Women are buying their own diamonds

Luxurious treats: Women are buying jewellery as reward for themselves and as a worthwhile investment. - REUTERS/Kham

A growing number of women are not waiting for a man to buy them jewellery. They are buying what they like, when they want.

TOMOKO Takami bought her first piece of jewellery when she was 19, on a trip to Paris from her home in Japan. “I bought a Christian Dior 18-karat gold necklace because I wanted to have something as a memory of my first adventure,” said Takami, a translator, writer and editor who is now 42.