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Pearls can be a very prim gem—I know I sit up a little straighter when I wear my grandmother's strand. Thakoon Panichgul's debut collection as creative director for Tasaki is adding some edge to the marine gem's good-girl reputation. The fashion wunderkind said, "My goal is to approach jewelry design in the same manner that I approach clothing: always moving forward but respect the past." I would call this double-finger ring one giant leap forward. Never have pearls been this punk and still pretty. I know grandma would have approved.

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—Marion Fasel, Contributing Editor, Fine Jewelry and Watches