jewelry
Studs wants to modernize the ear piercing experience for Gen Z teens
A startup called Studs wants to reinvent the ear-piercing experience for Generation Z. Today, consumers only have two options to choose from when they want their ears pierced — the…
EBay will now authenticate luxury jewelry items
EBay this morning announced it’s expanding the capabilities of its eBay Authenticate service — its luxury goods verification program — to now include luxury jewelry. Timed to coincide with the…
Dell is making jewelry with reclaimed gold from recycled computer guts
A new jewelry line launched this week in literally the last place on Earth any reasonable human being would look for fashion advice — but the style gurus at Dell…
“Fast Fashion” Jewelry Biz BaubleBar Grabs Another $20 Million
E-commerce shop BaubleBar, known for its “fast fashion” take on women’s jewelry, has closed on $20 million in new funding, the company announced today. The Series C round was led by…
Ice.com’s New Owners Raise $2 Million To Bring Fair Pricing To The Jewelry Industry
The jewelry industry is notorious for its insane markups on products and confusing array of terminology related to the metals used or gemstone grades – as with the “four C’s” of…
Bellabeat Starts Shipping The Leaf, A Health Tracker Designed For Women
Bellabeat, a company that makes a line health trackers and other devices aimed at women, including especially moms and moms-to-be, today begins shipping its first wearable: a piece of “smart jewelry” called…
Zazzy’s New Marketplace Lets You Design And Sell Your Own 3D Printed Jewelry
Zazzy, an Amsterdam-based startup that allows anyone to design and customize their own 3D-printed jewelry is now launching a new marketplace that lets you sell your jewelry to others as well, instead of…
The “Momento Pearl” Smart Jewelry Offers A Digital Upgrade To The Keepsake Locket
“Smart” jewelry today largely includes functional gadgets designed for health-tracking functions, or those offering some sort of alerting feature, like rings that vibrate when you receive texts or calls. But…
Misfit Debuts A New “Swarovski Shine” Wearables Collection Featuring Crystal Jewelry, Solar Charging
Misfit, the maker of “connected” products including smart home items and its flagship wearable device, the Misfit Shine, has today teamed up with Swarovski to introduce a new product line focused on bringing…
Jewel District Uses 3D Printing To Make Beautiful, Intricate Accessories
A couple years ago, entrepreneur Sungdo Lee had a hit with a series of apps based on music hits, including Harlem Shake Booth, which turns users’ pictures into dancing avatars…
The MEMI, A Smartbracelet For Women, Vibrates When You Get Calls And Texts
In TechCrunch Disrupt NY’s Startup Alley today, MEMI co-founder and president Margaux Guerard is demonstrating her company’s iPhone-compatible smartbracelet. Aimed at women who tend to carry their mobile phones in their…
Social Commerce Startup Chloe+Isabel Introduces Live Virtual Jewelry Trunk Shows
Chloe+Isabel follows in the footsteps of companies like Avon and Tupperware, but the startup is among several companies that want to redefine the direct-selling business model with technology. Now Chloe+Isabel…
Drop ‘Til You Shop Harnesses Our Burning Desire To Nab A Deal To Turn Over Unsold Goods
Compulsive shoppers, meet your worst enemy. It’s not Cyber Monday.
Custom Jewelry Startup Gemvara Raises $25M In Oversubscribed Series D Round
Gemvara, a Boston-based custom jewelry site we’ve written about in the past, just announced that it has closed a $25 million Series D funding round. This oversubscribed round was led…
Do you guys remember my belt buckle? It’s cool, right? What could be cooler than a QR code belt buckle? How about a silver brooch that displays a topographical map?…
These rings, which look like their made of rapid-prototyping plastic or cornstarch, have a 64 character message embedded in them, giving you instant geek cred with all your friends and…
HTML Head-tag earrings get you formatted, indexed, married (to me, at least)
Much like the bobby pins made with microchips, if you’re a cute girl in Seattle and I see you wearing these HTML HEAD earrings, I will find a way to…
Much of a phone’s form factor is a result of the need for the device to, above all else, work as a phone. That is, it must be held against…
Oh boy. It was only a matter of time before every gadget on earth got blingified. The latest casualty is MediaReady’s new Blingplayer (normally spelled with all caps), a “fashion”…