Emili Vesilind’s been writing about jewelry as a business and an artform since 2012, first as a senior editor at JCK magazine for nearly a decade, and currently is the editor-in-chief of Gem + Jewel, a glossy magazine and website produced by Jewelers Mutual Group and designed to elevate its readership's love of fine jewelry and luxury watches. Prior to pivoting to jewelry journalism, she covered the fashion industry for both the Los Angeles Times as a staff writer and Women’s Wear Daily as its west coast retail editor. She's a co-host at-large for jewelry podcast Rough Cut, and over the years has contributed articles and personal essays to CNN, New York Magazine’s The Cut, Vogue Australia, Curator, and Vox, among others. She lives on the Beltway in Virginia with her husband and two kids.