May 2025 | Lab Grown Magazine

May 2025 | The Lab Grown Diamond Resource Book 26 Mailed to 24,000 Jewelers Monthly - To advertise call (888) 832-1109 | May 2025 27 Still, if you were to ask the majority of luxury retail- ers if major design houses would entertain the no- tion of setting LGDs in their designs, many would say “no” or not be aware of what is happening right under their nose. Gucci has established a GHD partnership with Lon- don’s Sky Diamond, one of only two LGD growers leveraging carbon cloud extraction, an expansive but utterly green method of making LGDs and le- veraging wind, water and solar power to energize their plasma machines. Under the premier division of Volt Gucci with exclusive designs embracing the carbon cloud extraction method, items like the cloud ring are photographed with a distinct lime green background with a nod to eco-friendly green couture and catering to the youth of Europe with sky high price tags for men’s and ladies LHGD fashion wear. The Volt Gucci line is expected to break into the US by early 2026. Perhaps most surprising of late is the Council of Fashion Designer of America (CFDA) An organization now led by Diane Von Furstenberg, which limits their elite fashion leader membership to fewer than 600 individuals. This group controls Fashion Week and has kept a tight control on it member baser venturing out into LGDs. That changed in February of 2024 when CFDA member Jennifer Fisher debuted a LGD fine jewelry line selling at her private boutiques. Shortly there- after Tom Ford and others started to explore LGD collaborations but no news has officially come from the premiere organization on that front yet. Still, the breakout pioneer, Jennifer Fisher, took a lot of heat for being the first out of the gate, as there appears to be a deep vested interest in the carpet world of the CFDA/Fashion Week and Natural Diamonds. Time will tell how this plays out with many noting how Fisher‘s line will sell. In 2024, The Business of Fashion ran two feature sto- ries on lab and luxury followed by three headlines in Vogue, Harpers Bazaar , Forbes, and other major titles, all tipping their hat to what many said could never occur. While established within the LGD world, TAG Heu- er has been successful with select deigns under their luxury sports watch marquee. Crafted in ultra-lightweight black sandblasted aluminum and inlaid with boldly cut LGDs, the 44mm watchcase of the TAG Heuer Carrera Plasma offers men the option of LGDs in a diamond clad look Of course, we would be remiss to note not LVMH’s Fred and their dynamic custom cut LGD collection that turned many heads and dropped many jaws. Few thought LVMH would venture in LGDs, but as we’ve been seeing luxe labels are only doping what they have been kwon to do for decades… leverage value, consumer attention and create in any form of material that aligns with their design acumen and marketability. ♦ JF Lab - Emerald Cut Anniversary Ring 8ct $36,000.00 Jennifer Fisher’s JF Lab - Emerald Cut Anniversary Ring 8ct f LGDs s n 18k retails for $36,000 Dan Scott, Scott Kay’s former CMO of 10 years now runs Luxe Licensing, an 11-year old NYC-metro marketing, video production and licensing agency. He recently was awarded a Cambridge University honorary partnership, META multistream partnership, and is now an Oxford Press Board Member.