Julia Hackman Chafé

Intercolor USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/06/fashion/jewelry-influencer-julia-hackman-chafe.html

She and her father struck a deal: Instead of sticking with her original plan, of attending classes at the Gemological Institute of America, Ms. Chafé would accompany him on a buying trip to Bangkok in February 2023 “as a kind of crash course in learning what our family business does,” she said.

“It was the best decision I’ve made so far,” she continued. “The trip really changed the way I thought about jewelry. The picture my dad had always painted for me is that it’s really hard to negotiate. And it was. But then you saw between all these people from all these different backgrounds 40 years of deep friendship with one another. And it’s something I don’t think you can find in any other industry.”

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Julia Hackman Chafé is colored gemstone wholesaler at Intercolor USA.