After Mikimoto founder Kokichi Mikimoto invented cultured pearl technology, it made pearls accessible to the masses. Mikimoto’s goal was “to adorn the necks of all women around the world with ...

That's how Jesse Jo Stark, the creative director of L.A.-based jewelry label Chrome Hearts, describes her new collaboration ...

completed by an 18k yellow gold hook and box clasp accented by one additional cultured pearl, forming an 18 inch necklace. Marked with Mikimoto's "M" within clamshell maker's mark. Gross weight: 37.2 ...

Son of a Japanese noodle maker, Kokichi Mikimoto single-handedly launched the cultured-pearl industry. Kokichi Mikimoto, the son of a noodle maker, had a dream and a hard-working wife, Ume.

Japan's akoya oysters have been preëminent among cultured pearls ever since Kokichi Mikimoto first established the industry in the early part of this century. But since 1994, something has been ...

Many years ago, Mikimoto Kokichi managed to produce cultured pearls that slowly made their way into the market. Although a bit expensive for being cultured pearls, they are still way cheaper than ...

From one industry disruptor to another, it is only fitting that Mikimoto was the natural partner to usher pearls into Chrome Hearts’s milieu. Breaking ground with the world’s first cultured ...

Cultured pearls date all the way back to around 500 AD in China. However, in 1893, the Japanese-born Kōkichi Mikimoto streamlined the process and eventually created perfectly round pearls.