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  <title><![CDATA[Drimano Pearl]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Drimano Pearl makes hand-knotted pearl jewellery in Bermondsey, London. Bespoke strands, earrings and rings in solid gold. Sourced in person, made to order.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The summer Akoya batch has arrived]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Forty-three pearls from Shiga, selected in April and shipped in May. They arrived last week. We have been sorting them by overtone and diameter for the past four days. A few strands are already spoken for, but there is stock for new orders.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2026-06-10</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[On restringing: what we look for when a strand comes in]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[We receive three or four restringing requests each month. Some strands are in good condition apart from the cord. Others need more attention. Here is what we check when a piece arrives, and why it matters.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2026-05-14</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[How to Care for Pearl Jewellery at Home]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Pearls are not fragile, but they are different from other gemstones. They are organic, porous, and sensitive to a narrow range of things that most people do not think about. The good news is that caring for them well is not complicated. It is mostly a matter of order: what you put on before the pearls go on, and what you do when you take them off.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2026-03-12</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Akoya vs Freshwater Pearls: What Is the Actual Difference]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The question comes up in almost every bespoke enquiry. Akoya or freshwater? The short answer is that neither is better. They are different in specific ways, and the right choice depends on what you want the piece to do. Here is a plain account of how each type is grown and what that produces.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2026-01-20</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[What to Look for When Buying Pearl Jewellery]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Most people buying pearl jewellery are not gemologists, and they should not need to be. But there are a few things worth knowing before you spend a significant amount of money on a piece. Some of them are visible to the naked eye. Others require asking the right questions of whoever is selling.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2025-10-08</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Pearl Restringing: When It Is Needed and What the Process Involves]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Pearl restringing is one of those things that people put off longer than they should. The cord looks fine, the clasp still closes, the pearls are not going anywhere. Then one day the cord breaks and a pearl rolls under the sofa. Restringing is not expensive and it is not complicated, but the timing matters.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2025-08-14</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Commissioning Bespoke Pearl Jewellery: What the Process Looks Like]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Bespoke jewellery has a reputation for being complicated and expensive. Sometimes it is. But for pearl jewellery specifically, the process is more straightforward than people expect, because the main decisions are about the stone and the setting rather than about complex metalwork. Here is what a commission at Drimano Pearl actually involves.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2025-06-03</pubDate>
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