New York jeweler Sharon Khazzam picks stones the same way a painter chooses color, selecting the shade that is just right for her delicate yet offbeat gems. “It’s almost like I’m blindfolded to what the value of the material is,” she explains. “It has to be something that works designwise first, and then the material will play a part in it.” That sentiment held true even for pieces from the Rare Collection by Sharon Khazzam, a grouping of 10 one-of-a-kind colored diamond jewels debuting this month at Barneys NewYork. Highlights among the precious—and pricey—gems include a gold and platinum bracelet sprinkled with multicolored diamonds ($850,000) and a pair of pink and blue diamond earrings cushioned by tiny white diamond baguettes ($689,000). “I call it a scattered design,” she says of the earrings. “[Because] it looks as if someone took a handful of stones and threw them down. It adds a little bit of whimsy.”
—Jamie Rosen
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Palette Perfect
November 2007
