Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If it weren’t for Kokichi Mikimoto, we might be living in a world without pearls. As a young man growing up in a seaside Japanese ...

Comme des Garçons is going one step further to recontextualize the pearl necklace for a more inclusive audience. The brand has teamed with Mikimoto on a second collaboration, this one including seven ...

Founded in Ginza, Japan, in 1893, Mikimoto is a high-end jeweler that specializes in cultured pearls. Industry experts and consumers with an affinity for the stone worldwide often regard the brand as ...

Is there anything in fashion more classic — some might even say staid — than a strand of pearls? Not when Rei Kawakubo gets involved. Mikimoto allowed the maverick designer to have her way with its ...

Whilst natural pearls can only be produced by a freakish accident of mother nature, her artistry can be mimicked. This son of a noodle-maker replicated nature’s occasional masterpieces and paired them ...