You wouldn’t say that diamonds are a woman’s best friend if you saw the diamond studded mobile accessories featured at the ongoing India Gems and Jewellery Fair at Pragati Maidan, says Divya Kaushik
There are many ways to flaunt precious diamonds — like studding your mobile cover with them. There is no dearth of designs, if you want decorate a phone holder with rubies and emeralds.
Subtler versions exist too. You could do up the two back corners with sparkling white gems.If you are sporty enough to carry off more dazzling stuff, opt for a diamond Bluetooth device.
The India Gems and Jewellery Fair at Pragati Maidan has other options like necklaces rings, anklets and armlets.
Dilip Shah, a jeweller from Surat told us, “Our mobile covers have been designed with care. There are diamonds at the bottom. It’s a metal base. Taking into consideration that the stones should not cause discomfort while talking. We even have special designs for Apple phones. We focussed on the shape and size, because people spending over forty or fifty thousand on a phone, would think about this aspect.” His stall has a crown designed for a competition held in Gujarat.
It contains an Indian rupee symbol hanging at the base of an Indian Parliament design in gold. There are two peacocks at each corner, studded in multicoloured stones.
“The crown is called Sartaj, representing Gujarat as the crown of the country. It won many trophies,” beamed Shah, who indicating a huge, wooden ring. Half of it is covered with a gold sheet. And at the top, several diamonds rest like a crown on a peacock head.
Its speciality is that it has a minute button, which gets pressed when you wear the ring. So the diamonds gleam.
The price of mobile accessories depend on design. lesser the diamonds, lesser is the burden on your pocket. And if you don’t want something in precious metal, Manjit Singh, a jeweller from Amritsar, has choices. “We can create anything a customer wants, even a base of lac covered in gold sheet coating. The price reduces by ten per cent. Our costs for accessories begin from Rs25,000 and go up to lakhs, depending on stones and their numbers in design,” he informed.
Even in the jewellery section you have interesting concepts. Apart from traditional jadau, thewa and kundan jewellery, you find many contemporary designs,
Not only in gold, but silver too. Royal Heritage Jewellery from Jaipur have displayed their collection, which has mostly been procured from royal houses in Rajasthan. “We work with antique jewellery and most of what you find in our store is from royal families. So the designs are unique. The metal and stones are pure and original,” said the lady, who was present at the stall. She shared that their jewellery was bought by would-be brides at the fair.
There’s also an India International Jewellery Week (IIJW) at Pragati Maidan. In a different hall. One collections by Birdhichand Ghanshyamdas Jewellers was inspired by the Amer Fort in Jaipur. The designs were meant to represent the beauty and tradition of Rajasthan.
As part of IIJW fashion weeks, many celebs walked the ramp. Sonam Kapoor, known for her love for jewellery was the first. lara Dutta, Neha Dhupia, Yami Gautam, Zeenat Aman and Juhi Chawla followed suit.