I could not fully appreciate the beauty of pearls until my early twenties, and here are the words I associated with pearl jewellery the moment I did: “timeless,” “simple,” “elegant.” I think this photograph of American actress, Martha Hyer, who starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in 1954’s screwball romantic comedy, Sabrina, is a great manifestation of pearl jewellery at its best. This is the kind of image I associate with pearls: an old world sort of grace and understatement that stands up to the test of time without compromising spectacle.
Singapore-based Mondial Jeweler invited guests and media to a lunchtime talk show at Grand Hyatt Jakarta to announce the arrival of Mondial Excellent Pearl to our fine shores. Already acknowledged the world over for their stringent selection criteria for diamonds, Mondial Jeweler now present the first ever special grade of pearls to ever be certified by the Gemological Institute of America. These pearls truly are in a class of their own: untreated South Sea pearls sourced from Australia are hand picked by top-drawer gemologists who look out for seven factors when considering the inclusion of a pearl into the Mondial Excellent Pearl family. These criteria are lustre, size, shape, colour, surface quality, nacre quality, and matching.
