Chanel wins award at 2025 Gem Awards event

The 2025 Gem Awards celebrated fine jewelry at Cipriani 42nd Street, marking its 23rd edition. The event, sold out yet intimate, highlighted the evolving jewelry industry and featured new initiatives, including a $50,000 grant for emerging designers. Chanel's "Haute Joaillerie Sport" collection won the High Jewelry Excellence Award. The Media Excellence Award went to Sam Broekema of Only Natural Diamonds, while Beth Hutches of FoundRae won the Jewelry Design Award, recognizing her brand's recent expansion in the U.S. Other honorees included John Green, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Reinhold Jewelers from Puerto Rico, awarded for Retail Innovation. The voting process for next year's awards will now include past honorees and nominees.