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Nov 28, 2009, 1:42 pm
With all the celebrities designing jewelry, it’s easier to list those who haven’t thrown their name in the hat that those who have. Among the glitterati designing the glitter are: Alicia K... Comment - Like
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Nov 16, 2009, 9:30 am
The Protector Collection designed by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt for Asprey
The Jolie/Pitt/Asprey collaboration is making headlines today. At the center of the collection is a creature that is both ... Comment - Like
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Nov 13, 2009, 1:14 pm
Between Eternity and History, Bulgari, From 1884 To 2009, 125 Years of Italian Jewels
Most people remember Bulgari from the 1970s and ’80s when the Parentesi modular line of jewelry was first i... Comment - Like
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Nov 9, 2009, 12:12 pm
A TOURMALINE, OPAL AND MULTI-GEM 'PYRAMID IN GIZA & SPHINX' BROOCH, BY MITSUO KAJI
One of the lots from the upcoming December 1, 2009 auction at Christie’s.
Things have been a little q... Comment - Like
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Nov 4, 2009, 6:32 pm
Wallace Chan
The physical act of experiencing the European ambiance of ebonized wood and sepia-tones of Brasserie Ruhlmann and viewing Wallace Chan’s jewelry was a little like observing the wor... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2009, 1:58 pm
Nimai-Dō Gosuko Armor of Sakakibara Yasumasa Momoyama period, 17th century Iron, lacquer, and silk; H. of helmet bowl: 5 3/4 in. (14.5 cm); H. of cuirass: 15 3/8 in. (39 cm) Tokyo National Museum Imp... Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2009, 12:54 pm
More is More by Hutton Wilkinson
It was a cool, clear, autumnal New York night on one at Saks Fifth. A three piece band was playing jazz in the background. The handsome Hutton Wilkinson was signing b... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2009, 9:45 am
Cover of Amazing Cartier by Nadine Coleno
In this well-documented and visually spectacular book, we learn about the birth, evolution, and legacy of jewelry firm we’ve come to know with reverenc... Comment - Like
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Oct 18, 2009, 4:37 pm
Ring by Wallace Chan
What does it mean when an artisan insists he can do nature one better? It means that he should not only have the guts to fulfill such a promise, but also do so with equal mastery... Comment - Like
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Oct 15, 2009, 1:07 pm
Just when you thought the museum scene couldn’t get any better, or at least more beautiful than the Art Nouveau treasures at The Cincinnati Art Museum, comes along a show entitled The Nature of ... Comment - Like
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Oct 14, 2009, 1:49 pm
Brooch with an opal and pearl, about 1900
Louis Zorra (possibly born in Italy and working in Paris, dates
unknown
Gold, silver, enamel, sapphire, opal, and pearl
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Oct 10, 2009, 10:24 am
The Association for the Study of Jewelry & Related Arts Conference, October 11, 2009 www.jewelryconference.com
I will be attending the conference tomorrow and tweeting live. Come follow all the event... Comment - Like
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Oct 9, 2009, 3:26 pm
Art Deco Devant de corsage by Boucheron, designed by Lucien Hirtz. Image by Skinner Inc.
During the 1920s, graphic designs de-throned the garland style of the courtly Edwardian era. Dresses with drop... Comment - Like
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Oct 5, 2009, 4:14 pm
The Poetry of Time, Van Cleef & Arpels
Van Cleef & Arpels’ new book, The Poetry of Time, watches are celebrated as emblems of achievement: personal, engineering, and of course, style. The compa... Comment - Like
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Oct 3, 2009, 11:36 am
Lanvin Spring 2010
He wraps, folds, drapes, and knots fabrication around the body. He applies jewelry to the whole by piling decades worth of inspiration that messes with this historian’s head ... Comment - Like
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Oct 2, 2009, 3:29 pm
Rick Owens Spring 2010
This image struck a cord — the austere black top, a slash of pale skin, white shorts (are those shorts?), and of course the bangle bracelets that look as though someone h... Comment - Like
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Oct 1, 2009, 2:23 pm
Special Edition Magic Alhambra pendant in white mother of pearl and pink gold by Van Cleef & Arpels $2,950
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundatio... Comment - Like
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Sep 29, 2009, 2:44 pm
Sorry the pics are not great — I did my best…
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Sept. 29, 2009 at Museum of Arts and Design
Exhibiton at Museum of Arts and Design: Read My Pi... Comment - Like
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Sep 28, 2009, 3:12 pm
Bottega Veneta Spring 2010
Bottega Veneta Spring 2010
Sarah Mower’s review of Bottega Veneta’s Spring 2010 runway on Style.com quotes Tomas Maier, the label’s designer, as saying, ... Comment - Like
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Sep 25, 2009, 8:32 am
It is a well-known fact that Miuccia Prada loves jewelry and own a fine collection of antique and vintage pieces. For her Spring 2010 runway she’s taken the idea of ornament quite literally to t... Comment - Like
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Sep 23, 2009, 2:28 pm
Mary Katrantzou Spring 2010
Scene: Door bursts open and wind sweeps into the room. An out of breath woman enters with glasses on top of her head, carrying a stack of books and magazines while trying ... Comment - Like
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Sep 22, 2009, 2:09 pm
Social media is the new black and with it comes someone new to follow on Twitter: LuxArtRocks. You might recognize the logo but the culturally well-informed tweeter will remain anonymous this time aro... Comment - Like
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Sep 20, 2009, 3:04 pm
3.1 Philip Lim Spring 2010
To begin, there was no running fashion narrative, save for the far too evident bangle, reinvented in only a few clever forms and, heaven help us, seen on nearly every runwa... Comment - Like
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Sep 18, 2009, 8:36 am
My story about the Carmen Marc Valvo show is posted on the first page of iFashion Network. Just one note, someone at the website mislabeled the caption that appears below my story and I am trying to h... Comment - Like
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Sep 14, 2009, 1:08 pm
VPL Spring 2010
VPL Spring 2010
Victoria Bartlett’s clothes were lovely but the necklaces weren’t. Strange, asymmetrically oriented and artsy — if so. They didn’t cut it. The... Comment - Like
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Sep 11, 2009, 12:38 pm
I wait patiently. And then the flood gates of Fashion Week open, the images released on Style.com, and as always, there is a glimmer of hope. It is the same feeling I get just before opening a small, ... Comment - Like
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Sep 9, 2009, 6:49 pm
... of New York Times today posted breath-taking images from the new Wide Field Camera 3 that is aboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Hot gas fleeing a dying star 3800 light years away in t... Comment - Like
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Sep 7, 2009, 2:10 pm
Van Cleef & Arpels special edition vintage Alhambra Lapis and Malachite necklaces
What happens when one is steeped in clover? Hopefully more than having crushed blades of grass clinging to the red so... Comment - Like
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Aug 28, 2009, 4:09 pm
I will be writing for the iFashion Network in the comings months. They are new, innovative, and seem to be taking their editorial very seriously. For me, this will be a different undertaking as I want... Comment - Like
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Aug 27, 2009, 4:07 pm
Yesterday I received a media release from IBISWorld, an independent resource for industry and market analysis, stating that this year (so far, I imagine) sales of high-end jewelry have been lackluster... Comment - Like
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Aug 25, 2009, 9:31 am
and the business of getting back-to-business begins. Three books detailing the intricacies of handcrafted jewelry that make for quick, light reading while basking on the beach:
-The Rings Book by Ji... Comment - Like
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Aug 23, 2009, 4:21 pm
Amethyst and diamond necklace, brooch, and earrings, 19th century, A. Harris at www.harrisgemstones.com
This evocative suite is currently in the collection of A. Harris, a British firm (with a US bra... Comment - Like
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Aug 17, 2009, 12:01 pm
A pair of black jade, coral and mother of pearl earrings. Angela Cummings. Circa 1980 Kentshire Galleries
For fall, fashion is having a flashback, um, or should I say, Flash Dance, moment. It’s... Comment - Like
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Aug 15, 2009, 8:54 pm
So, ok, I admit it, I’m fascinated with this crime. Today The Sun reported that the faces of the two masked men who committed the robbery are now known to the authorities. There is footage of th... Comment - Like
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Aug 14, 2009, 2:36 pm
According to the Telegraph, the men seen entering Graff in London on Thursday, August 6th were wearing professionally applied liquid latex masks that altered their skin tone and hair color. The artist... Comment - Like
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Aug 12, 2009, 11:05 am
The biggest jewel heist in history: Graff London. Two security guards posted outside after the robbery
Last Thursday, August 8th, two armed men entered Graff in London and stole sixty-five million do... Comment - Like
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Aug 12, 2009, 7:07 am
This rosy gemstone will be on the Hong Kong auction block on December 1, 2009. According to Christie’s it weighs exactly five carats and is potentially flawless (not sure why it is “potent... Comment - Like
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Aug 9, 2009, 3:08 pm
This may not have been a trip that I greeted with great anticipation, however our boys and my husband had a blast checking out all the memorabilia at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown,... Comment - Like
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