China Starts Growing Its Own High Jewelry Designers

The explosion of Chinese fashion designers over the last five years has led the way for Ms Feng and her jewelry-making counterparts Ms.

Feng, 33, whose limited jewelry-making education has included study at London College of Fashion and the Gemological Institute of America in Shanghai, recalled her fears during some initial meetings at the Paris atelier that now executes many of her designs In 2015, editors at Harper's Bazaar Jewelry magazine spotted her work in some social media posts, she said, and decided to showcase her with four other Chinese jewelers in a sale at Poly Auction, China's state-owned auction house that was established in 2012.The designer had some new ideas, said Sze Sze, head of jewelry at Poly Auction, which sold Ms Feng's jadeite, emerald and diamond pendant necklace with a vine leaf design for 295,000 Hong Kong dollars at that auction.

There are challenges for Chinese high jewelers like Ms Feng and Bao Bao Wan, who is based in Beijing and Hong Kong For David Warren, Christie's senior international jewelry director, Ms.

Feng's use of bold colors reflect the Asian taste for flamboyant jewels that are slightly larger than those commonly worn in the West, so there is a wide scope for contemporary Chinese high jewelers Ms Feng said that she did blend her Chinese heritage with a Western sensibility.

Ms Berreby, who found Ms Feng's work online, said she loved the style and delicate design. Source