Menē featured in Gem + Jewel Magazine: “The Great Escape”.
October 21, 2025The luxury jewelry world continues to take notice of Menē’s quiet revolution. In the Fall 2025 issue of Gem + Jewel Magazine, Menē’s Clam Shell Necklace was prominently featured in the editorial story “The Great Escape,” a visual exploration of timeless craftsmanship and refined elegance.
With its circulation reaching leading voices in the jewelry and design community, Gem + Jewel celebrates artistry, craftsmanship, and innovation—three values that define Menē. The feature underscores how Menē’s 24k gold jewelry has transcended trends to embody what modern luxury truly means: purity, transparency, and lasting value.
A spotlight on the Clam Shell Necklace.
At the center of the editorial is Menē’s Clam Shell Necklace, a striking composition of natural form and precious material. Crafted from pure 24k gold, each shell charm captures the poetry of nature in sculptural detail—luxurious, elemental, and radiant.
The necklace stands as an ode to the sea, echoing Menē’s recurring themes of eternity, nature, and permanence. It is part of the brand’s broader Fossils & Shells Collection, inspired by forms found in nature and rendered immortal through pure gold.
The Gem + Jewel feature places the Clam Shell Necklace alongside other leading names in luxury jewelry, positioning Menē as part of a new era of investment-grade luxury - a movement that fuses art and economics through craftsmanship.
The story behind “The Great Escape”
Gem + Jewel’s “The Great Escape” editorial explores the emotional and sensory experience of jewelry—how form, color, and material transport the wearer to new states of mind.
Set against tactile fabrics and sun-warmed textures, the editorial brings out the elemental essence of gold itself: luminous, grounding, and everlasting. Menē’s Clam Shell Necklace glows in this setting, paired with deep red silk and the subtle play of shadow - evoking both nostalgia and modernity.
The story captures what Menē jewelry embodies: a connection to nature, permanence, and personal freedom.
Why Menē stands apart.
In a jewelry world often dominated by branding and markups, Menē has taken a radically different approach—returning to the fundamentals of purity, transparency, and real value.
- Investment-grade purity
Every Menē piece is crafted exclusively from 24k gold (99.99% pure) or PT999 platinum (99.9% pure) which are the highest purities available in the world. Unlike 18k or 14k jewelry, which are alloys diluted with base metals, Menē’s pieces are composed of metal that retains its intrinsic worth.
- Transparent, Real-Time Pricing
Each Menē creation is priced by:
- Its precise gram weight,
- The current global spot price of gold or platinum, and
- A transparent design and crafting fee.
This pricing model, available on all Menē products, lets clients see exactly how much of their purchase is true gold value. No hidden markups, no brand inflation -just pure transparency.
- Wearable Wealth
Menē jewelry is not just a fashion statement; it is bullion in wearable form. Every gram of gold or platinum in a Menē piece can be tracked for its market value in real time, turning each design into an enduring store of wealth.
In an age where disposable fashion dominates, Menē offers permanence and purpose.
Pure gold meets pure artistry.
The Gem + Jewel feature showcases what makes Menē’s designs unique: their ability to merge art with intrinsic value.
Each Menē piece begins as a sculptural exploration of form—drawing from architecture, myth, and nature. But unlike traditional luxury brands, which often emphasize logos or seasonal trends, Menē’s aesthetic is timeless and elemental.
Form follows purity. Each design is an expression of the material itself—gold and platinum left unadulterated, glowing with their natural luster.
Jewelry as a store of value.
Menē’s name comes from the ancient Aramaic word meaning “to count, to measure, to value.” It reflects the brand’s founding vision: to restore jewelry to its original role as a measure of intrinsic worth.
Co-founded by Roy Sebag and Diana Widmaier-Picasso, Menē represents a fusion of philosophy, economics, and art history. The brand’s guiding belief is that luxury should be honest—a balance of beauty and integrity.
In Menē’s world, every piece tells two stories:
- A story of craftsmanship and design, and
- A story of tangible value and permanence.
This ethos resonates deeply with modern collectors, who seek meaning, transparency, and authenticity in every purchase.
A reflection of modern luxury trends.
The Gem + Jewel feature comes at a time when the jewelry market is evolving. Consumers, especially Millennials and Gen Z, are demanding more from luxury brands: ethics, sustainability, and real value.
Menē’s model fits the moment.
- Sustainable: Their lifetime buyback program allows customers to sell their jewelry back to Menē and Menē will melt the jewelry to make jewelry. Pure metal = very little waste.
- Ethical: Every gram of gold is responsibly sourced.
- Transparent: Pricing and purity are always public.
- Enduring: As gold prices rise, Menē jewelry grows in value based on the market spot price.
In a world where most luxury goods depreciate, Menē’s bullion jewelry represents a paradigm shift: luxury that appreciates.
The Clam Shell Necklace: a symbol of natural permanence.
The Gem + Jewel editorial perfectly captured the spirit of Menē’s Clam Shell Necklace, which draws inspiration from oceanic forms - objects shaped by time, pressure, and nature’s quiet perfection.
Each shell in the necklace is sculpted with fine ridged texture and cast in 24k gold, retaining the warmth and brilliance of the pure metal.
It’s a piece that tells two stories:
- One of nature’s evolution through form,
- And another of human craftsmanship transforming that form into something everlasting.
Wearable art. Eternal value. That is the essence of Menē.
Clam Shell Necklace
A 24k gold shell, gently folded and ridged by the sea. Suspended from a fine chain, the Clam Shell Necklace captures the quiet strength of coastal landscapes and the poetry of tidal rhythms. Also available in pure platinum.
In the words of Gem + Jewel.
In its Fall 2025 issue, Gem + Jewel celebrates “laid-back, luxurious jewels for a sublime holiday season.” Menē’s inclusion in The Great Escape stands out as a statement of timeless elegance and authenticity—a celebration of purity amid an industry often defined by excess.
By featuring the Clam Shell Necklace alongside other world-class jewelry houses, Gem + Jewel highlights Menē’s arrival as a global voice for modern luxury rooted in value and integrity.
Menē in the press: a growing movement.
This feature follows a series of recognitions from leading industry and financial outlets that have acknowledged Menē’s pioneering model of transparent luxury and gold-backed design.
What sets Menē apart is not just what it makes, but what it stands for:
- Jewelry that doesn’t just decorate, but endures.
- Design that doesn’t just follow trends, but defines permanence.
- Value that doesn’t fade, but compounds.
Closing thoughts: the great escape of modern luxury.
Menē’s inclusion in Gem + Jewel Magazine’s Fall 2025 “The Great Escape” issue is more than a feature; it’s a reflection of a movement.
A movement away from excess and toward essence, away from alloy and toward purity and away from markups and toward transparency.
In a world hungry for meaning and authenticity, Menē represents a great escape back to truth - to the origins of gold, artistry, and value itself.
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