Jewelry Creators

Beth Bernstein is a jewellery historian, author, journalist, and one-time jewellery designer. Her books include The Modern Guide To Vintage Jewellery (2025), Jewelry's Shining Stars: The Next Generation (2024),The Modern Guide to Antique Jewelry (2022), and If These Jewels Could Talk (2015), all published by ACC Art Books, and a memoir, My Charmed Life (Penguin, 2012). Beth has contributed to many magazines, journals and publications, including Forbes.com, Jewelry Connoisseur, Rapaport Magazine, The Jewellery Editor (online), Accent Magazine, Elite Traveler, Four Seasons Magazine and Departures. She has worked as a senior editor for two leading national jewellery magazines and, in 2017, launched her own online jewellery magazine, bejeweledmag.com. Beth also lectures and organises and participates in seminars and educational events. Throughout the 1990s, Beth designed a jewellery collection under the brand name Bethany B, which sold to over 250 stores throughout the USA and overseas. Sonia Esther Soltani is a jewellery content specialist and consultant. She was the editor-in-chief of Rapaport for seven years, leading the company’s print, digital, and social-media presence and hosting the Jewelry Connoisseur podcast. She contributes to international publications such as the Financial Times, Forbes, GemGuide, Retail Jeweller, and Rapaport Magazine. She has served as a judge for jewellery competitions, including the World Jewelry Design Awards (WADA), HRD Design Awards, and InStore Magazine. Before specialising in jewellery, Sonia wrote about architecture, design, luxury travel, and wellness. She studied history and history of art in Paris, and film studies and journalism in London. Alongside her work in jewellery, Sonia is a qualified life and career coach.