Dinner Over Lab-grown Diamonds, Sustainability at Dover Street Market Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — Lab-grown diamonds and sustainability were served as the main course among a fashionably forward crowd gathered Thursday evening at Dover Street Market Los Angeles to toast the retailer’s collaboration with the Diamond Foundry. The maker of lab-grown diamonds enlisted six jewelry lines — Delfina Delettrez, Ana Khouri, Sophie Bille Brahe, Raphaele Canot, Hum and Hunrod — to create pieces launched at Dover Street Market’s downtown Los Angeles boutique and online before being released to the retailer’s other outposts. Imagery featuring the body scans of a model wearing pieces from the collection were part of an installation by Katerina Jebb projected onto the retailer’s building for guests — who included Kylie Minogue, Kim Gordon, Joan Quinn and Ahna O’Reilly, among others — to view while they dined. “We’re excited to make the collection available today both online and at the DSM L.A. store,” Diamond Foundry vice president of marketing Mona Sadat Akhavi said. “With L.A. being a city of sustainable luxury and creative jewelry design, it felt like a natural location for the launch and we look forward to the rollout to DSM stores internationally.” The dinner proved timely as the conversations around transparency in production and sustainability continue to increasingly drive

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