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Couture names winners of Couture Design Awards

By Victoria Gomelsky
June 02, 2009

Las Vegas--The Couture Design Awards, the signature event of the Couture jewelry show, took place in front of a live audience at the Encore ballroom in Las Vegas on Saturday night, with celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe helping to kick off the festivities.

"What's so incredible about this particular awards show is that it has the ability to take an unknown talent and turn them into an awards superstar," said Zoe, who stars in her own reality show on Bravo, the Rachel Zoe Project. "It's kind of like the Oscars of jewelry, I think. It's such an honor to be here."

The evening brought nearly three weeks of competition to a close. More than 10,000 votes were cast online for the designs during the first round of voting from May 13 to May 22. That process narrowed down the field of nominees to three in each of the 13 categories for a total of 39 finalists, who were unveiled on May 27 in a Couture opening night reception hosted by Jill Zarin from The Real Housewives of New York City.

More than 4,000 votes were then cast onsite during the second round of voting.

Barbara Heinrich won Best in Gold for a sculptural leaf necklace in 18-karat gold with 100 diamonds. Roberto Demeglio took Best of Platinum honors for a zebra-like platinum and carbon-fiber bracelet with black diamonds. The Best of Silver award went to Armenta for the Nobility Cuff, an oxidized-silver cuff bracelet accented with 18-karat gold and set with rubies, quartz, diamonds and white sapphires in pear and marquise shapes.

Stephen Webster won Best of Diamonds for his Jewels Verne necklace in 18-karat white gold set with pave diamonds and diamond drops. The Best of Natural Color Diamonds award went to La Reina for a bracelet with slices of yellow and gray diamonds.

Arman took Best of Colored Gemstone honors for a 22-karat gold and oxidized-silver bracelet with lapis lazuli, orange sapphires and diamonds. Zobel Atelier won Best of Pearls for a magnificent conch-pearl ring with natural pink diamonds in 18-karat pink gold and platinum.

The Best of Bridal award went to Pamela Froman for her Crushed Melange wedding set in 18-karat pink, white and green gold with diamonds.

Sevan Bicakci took Best of Men's Jewelry for a pair of cuff links in rose and yellow gold and sterling silver, set with black diamonds and featuring two paintings by Hasan Kale portraying Istanbul's Bosphorus and the Marmara Sea with a Galleon and one of the Prince Islands.

La Reina won for a second time in Best of New Trends for a pair of diamond earrings fashioned out of titanium, a space-age metal with magical properties.

The Best of Timepieces award went to Milus for its limited-edition 1919 model in 18-karat red gold.

Greek designer Elena Votsi earned the Best New to Couture award for a bold handmade 18-karat gold ring with diamonds. And Yossi Harari took the Best of Haute Couture award for his handcrafted 24-karat gold and "gilver" fire opal rose ring with orange sapphires and purple diamonds.
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