Jewellery Insider: Read my Q&A Interview with Sahak Magazine
Back in October 2022, I was delighted to receive an email from Sahak Demirci, the CEO of Swiss fine jeweller and magazine publisher, Sahak, to discuss my life as a jewellery key opinion leader. His questions spanned my career history, professional highlights, thoughts on high jewellery trends and the challenges that jewellers face in the present climate. Now that the article has published, I would like to share the full interview with you here. I hope it allows you get to know me better and experience a small slice of my jewellery universe.
The year 2023 is a milestone for KaterinaPerez.com as it represents my 10-year anniversary as a key opinion leader in this fabulous industry. As some of you may know, I have worked in the jewellery trade for far longer than 10 years, both as a magazine editor and a retail sales professional on London’s Bond Street.
Katerina Perez is celebrating the 10th anniversary of KaterinaPerez.com in 2023
I spend so much time writing about jewellery that it’s strangely difficult to be introspective and write about myself! So, when Sahak magazine invited me to do an interview, I was initially nervous. Fortunately, CEO Sahak Demirci, who founded his eponymous Zurich-based jewellery business in 2010, asked me some insightful questions and gave me the opportunity to share some of my personal opinions. Continue reading to find out more about me and what I love most about the artistry of jewellery…
Katerina Perez is interviewed in Sahak Magazine
A closer look at the interview between Katerina Perez and Sahak Demirci, CEO of Sahak Fine Swiss Jewellery
Katerina Perez at the Cannes Film Festival 2021 wearing a Gemy Maalouf gown, Alzuarr shoes and Lydia Courteille earrings from the Topkapi collection
Katerina Perez and Aydin Hassanzadeh of Hassanzadeh Jewellers at the Cannes Film Festival 2022
Katerina Perez on the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival 2022 wearing wearing a dress by Sima Couture dress and Hassanzadeh jewellery
Katerina Perez receives the WIBA Jewellery Influencer Award during the Cannes Film Festival 2021
Katerina Perez was thrilled to secure the UK Social Influencer Award at International Jewellery London in 2018
Katerina Perez co-hosts the Professional Jeweller Awards 2021 in London
De Beers Ascending Shadows necklace and earrings from The Alchemist of Light High Jewellery collection with anodised titanium, coated aluminium, white marquise-shaped diamonds, green rough diamonds and a 3.41 carat fancy light grey pear-shaped diamond
Boucheron mother-of-pearl, diamond, meteorite, onyx, platinum, burnt wood and white gold Octopus earring, Bois Brûlé Diamant necklace, Coquillage necklace and wolf ring from the Carte Blanche Ailleurs High Jewellery collection
Hermès Couleurs du jour necklace with its 'doors' in the open position from the Les Jeux de l'ombre High Jewellery collection
Katerina Perez presents a pearl and aquamarine ring by Assael
Katerina Perez wears a trio of FerrariFirenze Clover rings with diamonds and coloured enamel
Katerina Perez wears necklaces by Maison Avani set with a yellow sapphire and tsavorite garnet
Katerina Perez studies a bracelet by VAK Jewels with portrait-cut diamonds
Jessica McCormack diamond ring and diamond-set ring jacket from the Party Jacket collection
Boucheron Palissandre Santos wood, diamond, white gold, natural butterfly wing, natural shell Conus Marmoreus and quartz Papillon earrings, Cristaux Pendants earring, Bois Diamant brooch and Jack Coquillage brooch from the Carte Blanche Ailleurs High Jewellery collection
Katerina Perez seeks to unravel the latest celebrity jewellery trends, including the 'neck mess' aesthetic of 2022
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WORDS
Katerina Perez is a jewellery insider, journalist and brand consultant with more than 15 years’ experience in the jewellery sector. Paris-based, Katerina has worked as a freelance journalist and content editor since 2011, writing articles for international publications. To share her jewellery knowledge and expertise, Katerina founded this website and launched her @katerina_perez Instagram in 2013.
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