Diana Vincent
American jewelry designer and businesswoman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diana Vincent (born 1958 in Trenton, New Jersey) is an American jewelry designer and businesswoman.[1]
Vincent is the niece of American fashion designer James Galanos, whose shows are credited with inspiring her to pursue a design career.[1] In 1976, she attended Temple University's Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia to study metalsmithing and jewelry design with Stanley Lechtzin.[2][3] She studied at Tyler's Rome campus for a year and graduated in 1980 with a bachelor's degree in fine arts.[2] Before deciding to focus on jewelry design, Vincent had explored oil painting, home dressmaking, and pottery.[3]
In 1984, Vincent and her husband Vincent Polisano opened Diana Vincent Inc. in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.[2] That same year, Vincent received a Best New Designer of the Year award from the Jewelers of America,[1] along with the President's Award for Merchandising and Display,[4] and became the youngest person (at 26) to win the bi-annual De Beers Diamonds International Award.[1][3][5] She won the De Beers award again in Milan in 1986, the only American jeweller to have done so consecutively.[3][5] Other awards Vincent has received include the DeBeers Diamond Today Award (1985, 1987, and 1999); the International Pearl Design Award (Tokyo 1988); and the DeBeers Diamond of Distinction Award (1989).[4] In 1998 she won a Platinum Passion Design Competition Award from the Platinum Guild International.[4]
Vincent describes her work as "feminine", "contemporary" and being "simple, fluid and sensual".[1] The influence of the performing arts and dance has been identified in her work.[3]
Her work is held in the permanent museum collection of the Gemological Institute of America.[6] She has also exhibited at the National Ornamental Metal Museum (1997) and the Kent State Art Museum (1998).[6]
Described as one of Philadelphia's top 5 fashion artisans,[7] Vincent's jewelry designs have been seen on the red carpet at the Oscars and featured in various fashion publications including Vogue, InStyle, Town & Country, and Modern Bride.[8]
In 2003 Diana Vincent participated in the "Miles of Mules" charity fundraising project where fibreglass mules were placed around the Lehigh Valley area.[9] Her mule, "Jewels",[1] was displayed outside the James A. Michener Art Museum to raise funds for breast cancer awareness.[6][10] She has also designed exclusive jewelry for charity purposes, such as a brooch to be sold to benefit the breast cancer facility at Bucks County.[11]
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