When the cock­tail hour became a social fix­ture dur­ing the 1940s, it was more about the dress ring than dress code. Mas­sive, bold, important—whatever word you want to use to describe them, they require very lit­tle expla­na­tion. And they are straight-up sexy.
There’s some­thing inher­ently provoca­tive about a gem-intense ring, when you look at it, it […]

Wood jew­elry has an organic tex­ture that looks and feels great when you wear it. And when its stud­ded or paired with gems, well, that just dresses it up while still retain­ing its affa­ble attrac­tion. When replac­ing metal as an arma­ture, wood is unex­pected and offers depth of color, cre­at­ing a sooth­ing back­drop to whatever […]

April 25^th will be the defin­i­tive pearl moment. With an auc­tion esti­mate of $7– 9 mil­lion, Christie’s is hop­ing a buyer sees the pearls of wise­dom in pur­chas­ing what is gen­er­ally believed to be the finest col­lec­tion ever strung together.

These sixty-eight gems are the largest exam­ples from the famous seven-strand nat­ural pearl neck­lace that was […]

Because of my work, I have the priv­i­lege of being intro­duced to the most fab­u­lous pieces of vin­tage jew­elry. In my trav­els today I came across exam­ples that speak not of their time, but of our own. I’m always so amazed when I see a period ear­ring or bracelet that mixes in eas­ily with our […]

Look what just washed up for spring…

Be it siren or shell, the sea still entices us with its gifts, ancient, mod­ern or vin­tage. The circa 1960 shell brooch is by the fab­u­lous David Webb, who loved nature in all her fluid forms.

Coco style has been res­ur­rected, yet again, at Elle.com, http://www.elle.com/features/11068/mix-it-up.html
and while I thought their “Piled-on” pon­tif­i­ca­tion a clas­sic, it only scratched the sur­face of my imag­i­na­tion. This idea should be viewed more as a jump­ing off point rather than the des­ti­na­tion. In our fash­ion for­ward times, nine-year-olds already under­stand and wear the sophis­ti­cated chain-link “more […]

On March 12, 2007, Madonna launched her new col­lec­tion for H&M wear­ing the two plat­inum and dia­mond pieces illus­trated below; they were designed by Neil Lane. Her suite for the evening con­sisted of ear­rings, two bracelets mounted with 20-carats of dia­monds and a knuckle-duster with a fab cen­ter stone weigh­ing 10-carats. Check out the inside […]

A gor­geous exhi­bi­tion, enti­tled “Night and Day” begins today at Fred Leighton, 773 Madi­son Avenue, and runs until May 15^th. On show is an amaz­ing array of bejew­eled bags, com­pacts, lip­stick hold­ers, fans, per­fume bot­tles, and minaudieres. In terms of peri­ods, the pieces run the gamut, from late nine­teenth cen­tury through the first half of […]

Jew­elry designer Munnu Kasli­wal of The Gem Palace is cre­at­ing a new col­lec­tion of antiquity-inspired pieces for The Met­ro­pol­i­tan Museum of Art in New York. This is his fifth col­lab­o­ra­tion with the insti­tu­tion. The April 20, 2007 launch of this recent col­lec­tion by Munnu coor­di­nates with the museum’s unveil­ing of a new retail space devoted […]

To con­tinue with the theme from Thursday’s post, there are a cou­ple more Brits who seem to be blaz­ing new paths: Lynne Kirstin Mur­ray and Disa All­sopp. Both of the exam­ples I’ve selected from their col­lec­tions are rings. What I like most about them is their unex­pected shapes, tex­tures and vibrant color com­bi­na­tions.
Disa Allsopp’s jewelry […]