describes her new collaboration with the 131-year-old pearl jewelry maker Mikimoto. Launching Friday, November 8th, the ...

A jewelry item that today's working women ... which remains the heart of pearl culturing. Mikimoto had received an 1896 patent for producing hemispherical pearls, or mabes, and a 1908 patent ...

Rei Kawakubo has delved into the classic nature of Mikimoto pearls, infusing the cultured pearl strands with subtle subversion and creating a new design identity. Ropes of perfectly symmetrical, ...