The sighting: Actor Orlando Bloom recently posted a sweet Instagram photo of himself with his fiancée, singer Katy Perry, cuddled up and wearing matching bracelets.
The jewels: Each of the two lovebirds is wearing a Tiffany & Co. lock bangle in yellow gold. It’s difficult to see if their bangles have diamonds or not, but either way, this piece starts at $6,900 for the all gold version on Tiffany.com.
Orlando Bloom is also wearing a gold chain link bracelet, and Katy Perry is also wearing Sophie Buhai’s Lou Lou earrings in silver with tiger’s eye and pearls. Out of stock on the brand’s website, the earrings are available elsewhere online for just over $600.
The trends: Will matching bracelets for lovers take off as a trend?? I hope so. I love it.
What do we think? Hardware-inspired jewelry is a perennial favorite, brought into renewed prominence in recent years by jewelry designer Marla Aaron. Tiffany’s has done a hardware-inspired bangles before, of course – the infamous Cartier Love bangle and Juste un Clou – but the Tiffany Lock is a fun new evolution of the genre.
This bangle style doesn’t rock my world on its own, but I think this is a lovely way of wearing this very unisex design.
Judgement: 12/10 for a sweet celeb jewelry moment.
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Honoring a Legacy: How Smith & Son Jewelers Exceeded Every Goal With Wilkerson
When Andrew Smith decided to close the Springfield, Massachusetts location of Smith & Son Jewelers, the decision came down to family. His father was retiring after 72 years in the business, and Andrew wanted to spend more time with his children and soon-to-arrive grandchildren.
For this fourth-generation jeweler whose great-grandfather founded the company in 1918, closing the 107-year-old Springfield location required the right partner. Smith chose Wilkerson, and the experience exceeded expectations from start to finish.
"Everything they told me was 100% true," Smith says. "The ease and use of all their tools was wonderful."
The consultants' knowledge and expertise proved invaluable. Smith and his father set their own financial goal, but Wilkerson proposed three more ambitious targets. "We thought we would never make it," Smith explains. "We were dead wrong. We hit our first goal, second goal and third goal. It was amazing."
Smith's recommendation is emphatic: "I would never be able to do what they did by myself."
