Fine jewelry stores are Chinatown's best kept secret

In your city’s Chinatown very well sits the secret to the best fine jewelry deals around: Asian jewelry stores.

TNM's culture-obsessed reporter Jennimai Nguyen went to four Chinatown jewelry shops in New York City, where generations of jewelry experts showed her the wide world of sparkly possibilities, beyond the online shopping experience.

For those who might find the shops a bit intimidating, there’s also the L. Lu Project, a website that partners with NYC’s Asian-owned jewelry stores to bring small business jewelry to anyone with internet access.

To explore L. Lu and these shops further, head to https://llufinejewelry.com/