“She made mourning jewelry fashionable and imbued the pieces ... and another onyx and seed pearl button holding a miniature portrait of the princess. Some pieces hold a lock of hair, which ...

For her signature Pearl Geode line, she cracked the sea-born gems in half and set their curved interiors with jewels—think rubies, sapphires, amethysts, emeralds, and tiny seed pearls.

Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market. For too long, pearl jewelry has been an afterthought for jewelers, a category of a few necklace strands and earrings they ...