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Beyoncé and Lorraine Schwartz Partner on GIA Jewelry Scholarship
The singer will select two Black jewelry professionals to receive a full scholarship for GIA’s Graduate Gemologist program.
By Kim Ayling | March 10 2021
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Actor, singer and songwriter Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has teamed up with renowned jewelry designer Lorraine Schwartz to launch a scholarship opportunity aimed at Black jewelry professionals. The x Lorraine Schwartz GIA Scholarship will fund full tuition and expenses for two applicants to study at the Gemological Institute of America, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing jewelry education, on a virtual Distance Education course.
Successful applicants will earn a place on GIA’s prestigious Graduate Gemologist program, which provides comprehensive knowledge and the technical skills needed to evaluate gemstones based on several internationally recognized systems, including the 4Cs (color, clarity, cu
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Lorraine Schwartz is normally frantic this time of year, prepping for awards season and dressing her celebrity pals in megawatt jewels worth millions. She’s the indisputable go-to source for A-listers when they want to make a dramatic entrance, like when Beyoncé showed up at the Grammys in a red sequin dress and a 400-carat diamond necklace worth $12 million, or when Blake Lively appeared at the Met Gala in a goddess-like halo with 100 carats of diamonds.
Those entertainers didn t just borrow the jewels; they became her friends and collaborated on image-making looks. And even when other big jewelry houses offered them big bucks to wear their designs many of the celebrities remained loyal to Schwartz, who says she never pays them. Time and again, the designer has created custom-made, jaw-dropping pieces, often with hundreds of carats of spectacular gems and just a few days notice.
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The jeweler collaborated with the Natural Diamond Council to create the $1 million program, enlisting stylist Jason Rembert and other experts as members of the selection committee.
Her jewels create high-wattage red carpet moments, but lately Lorraine Schwartz is focused on inclusivity in her industry. I wanted to share my passion with a new generation, explains the New York-based designer. “This is an industry that tends to be passed on from generation to generation the grandfather teaches his son, who then passes the knowledge along to his son. I’m a third-generation diamond dealer, yet as a woman I also found challenges. But for the Black community, there are fewer opportunities for mentoring or to break through as a result. I thought I could do something about that.”
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