitaire become the ultimate symbol of love? It was actually due to a successful marketing campaign from a diamond company!

05.51-07.34  How large part of their monthly salary is it still recommended that men (yes) spend on the engagement ring?

07.34-09.58 The story of Halina who wears seven wedding rings (same husband)

09:58-13.27 My own story of how I wore power rings on my ring finger when I was single, and how I still cannot see myself getting engaged. And I share how I would design my own non-engagement engagement ring!

13:27-17.53 Final advice for all of us over-thinkers

Enjoy!

Finally

If you like this episode and want the podcast to continue, it would be amazing if you wanted to give an honest review in your podcast player! Then we can embrace the feedback and continue to record! You can also, of course, subscribe to The Jewelry Podcast in your podcast player!

And remember: you deserve fine jewelry.

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What determines if your gemstone will look beautiful for the next 5 years or 100 years?

The same quality that makes them dull and lose their luster and sparkle!

In this episode we go through the most important factor to consider when choosing gemstone in your jewelry. You will also learn why ordinary dust can scratch gemstones.

You may have wondered why an opal or amethyst ring is rarely marketed as a wedding ring? Today you will get the answer.

Listen to the full episode or jump to your favourite section below

Link to Moh's scale of hardness

0:00-1:37 Intro

1:45-2:58 My simplest recommendation: choose these three gemstones

2:58-3:32 The difference betweeen rubies and sapphires

3:32-6:00 Why gemstones wear with use and loose its sparkle

6:00-7:03 The definition of gemstone hardness

7:03-10:10 Review of Moh's Scale of Hardness - how gemstones are ranked based on their hardness

10:10-17:35 My 4 best tips to help you choose gemstone for your jewelry!

17:35-18:36 Outro

What I call hard gemstones:

diamond, sapphire, ruby, chrysoberyl, topaz, emerald, spinel, morganite, aquamarine, heliodor and tourmaline

What I call soft gemstones:

amethyst, rock crystal, citrine, rose quartz, tanzanite, jade, turquoise, moonstone, opal, coral, amber and pearl (and why you rarely see any of these recommended as a wedding ring)

In summary - choose hard, high-quality stones for your most important jewelry that you want to last a long time and be able to inherit, and go wild with the others!

Enjoy!

And remember: you deserve fine jewelry.

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"A hammer cannot scratch a diamond, but it can brake it into a thousand pieces." How is that possible?

This is an important episode for you who listened last week! Now that you know about the gemstone hardness scale, you should also know the exceptions. How can a hard gemstone still be fragile?

In this episode you will learn why it is seldom recommended to set an emerald in a ring that should be worn every day - and why it is rarely a good idea to remove a gemstone from an old piece of jewelry.

I will also answer our first listener question!

Hope this episode will be of value to you.

And remember: you deserve fine jewelry.

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In this episode I guide you through the jewelry I think you should have in your essential jewelry wardrobe.

I believe that if you plan your jewelry collection well, you will easily be able to combine your jewelry even on the days you feel the least inspired!

The purpose of an essential wardrobe i just that - to quickly make you feel fabulous even on the days where you completely lack inspiration.

My focus in this episode is on rings, but I also share how I combine earrings, bracelets and even a nose piercing to mix and match into a personal jewelry wardrobe.

Finally, I share my three top tips for what to think about when you create your very own essential jewelry wardrobe.

Enjoy!

And remember: you deserve fine jewelry.

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Why are some stones sold as “crystals” in bohemian shops, while others are sold as expensive gemstones in fine jewelry boutiques? 

How come marble is not a gemstone?

What is the difference between crystals, gemstones, minerals, semi-precious stones and synthetic gemstones?

After listening to this episode, you will know the answer to all of this - and hopefully gain a whole new understanding of the world of gemstones!

I hope that you will have many “light bulb” moments while listening to this episode. I really enjoyed recording and sharing this with you, because when I actually understood the things we talk about here, I got a whole new understanding of the jewelry world!

Enjoy!

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A fully loaded, wonderful episode! How to choose the color of your gemstones so that they harmoniously match your other jewelry and your wardrobe?

Today we will talk about:

• what colors to pick when choosing a gemstone
• how you can add color to your jewelry collection and still maintain a cohesive feel
• what you can do to ensure that the colored gemstones don't take over completely and overshadow the rest of your jewelry

I finish off with my 4 best, quick tips for adding color to your jewelry collection! 

If you want to share your color journey with me, please write to me on instagram @thejewellerydesigner or @jewelrypodcast.

Enjoy!

And don't forget: you deserve fine jewelry.

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The million dollar question that doesn't really have one straight answer.

Because giving the same care advice for all your fine jewelry is kind of like trying to give general washing advice for all types of clothes. You can’t treat an opal and a ruby the same way - the same way you can’t treat your silk delicates the same way you treat your vintage Levi's 501.

But after listening to this episode, you will be one step closer to knowing how to care for most pretty jewels in your jewelry box!

Enjoy!

And remember: you deserve fine jewelry.

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Can everyone be a designer? Yes! Today I share my secrets to how I became a jewelry designer and why I think everyone can become one.

I will also share tips & tricks to how you can go about designing your life. Do you dream about being a designer?

I think designing is like writing a recipe. And you don't need to be good in sketching!

Are you a creative soul? Please share your design process with me by sending me a DM to @jewelrypodcast on instagram.

Enjoy!

And don't forget: you deserve fine jewelry.

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Today we will sort out everything you need to know about diamonds!

In this episode, we will go through:

• The 4 C’s of Diamonds
• What conflict diamonds (also called blood diamonds) are and if you have to worry about these today
• What GIA is and how it became an authority within the international diamond trade
• If you always need a Diamond Certificate
• The difference between the color grades Wesselton and Top Wesselton
• ...and much more!

I have chosen to name this episode “THE Diamond Episode” (spoiler alert - it is an intense one), and I hope that it is one of those episodes you will return to over and over again. 

Because when you have learnt the rules of a perfect diamond, you can throw out the rulebook and find the best diamond for you. 

That is to me the best part about diamonds! You will find your own perfect one!

Enjoy!

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And remember: you deserve fine jewelry.

The four C's of diamonds

The 4 Cs denote four different quality aspects of a diamond and determine the price of a specific stone - it also explains why there are such massive differences in prices between stones of the same size.

The four Cs are:

• Colour - the degree of colourless (the less colour a diamond has, the more valuable it is)
• Carat - the size (1 CT = 0,2 gram)
• Clarity - how flawless its crystal is
• Cut - how well it has been cut and thus, emit sparkle and brilliance

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Can you love every single piece of jewelry that you buy? Is it possible to avoid having “anxiety pieces” in your jewelry box that you never use? 

The last thing you want is your new jewelry purchases to end up in the drawer or on your bedside table causing anxiety every time you see them. But can it be avoided?

We did a non-statistical market research with you - the listeners - and came to the conclusion that these are the seven most common mistakes when you buy fine jewelry:

Mistake # 1:

Not knowing what you are buying

Mistake # 2:

Not knowing your style and taste

Mistake # 3:

Not allowing your style to evolve over time

Mistake # 4:

Buying jewelry of poor quality

Mistake # 5:

Caring too much about what other people think

Mistake # 6:

Not having a plan

Mistake # 7:

Sticking too hard to the plan!

My best tip for you who are just entering into this sparkling word of fine jewelry is simply: Start small. Start wearing jewelry. Do not put all your eggs (money) in the same basket (into one piece of expensive jewelry) in the beginning. Start with something small, e.g. a small diamond ring and start wearing it! Slowly but steadily you will find your personal taste!

The worst thing you can do for your own jewelry development is not to wear any jewelry at all, because then you know for sure that you will never find what you like.

Enjoy!

And don't forget: you deserve fine jewelry.

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I'm more than excited to have these two cool, Danish sisters on the show!

Pernille Møbjerg and Charlotte Møbjerg Ansel-Henry set up their company The Jewellery Room in 2013, after having both worked successfully with jewellery PR for many years. It started as a two-day jewellery fair on Copenhagen Fashion Week, where they gathered press from all over the world to meet with the biggest names on the Scandinavian jewelry scene. But then the pandemic hit - and the sisters transformed their business into the sales of jewellery, still working with the same brands as before. Today, The Jewellery Room has evolved into one of the largest online market places for Scandinavian jewelry, and for many brands, they are the window to the customers.

In this episode we talk about their mission with The Jewellery Room, their personal career stories, why they love jewellery, how they look at the old stigmas surrounding fine jewelry purchases and how they strive to make it fun and easy. We talk about jewelry trends, what jewelry they think belong in a capsule jewelry wardrobe and the future of fine jewelry!

Enjoy!

The Jewellery Room

@TheJewelleryRoom

You can listen to this episode on Spotify, iTunes and Acast. You can join in the conversation on @jewelrypodcast.

This episode is also published on the Swedish sister podcast Smyckespodden (episode 39).

The Jewellery Room's mission:

The Jewellery Room exists to shake up the jewellery industry for the better. We don’t wait for change – we make it. The Jewellery Room is the leading marketplace for discovering and shopping unique designer jewellery. This is where you'll find your dream pieces from talented but often overlooked designers of the world.

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Many of you have requested this episode! And all I can say is - welcome to the beautiful world of gemstone cuts.

It is actually the cut that turns a stone into a gemstone! It is the cut that makes it beautiful, and what makes us want to wear the stone in a piece of jewelry.

There are two things that happen when you cut a gemstone: 

1. The first is that it gets a shape - round, square, pear shaped etc. 
2. The second thing is that the stone starts to reflect light - I call it the sparkle factor! 

And there can be a massive difference in the sparkle factor between stones with similar shape, for example between two round stones - which is why have so many different gemstone cuts!

If you think this sounds exciting, then you need to listen to today's episode!

In this episode you will learn:

• The pros and cons of the most popular gemstone cuts
• What cut you should choose if you want a really glamorous gemstone
• What cut that is the most common one in the world
• What cut that makes any stone sparkle the most!
• What cut you should avoid for stones that aren't of the highest quality
• What cut that looks relatively small - but still is quite expensive
• Which gemstones that probably are the most environmentally friendly - and that have a subtle, beautiful vintage glow!

I hope you will find this episode valuable!

The cuts we talk about in this episode:

• The Brilliant Cut
• The Princess Cut
• The Asscher Cut
• The Old European Cut (Antique cut diamond)
• The Old Mine Cut (Antique cut diamond)

Enjoy!

And don't forget: you deserve fine jewelry.

Find a close-up of the cuts we talk about in this episode on The Jewelry Podcast's instagram!

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The Jewelry Podcast is back!

This time with my whitty friend Hanna Hellberg sharing the mike.

In this revival episode, we're sharing our thoughts about the podcast - what do we want it to be, why do we think the world needs a Jewelry Podcast, and

why are we so passionate about it?

Also, Cecilia is sharing the greatest moment so far in the podcast's history: when it was picked up in New York Times.

On November 21, 2023, an article was published in The New York Times called "Jewelry Podcasts Pick Up Some Glitter". There are five podcasts mentioned in the article, of which the Jewelry podcast is one of them.

The podcasts mentioned in the New York Times-article were:

The Jewelry Podcast (and the Swedish sister podcast Smyckespodden)

Gem Pursuit

Jewelry Journey

BAJ Podcast (British Academy of Jewelry Podcast)

Enjoy!

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The Jewelry Podcast was founded by jewelry designer Cecilia Kores in 2021. The first episodes were simply English translations of Cecilia's Swedish podcast Smyckespodden. The goal was, and still is, to share knowledge around fine jewelry and gemstones - and to inspire you to build the fine jewelry collection of your dreams. The Jewelry Podcast took a break during two years but was revived in Dec 2023.

If you like The Jewelry Podcast, remember that the best way to support the podcast is to share it with friends and family! And of course - to give it a rating in your podcast player. Thank you ♡

Keep the conversation going on instagram Jewelry Podcast

Remember: you deserve fine jewelry and precious gemstones

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It's time to go back to basics!

In this episode, me and Hanna are contemplating:

• What fine jewelry means to us
• How you know if the jewelry you have at home is fine or not? (For example if you have gifted or inherited pieces - how can you know if they are fine or fake?)
• Why is fine jewelry so costly? (Is it?)
• How our view of fine jewelry is different today compared to a few years ago

Of course, we also share the hard facts: what is actually fine jewelry? There is actually a legal definition for a jewelry piece to be allowed to be called a fine jewelry piece, and you will learn that today!

What does fine jewelry mean to you? Share in DM on instagram!

Enjoy!

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The Jewelry Podcast is back!

This time with Cecilias whitty friend Hanna Hellberg sharing the mike.

The Jewelry Podcast was founded by jewelry designer Cecilia Kores in 2021. The first episodes were simply English translations of Cecilia's Swedish podcast Smyckespodden. The goal was, and still is, to share knowledge around fine jewelry and gemstones - and to inspire you to build the fine jewelry collection of your dreams. The Jewelry Podcast took a break during two years but was revived in Dec 2023.

On Nov 20, 2023, The Jewelry Podcast was featured in an article about jewelry podcasts in The New York Times.

If you like The Jewelry Podcast, remember that a great way to support the podcast is to share it with friends and family! And of course - to give it a rating in your podcast player. Thank you ♡

Keep the conversation going on instagram Jewelry Podcast

Remember: you deserve fine jewelry and precious gemstones

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As a jewelry lover, this is the knowledge you must carry - the basics of the four C´s of diamonds.

If you understand this, you can understand all other gemstones out there! Before we can delve deeper into the world of gemstones in The Jewelry Podcast, we must go through the four C's of diamonds. It's the must-record-and-release-before-everything-else-episode.

After you have listened to this episode, you will have a great understanding of exactly what you should look out for when it comes to choosing the best diamond for you!

Please note: this episode was recorded on Dec 11, which was the day after the Nobel Prize Giving Ceremony, where Hanna was asked to expert comment in the Swedish Royal News Magazine Svensk Damtidning. During the first ten minutes of this episode (the intro) we therefore delve into the discusson of: what jewelry is actually fit for a princess?

Enjoy!

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The Jewelry Podcast is back!

This time with Cecilias whitty friend Hanna Hellberg sharing the mike.

The Jewelry Podcast was founded by jewelry designer Cecilia Kores in 2021. The first episodes were simply English translations of Cecilia's Swedish podcast Smyckespodden. The goal was, and still is, to share knowledge around fine jewelry and gemstones - and to inspire you to build the fine jewelry collection of your dreams. The Jewelry Podcast took a break during two years but was revived in Dec 2023.

On Nov 20, 2023, The Jewelry Podcast was featured in an article about jewelry podcasts in The New York Times.

If you like The Jewelry Podcast, remember that a great way to support the podcast is to share it with friends and family! And of course - to give it a rating in your podcast player. Thank you ♡

Keep the conversation going on instagram Jewelry Podcast

Remember: you deserve fine jewelry and precious gemstones

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Today we sit down and share the story of a fascinating, daring, charming - and as we will learn, very clever woman: Gabrielle Coco Chanel. Known for the little black dress, the perfume (no 5), the quilted handbags - and her rows and rows of pearls necklaces.

She wasn't loved by everyone - her workers went on strike because of bad working conditions, which most probably was part of the reason why she had to close down her business during several years.

She came from a modest upbringing, where she spent part of her childhood at an orphanage. Soon however, she found that her charm could take her far. She was fond of wealthy men, and continued to seduce them all her life.

She lived through two world wars, several recessions, a huge number of design eras and she always knew whom to work with for her next big project - wheather it be creating jewelry, perfumes or get away from the nazis in 1940's Paris.

Welcome to the world of Coco Chanel!

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The Jewelry Podcast was founded by jewelry designer Cecilia Kores in 2021. The first episodes were simply English translations of Cecilia's Swedish podcast Smyckespodden. The goal was, and still is, to share knowledge around fine jewelry and gemstones - and to inspire you to build the fine jewelry collection of your dreams. The Jewelry Podcast took a break during two years but was revived in Dec 2023. Now, Cecilias whitty friend Hanna Hellberg is sharing the mike.

On Nov 20, 2023, The Jewelry Podcast was featured in an article about jewelry podcasts in The New York Times.

If you like The Jewelry Podcast, remember that a great way to support the podcast is to share it with friends and family! And of course - to give it a rating in your podcast player. Thank you ♡

Keep the conversation going on instagram Jewelry Podcast

Remember: you deserve fine jewelry and precious gemstones

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.