I sourced both freshwater & glass pearls from Europe & the Far East but soon felt that “real” pearls were more interesting & offered so many more options. Today Lido Pearls is still a predominantly ...

Pearls have ridden the style wave right through from mid-2022, with no signs of waning in popularity for yet another year.

Most cultured freshwater pearls are composed entirely of nacre, just like their natural freshwater and natural saltwater counterparts. Throughout most of this century, the Japanese dominated the ...

Cultured pearls are popular for bead necklaces and bracelets ... They might be gray, black or brown, and they can have blue, green, purple or pink overtones. Freshwater cultured pearls are the most ...

Perfectly timed for the festive season, guests to the North Yorkshire stately home can shop new Bradley’s Jewellers creations ...

and a necklace can reach over $200,000. So, how are these pearls grown? And what makes them so expensive? More from Retail South Sea pearls are the largest cultured-pearl variety, sometimes ...