Tiffany fields in the article today

Celebrities wore Ms. Peretti’s creations on the red carpet and in the movies. Some years her merchandise represented 10 percent or more of Tiffany’s sales. “They get a lot of publicity and customers who otherwise would not have thought of these brands for high jewelry.”

Some years her merchandise represented 10 percent or more of Tiffany’s sales. “They get a lot of publicity and customers who otherwise would not have thought of these brands for high jewelry.” The pandemic has prompted jewelers including Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels to rethink their traditionally lavish displays.

Earlier this year, Tiffany Field, head of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine, traveled to different airports in Florida to watch people interacting. A researcher who has studied touch for more than four decades, Field made a shocking discovery: Nobody was touching each other.

Rings have changed just as much as commitment events and their participants, with some collections now including black gems and platinum skulls. Celebrities wore Ms. Peretti’s creations on the red carpet and in the movies.