DIAMOND INSIDER INDUSTRY UPDATE

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Diamond prices strengthen for long fancy shapes including Oval, Cushion and Marquise. They are performing better than rounds in sizes of two carats and above.
Elongated Cushions of higher quality in very short supply.
Very well cut fancy shapes difficult to find and comanding premium prices.

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ANOTHER HAPPY NYCWD COUPLE and KIND FIVE STAR REVIEW

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CONGRATS ERIC AND LING!
Spectacular, romantic proposal! Wishing you both every happiness life has to offer together always. Thanks so much for this very kind Five Star Google review:
Working with Keith was an incredible experience. I recently proposed to my fiancée, and the ring he helped me create was absolutely perfect. My fiancée was completely blown away. The diamond, the setting and the craftsmanship was stunning. It turned out even better than I imagined, and we’ve had so many of our family and friends comment on how beautiful and eye-catching it is.
From the start, Keith was patient, honest, and incredibly knowledgeable. He took the time to walk me through everything, from understanding GIA certifications to what really matters when choosing a diamond and setting. I came into this process knowing very little, and he made sure I felt confident every step of the way. What could have been a very stressful experience ended up being really enjoyable and unforgettable.
Huge thanks to Keith for helping make such an important moment even more special. I’ll absolutely be coming back for anything else I need. Can’t recommend him enough!
Eric
FIVE STARS
Oct 10, 2025

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MORE HAPPY NYCWD COUPLES and THEIR REVIEWS

Absolutely magnificent to work with! Honest man and true to his word! My fiancé said the ring Keith made was absolutely perfect. A pleasure working with Keith. Would absolutely recommend
Pishoi Misdary
FIVE STARS
Google
August 11, 2025
Keith was the best to work with! The diamond and ring came out incredible and at an extremely fair price! I would definitely recommend him and buy from him again in the future!
Andrew Lipman
FIVE STARS
Google
8/10/25

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HAPPY NYCWD COUPLES and THEIR REVIEWS

Remarkable patience and professionalism

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Written by: Jack Patterson
Monday, July 28, 2025

I wanted to take a moment to share my wonderful experience with Keith. As someone who has very little knowledge about diamonds, I was quite apprehensive about what to look for or even where to get started. Keith’s expertise and insightful guidance made the process incredibly smooth and enjoyable. He took the time to educate me about the various aspects of diamond selection, helping me make an informed decision and creating a beautiful ring for my fiancée.

Keith’s patience and professionalism are truly remarkable. He went above and beyond to address all my questions and concerns, making me feel confident in my choice. No topic was off limits, and his insights were truly helpful in making my decision. I highly recommend Keith for all your diamond/jewelry needs.

Thank you Keith for all of your help, and I look forward to working with you soon!

Hands Down The Best Jeweler

Keith is hands down the best jeweler I could have asked for. All my worries and questions were immediately quelled once we sat down and made my engagement ring purchase a dream. Cannot say enough great things!!!
Ian Folan
Five Stars
August 10, 2025

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70% of lab-grown diamonds are made in coal-reliant grids in China and India

Amid growing consumer confusion and greenwashed claims, these reports offer much-needed clarity. The Laboratory-Grown Diamond Facts Report cuts through misleading sustainability claims, revealing that over 70% of lab-grown diamonds are made in coal-reliant grids in China and India, often using mined materials and large volumes of water, sometimes in water-stressed regions. It also highlights how claims of being ‘carbon-neutral’ are often rooted in carbon offsetting, without reflecting the full life-cycle emissions. Additionally, key pillars of social sustainability like community development, are always missing from the lab-grown diamond narrative. While production costs for lab-grown diamonds have dropped by nearly 90%, their market prices have declined sharply, with 1.5-carat stones losing up to 86% of their value over the past decade.

Speaking about this report, Richa Singh, Managing Director, India and Middle East, Natural Diamond Council, says, “In India, where natural diamonds hold deep cultural and emotional significance, there is a growing need to address rising consumer curiosity and confusion. This report is part of NDC’s ongoing efforts to provide retailers and consumers with clear, validated information they can trust. Laboratory-Grown Diamond Facts Report brings attention to important considerations that should not be overlooked when making a purchase. Honest, fact-based education helps every segment find its space, while also reaffirming the irreplaceable legacy of natural diamonds.”

Key Insights from the Laboratory-Grown Diamond Facts Report:

This report provides critical context on how lab-grown diamonds differ from natural ones—across origin, terminology, sustainability claims, and market trends.

1. How They’re Made: Lab-grown diamonds are created in controlled factory environments over weeks, using two primary methods—HPHT (High Pressure High Temperature) and CVD (Chemical Vapour Deposition). These differ significantly from the natural formation process that occurs over billions of years underground.

2. Clear Terminology Matters: As per ISO 18323 standards, correct terms include laboratory-grown, laboratory-created, or synthetic diamonds. Terms like real, natural, genuine, and precious are reserved exclusively for Earth-mined diamonds.

3. Sustainability Claims Require Full Context: Generalised claims such as ‘carbon-neutral’ or ‘eco-friendly’ often rely on offsets and may not account for the full energy-intensive production process and supply chain impact.

4. Rapidly Declining Prices: The market value of lab-grown diamonds has dropped sharply, falling 86% in a decade. A 1.5-carat lab-grown diamond that cost $10,750 in 2015 is priced at just $1,455 in 2025.

In a world shaped by endless choice, clarity becomes the true differentiator. Natural Diamond Council remains committed to cutting through noise with facts, helping people find meaning in what truly lasts.

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Inside Antonia Gentry’s Fashion Evolution and Her Most Glam Diamond Moment Yet

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When it comes to fashion, Antonia Gentry’s style doesn’t always align with her Ginny & Georgia character, Ginny Miller. “I haven’t been through a Hot Topic phase since 2010,” she laughs. “But even this season, it’s less punky. There were definitely a few outfits that I was like, ‘Oh, I could go home with this and not be mad about it.’”
Gentry opted for a cozy-chic look, featuring an oversized green sweater over a black turtleneck during our sit-down. “You will, 80% of the time, see me in a black turtleneck,” she confirms. “My friends call my style cosmopolitan. I think what they mean is that I look like I could either be coming from a business meeting or going to a nice dinner. I like to be transitional with my fashion choices.”
While her everyday style is closer to the average 20-something, Gentry has also spent some time front row at Paris and New York Fashion Week, wearing the hottest trends and diamond jewelry from high-end designers. “It’s been so fun to explore and be introduced to new brands and stylists and be surrounded by really cool people,” she says. Specifically, working with stylists has helped her expand her sense of style. “Growing up, I hated wearing skirts and dresses,” Gentry explains. “But now I’m totally okay with feeling like a princess or a chic, put-together French girl.”
That princess feeling certainly came into play on set with Only Natural Diamonds, where Antonia Gentry dripped in natural diamond jewels from Ana Khouri, Boucheron, Dior, Reza, and more. “I felt super luxurious,” she says of the experience. “Everyone just used me as their canvas [for the diamonds], and it was super cool to see.” She was most surprised by the creativity of the stylist, Taylor Kim, who used a necklace as an anklet for one of the looks. “I was able to jump around, and it was a fun way to draw the jewelry to an unexpected part of the body.”
“One of my favorite looks was the cone bra outfit,” she recalls. “I feel like the jewelry that we wore just really went well with it. I felt very vintage and retro chic.”
As someone who self-identifies as “forgetful,” Gentry isn’t sure she wants to make the commitment and invest in natural diamonds just yet, but she knows the perfect piece to add to her collection when she’s ready. “Having a nice, little diamond tennis bracelet that I just never take off, ever, would be really cool,” she shares, her face lighting up when she learned tennis jewelry is one of the best places to start your diamond collection. “Oh, cool! It could elevate anything and go with anything.”
Natural diamonds, of course, make the Ginny & Georgia star look brilliant, but the actress does that on her own in the fan-favorite Netflix show. Stepping into season three felt familiar for Gentry, even after getting delayed by the writer’s strike in 2023. “It’s just always so wonderful,” she says of returning to set. “I love my cast and crew, and we were super excited for this season because plot-wise, I think it’s the biggest of the three.”
We pick up right after the events of the season two finale as Ginny’s mom, Georgia (Brianne Howey), is arrested for murder, right after marrying Mayor Paul Randolph (Scott Porter). This season is “so much more intense and crazier than season two,” Gentry says. “I’m excited to see everyone’s reactions.”
Part of what makes the show so beloved is the obvious chemistry between Antonia Gentry and Brianne Howey, who plays her mother, Georgia. “I kind of see her as an older sister figure and, because we are so close in age,” she says, describing her on-screen mom as a “wonderful scene partner.” Despite being an upbeat show, things can get heavy for the characters and the situations they find themselves in. “We both have to put so much emotional energy into these characters, which also helps release the weight of it all because we’re sort of in it together,” Gentry says of her scenes with Howey.
“This season, you really see them come into their own in different ways,” she explains. “The dynamics between the two of them are constantly being flipped upside down.” While Georgia is always looking to protect her kids, she doesn’t always make the best choices. “Sometimes Ginny is the mom figure, sometimes Georgia is the mom figure, and I think this season you really see that happen to an extent where, by the end of it, you don’t know if it’s for better or for worse.”
Ginny is working on herself this season, consistently seeing a therapist and using poetry as an outlet for her emotions, something Gentry has in common with her character. “I’m an English and creative writing major,” she shares. “When I was 16, I had my own poetry book that I used as an outlet, but I never performed it like Ginny does,” she says, clearly proud of how her character has developed over these last few seasons. “The fact that Ginny is out there performing her own written pieces is a statement of how she’s grown and how she can express herself in a healthier way.”
While Ginny tries to find ways to cope with some of the curveballs life has thrown at her, Antonia Gentry has her own methods of finding zen. “I am someone who tends to need my alone time if things start to feel overwhelming,” explains the actress. “Whether I go play piano for a bit or sit and play Sims, literally,” she says with a laugh. “If I’m going through something, my Sim also has to have a worse day. Sometimes I’m logging on, and I’m like, ‘How can I ruin my Sim’s day today?’” Millennials who grew up with a family desktop can certainly relate.
Playing piano and being involved in the arts was a major outlet for Gentry growing up, something she realizes she was lucky to have. “Without that, I wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing right now, and so many kids in school don’t have access to extracurriculars that enrich their lives,” she says. “It’s definitely something that I want to find the right program to be a part of to help bring arts and joy and extracurriculars to a lot of students who don’t have access to it.”
Protecting the humanities is just one responsibility Gentry feels she can help shoulder, along with protecting our planet – an issue that so many young people feel connected to today. She recently did a campaign with Organic Basics to benefit the Rainforest Trust, donating 1% of every order from the Antonia Gentry collection to the organization, which supports the Amazon Rainforest. “It’s a conservation effort to keep the sanctity of and protect the Amazon, its ecosystem, and the wildlife there,” she explains. The initiative is similar to the natural diamond industry’s efforts to protect local wildlife in diamond-producing regions like Canada’s Northwest Territories and Botswana.
As for Ginny’s contribution to the world, Gentry just hopes that her character finds a sense of security in her life. “It would be nice to see her finally have a constant, finally have a touchstone of peace and direction and guidance that she can truly trust and rely on,” she muses. “I want her to be able to not worry about anyone other than herself for a moment.”
It’s clear that Antonia Gentry has a soft spot for Ginny and genuinely cares for her, fictional or not. “I love her relationship with her grandmother, Lynette, this season,” she adds. “Ginny’s parents are also very young and are also figuring things out, so having someone like Lynette in her life is so great. I’m glad that’s a dynamic, and we’re going to see a little bit more of it.”
Many more exciting dynamics come into play in season three of Ginny & Georgia, and you can watch all the juicy drama, sweet scenes, and heart-thumping moments on Netflix on June 3.
Our special thanks to Jane Asher, and our tresured friends at Only Natural diamonds for this incredible article

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