Want to buy jewellery in Hong Kong for special anniversaries, birthday presents or Valentine’s Day – or some bespoke bling for yourself? Read on for some of our picks from the wide range of jewellery stores in Hong Kong, plus online options to choose from. From gold earrings to colourful necklace designs and bracelets, you’re sure to find the perfect piece!
Silk bangles, earrings & necklace designs
Blending style and versatility, and an East-meets-West aesthetic with the thrill of customisation, Forbidden Hill’s signature Silk jewellery collections – including Silk Bangles, Cuffs, Earrings and Pendant necklace designs – can be styled with a choice of over 40 mesmerising silk colours that can be switched any time. Its Gemstone Earrings are also customisable, taking on the hue of interchangeable gemstones, such as rubies, emeralds or amethysts. You can effortlessly style anything from this online jewellery store to match your outfit, or even just your mood.
Based in Singapore, the brand’s collections are inspired by past and present Southeast Asia. Collections such as the Lotus, the Hue and the Pavilion are evocative of the region’s beauty, with a contemporary touch – the Lotus captures the graceful form of the namesake flower, while the Hue and Pavilion hint at the lattice work found in the Purple Forbidden City in Hue, Vietnam. Other popular collections are inspired by the cultural heritage of Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. And launching in December is the BKK collection, reflecting the energy of Bangkok. The collections are all designed in Singapore and made by carefully selected production partners in SE Asia.
In addition to interchangeable silks and gemstones, the brand also makes jewellery with vibrantly coloured resin insets, offering more gorgeous pops of colour to finish your look.
With so many ways to style them, Forbidden Hill’s pieces make perfect gifts – you can thoughtfully customise the jewellery with the favourite colours of a friend, a loved one – or yourself! All pieces come beautifully packaged in the brand’s cloth pouch and elegant green box. Forbidden Hill also ships for free to Hong Kong with a minimum spend of US$80 (approximately HK$620).
Discover more about this customisable necklace design and bracelet brand at forbiddenhill.com or on Instagram @forbiddenhill.
Personalised jewellery in Hong Kong
Niyati and Jimit are the husband-and-wife team behind Niya K; we find out how they go about creating dream pieces for their customers.
“We launched in 2015 with the aim of providing a completely personalised jewellery purchasing experience at fair prices. We realised that more and more people have their own ideas and reasons to buy jewellery and want something that is meaningful to them, and we knew we had all the elements to put this together: great sourcing networks, product knowledge, strong design capabilities and highly skilled manufacturing abilities.
Building a long-term relationship with our customers is key for us. This means that we like to give frank and honest advice, present good ideas that work for the customer in the long term and be fair and transparent in our process.
Our strength is diamonds, both natural and lab-grown. With our sourcing abilities and design and production strengths, we can create a beautiful bespoke piece of jewellery according to the customers’ tastes.
Our customers include first-time jewellery buyers looking for engagement rings or wedding jewellery as well as more experienced collectors who know what they want and are looking for someone to help bring their ideas to fruition. We’ve also started to gain overseas clients over the past few years as Hong Kong is a great place to buy jewellery.
As for trends, while the classic styles are always very popular, we are seeing younger customers being a little more adventurous with their jewellery and looking for some fun designs – especially with the introduction of lab-grown diamonds, you can finally create nice, bold pieces without breaking the bank.”
Find the Niya K boutique at 905, Podium Plaza, 5 Hanoi Road, Tsim Sha Tsui.
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Hong Kong jewellery that helps make a difference
Eden is an anti-trafficking NGO that aims to bring hope, freedom, support and opportunities to survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. The team says that each piece of Eden jewellery is inspired by a true story of courageous escape, and lovingly crafted by a trafficking survivor. When you purchase these pieces, the profits directly benefit the women in their programmes.
In addition to jewellery-making, these women participate in counselling, creative therapies, education and vocational training classes, allowing them to focus on healing and personal growth without the pressure of earning income.
Eden says that its holistic model not only focuses on rescuing individuals but also aims to break the entire trafficking cycle; over 20 years of frontline operation, the brand has successfully rescued over 1,800 survivors across Southeast Asia and reached over 100,000 women and girls.
“Choose to shop meaningfully this season,” they add. “Select gifts that spread joy, support brands that give back, and make a difference with every purchase. Together, we can create a positive impact!”
Shop the brand’s gold earrings, rings, bracelet and necklace designs online at thisisedenhk.org. You can also follow them on Instagram @thisiseden.hk.
A new boutique jewellery store in Hong Kong
Marking a new chapter in its journey, the third-generation connoisseur of jewellery and diamonds, M&B Private Jewellers, has opened a boutique flagship Hong Kong jewellery store in Wellington Street, Central, to complement its existing Singapore location.
M&B Private Jewellers specialises in cutting and polishing perfectly-cut fancy shape diamonds and colour diamonds, and it provides customer service to all clients, from aspiring jewellery collectors to brides-to-be.
CEO Roi Sheinfeld says, “Our boutique expansion has added lab-grown diamonds to our inventory as a response to the growing request and to adapt to the ongoing trend of our young affluent millennial-conscious consumers.”
At the same time, while lab-grown diamonds are gaining traction, Roi adds that natural diamonds remain the “cornerstone” of M&B’s offerings. Customers are invited to curate their own distinctive pieces, choosing from the extensive selection of unset diamonds, precious stones and more. They’ll have the added privilege of collaborating with an in-house team of design and diamond specialists who’ll help bring their unique vision to life.
The boutique is also home to a vast ready-to-wear jewellery selection including accessibly priced everyday wear that’s functional yet beautiful.
Visit 1/F, The Loop, 33 Wellington Street, Central, or head online to view their jewellery at m-and-b.com.
A Hong Kong jewellery store for colourful gems
Raji has lived in Hong Kong for 19 years and used to work as a lingerie designer before launching her jewellery brand Kama by Raji. Part of her inspiration was a desire to celebrate her heritage by bringing a small piece of Sri Lanka to the international market; she was also driven by a sheer passion for creating wearable art.
The Kama by Raji range includes exquisite semiprecious and precious gemstone jewellery made with only the best quality gemstones sourced in Sri Lanka. Not only is it a country with an abundance of natural gemstones, but it’s also home to expertly trained craftsmen from families who’ve been making jewellery by hand for generations. Just look at the gold earrings below.
Raji notes that clients are showing a lot more interest in coloured gemstones than they were a few years ago. There’s a move to embrace the stunning hues not just of emeralds and sapphires, but of aquamarines, tourmalines, citrines and other stones. Examples of pieces in the Kama by Raji range that reflect this emphasis on colour are the statement solitaire aquamarine ring and Raji’s 3D lotus petal drop gold earrings in green amethyst.
Interested in this jewellery store in Hong Kong? Contact Kama by Raji on WhatsApp 9681 0210 or visit Instagram @kamabyraji.
Where diamonds take centre stage
Established in 2012, Zaha et Cetera focuses on jewellery featuring handcrafted diamonds and coloured stones, and using 18K white or yellow gold, or platinum. A key differentiating factor for the company is that every meticulous part of its high-end diamond sourcing, manufacturing, grading, sorting and certification is done out of Hong Kong for quality control purposes. What’s more, all the jewellery pieces designed by founder Rahila Refaaq are made here, with diamond settings done by highly experienced jewellers with over 30 years of setting experience.
Rahila herself has over 20 years of experience in the industry, including eight years as a Senior Gemologist at an international gemological institute in Hong Kong. Along with bespoke jewellery tailored precisely to your particular needs and preferences – including redesigning existing pieces into something more modern and wearable to reflect current trends – Zaha et Cetera offers a collection of ready-to-wear pieces in all kinds of designs.
The brand can also assist if you’re looking to source high-quality coloured stones or GIA-certified diamonds.
Learn more about Rahila’s jewellery designs at Instagram @zahaetc.
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