Ginning, blowing, carding, drawing, roving, spinning, weaving, dyeing, cutting, sewing, ironing, shipping and trucking — all the steps it took to turn some cotton bolls …
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How Dorsey Sold the Instagram Girl on Lab-Grown Gems
Five years ago, Meg Strachan thought she had a surefire start-up idea: take the lab-grown diamonds that were just starting to hit the market and …
Jewellery Brand Pandora Surges as Lab-Grown Diamonds Lift Sales
Pandora A/S rose the most in almost six months after the jewellery brand lifted its revenue guidance for this year, thanks to growing sales of …
Should Lab-Grown Diamonds Be Labelled? Regulators (Again) Say Yes.
According to jewellery brand Skydiamond, its British-made gems are “mined entirely from the sky.” The company, which claims to make the world’s only carbon-negative diamonds, …
How 2023 Became the Year of the Lab-Grown Diamond
In New York, a stretch of 47th Street is known as the Diamond District for the countless gem shops and appraisers that occupy just about …
Why LVMH’s Venture Fund is Betting on Lab-Grown Diamonds
For years, the mining giants that control the global diamond trade have waged a marketing war against the rise of lab-grown diamonds, supported by the …
LVMH Invests in Lab-Grown Diamond Start-Up Lusix
LVMH Luxury Ventures, the French luxury conglomerate’s private equity arm, has acquired a stake in Israeli lab-grown diamond start-up Lusix alongside other investors in a …
Net-a-Porter to sell lab-grown diamonds with Kimai
Traceable fine jewellery brand Kimai is to become the first lab-grown diamond brand to be stocked on Net-a-Porter. Kimai, worn by the Duchess of Sussex …
Kering Invests in Lab-Grown Leather Startup
French luxury giant Kering has invested in San Francisco-based lab-grown leather startup VitroLabs, the latest sign of fashion’s growing appetite for new materials that could …