Government warnings about the misery of ”conflict diamonds,” haven’t taken the glitter off sales of the gems in fashionable Europe xmas links of london on sale.
Here, in spite of the worst publicity in decades for the diamond business, the Who’s Who and their wannabes are flocking to glitzy Bond St. and Place Vendome in record numbers to add to their bulging collections.
”Posh Spice got married in a coronet with zillions of scattered diamonds xmas links of london sale,” says British Vogue magazine’s features editor Harriet Quick. ”Donatella Versace appears in huge rocks. The message is that it’s great to show off again.”
It’s like the in-your-face 1980s.
”Diamonds, skins, leather, Dior and Gucci, it’s all coming back, but this time with a sense of humour,” says Quick.
”People aren’t afraid of conspicuous consumption.”
De Beers, which controls most of the world’s diamond trade Links Bangles , reports record increases in earnings for last year, and more are expected when results are in for its star-studded ”Millennium Diamond” promotion.
Stock exchanges may have their doubts about the future of the precious stones, but worldwide diamond sales rocketed to the equivalent of $7.8 billion in 1999, from $5.3 billion the year before Links Earrings .