“What Frank Ocean is doing will open lots of eyes to man-made diamonds,” says Baller. “It’s not my thing, however it’s cool to see someone like Frank take a giant leap.” In trend, it took Virgil Abloh “to finally open Louis Vuitton’s eyes, and I assume that it’ll go the identical means ”. Tracking the origin of a gem back to the mine is a notoriously difficult challenge but new sanctions on Russian diamonds are set to radically remodel the jewelry industry, requiring “mine-to-finger” traceability in key markets. A very competitive market, Grangié reported that Chanel has had a very…