Best of the Season
VOL Awards — Season 2026

Best of the Season

Each season our editors honor the finest work in fine jewelry — three categories, chosen from submissions and coverage across our network.

Previous award winners
No. 01
Fine Jewelry
Best Design of the Season

Our editors' pick for the most accomplished fine jewelry design shown this season.

Winner — to be announced
Best Design of the Season
No. 02
Custom Jewelry
Best Commission of the Season

The standout one-of-a-kind commission, chosen from submissions across our network.

Winner — to be announced
Best Commission of the Season
No. 03
Fashion
Best Runway Moment of the Season

The jewelry styling that defined this season's runways.

Winner — to be announced
Best Runway Moment of the Season
The archive

Previous award winners

A look back at the pieces that set the standard before this season’s winners are announced.

VOL Awards archive
Sorellina — Cassette Tape Pendant
2025 / VOL Collective Design Award

Sorellina

Cassette Tape Pendant

An extraordinary piece of mechanical fine jewelry: an 18-karat gold cassette with a diamond spool encased in white sapphire, paired with a pink-opal-tipped pencil charm that can “rewind” and “fast-forward” the spool.

View the winning piece
Somsara — Eclipse Transformable Ring in 18K Gold
2025 / VOL Collective Emerge Award

Somsara

Eclipse Transformable Ring in 18K Gold

A young New York jewelry house making a real case for jewelry as mechanism: the Eclipse shifts from ring to pendant, with twelve diamonds tracing the movement of a solar eclipse.

View the winning piece
Jade Trau — The Bridal Suite
2025 / VOL Collective Bridal Choice Award

Jade Trau

The Bridal Suite

A modern bridal collection that moves beyond the engagement ring, bringing Jade Trau’s distinctive diamond settings to earrings, bracelets, necklaces, and wedding-day pieces with real personality.

View The Bridal Suite
Submissions
Winners announced September 2026

Designers, houses, and stylists may submit work for consideration through our studio.

There is no entry fee, and advertising has no bearing on the outcome — our editors choose alone.

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