Moira Meilaq chats to Marie Benoît about pearls and their threading. Mae West was very upfront about her penchant for real jewellery: “I collect diamonds,” she once drawled; “it’s ma hobby.” How she ...

Pearls have been or are a part of most girls’ jewellery box. As a child, you have either, played around with the fake plastic beads imitating a grown-up look, or, as an adult, have decked up in the ...

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