June 2023 | Lab Grown Magazine

June 2023 | The Lab Grown Diamond Resource Book 22 Mailed to 24,000 Jewelers Monthly - To advertise call (888) 832-1109 | June 2023 23 Dan Scott is a Brand Architect with New York/metro-based Luxe Licensing, a marketing, video production and licensing agency catering to bespoke clients including Dior, Gucci, Harry Winston, and introducing demi-fine, natural and man-made diamond designs. Dan may be reached by texting + 1 201 294 3697, emailing dans@ luxelicensing.com or visiting www.LuxeLicensing.com Dan Scott also operates a non-profit organizatoin: The Mined and Man-made Diamond Alliance (MMDA.world), the only unbiased mined and man-made diamond global group supporting both sides of the diamond and gemstone sector, to build unity, provide research and bridge the diamond divide. MMDA.world hopes to work closely with the Natural Diamond Council (NDC) and the The International Grown Diamond Association (IGDA) A GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA G A GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA A GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GI A GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GI A GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA G A GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA IA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA G A GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA G GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA G GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA 800-966-6615 8 - - iOS app Android app www.hanadiamonds.com info@hanadiamonds.com 550 S Hill St #1480 Los Angeles CA 90013 GIA GIA GIA GI GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GI GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA G GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA THINK GIA. CHOOSE HANA. A GIA GIA A GIA GIA GIA GIA GIA They had an inherent jewelry interest from a young age as Neuhaus’s grandfather was a De Beers rough diamonds buyer, and Warch’s dad is a diamond dealer in Antwerp. Neuhaus and Warch (both 28 at the time) thought they should closely interact with their peer female diamond shoppers. They knew they were at a mature version of the “twenty-something” demographic, one that has been recognized as desiring a transparent supply chain vision, and ethical options in their diamond purchases. “There has been more and more education and people are becoming more conscious, more open-minded about new innovations and new ways of doing old things,” Warch said. “Just like diamonds mined from the ground, our lab diamonds are created from carbon in a high-pressure and high- temperature environment. Thanks to today’s technology we’re able to reproduce that environment in a lab,” Warch says. Warch studied business and finance. Neuhaus worked in the jewelry division of a small luxury shopping business and studied gemology. Together, with about $10,000 of personal savings Kimaï was launched with just a few online styles. A “seed” round from a venture capitalist firm and an investment from Diane von Furstenberg was soon to follow. Branding with a “B,” perhaps the first initial of the recipient, or an abbreviation for “besties,” either way it’s a top seller shown in two LGDs set in rose gold paired with a complimentary look from the Kimaï line. Photo: Kimaï So was a strategic and key digital partner: Net-a-Porter added Kimaï in May of 2021. The sales and awareness of such would span the start-up’s first walk-in store located in a bustling part of downtown London debuting last year.’ ◊ Watch for next month’s issue as we continue to part 2; together this two-part story should inspire LGD designers and retailers alike. Kimaï’s LGD process preference focuses on an HPHT process but does not shun CVD from its lab assortment by purchasing from two main vendors. Photo: Kimaï