International Womenโs Day Spotlight: Nina Berenato Jewelry
SAN ANTONIO โ This International Womenโs Day, weโre featuring an Austin woman who makes handcrafted jewelry for celebrities and everyday women, lifts up other women-owned businesses and makes Texas women feel empowered. Nina Berenato, ninaberenato.comBerenato still hand crafts each piece of jewelry, then sends the designs to New York to be molded in silicone. Berenato makes it a point to lift up other women-owned businesses, and even dedicates a wall within her Austin store to feature their products. Berenato also offers jewelry making classes at her store, which is located at 3200 Palm Way #152 in Austin. For more information on Nina Berenato Jewelry, visit the storeโs website or follow Berenato on Instagram.
Israeli jeweler makes $1.5m gold coronavirus mask
MOTZA โ An Israeli jewelry company is working on what it says will be the world's most expensive coronavirus mask, a gold, diamond-encrusted face covering with a price tag of $1.5 million. The 18-karat white gold mask will be decorated with 3,600 white and black diamonds and fitted with top-rated N99 filters at the request of the buyer, said designer Isaac Levy. The glitzed-up face mask may lend some pizzazz to the protective gear now mandatory in public spaces in many countries. In an interview at his factory near Jerusalem, Levy showed off several pieces of the mask, covered in diamonds. Levy said that while he would not wear it himself, he was thankful for the opportunity.