Archive for June, 2007
Mass Market Jewelry: What Does It Really Say…
June 18th, 2007about us or about the retailers who make it an part of their fashion aesthetic? Sometimes I understand how particular jewelry designs work within the context of say, Target, but with other retailers, such as JCrew, I’m just stupified. I buy into JCrew’s preppy/moderne clothes. I appreciate their fabrications, especially the high quality goods from […]
American Gothic In Cameo
June 11th, 2007On page 83 of July’s Harper’s Bazaar, Senator John McCain and his wife, Cindy, pose for a Grant Wood-esqe portrait and it was not McCain’s pitchfork and politics that drew my attention–it was the two lush and large cameos sitting on Mrs. McCain’s right shoulder. Those brooches were a very smart choice for the quintessential […]
Bejeweled Fantasies…In French
June 3rd, 2007I’m not quite finished with the French, on today’s menu are Lalique and Van Cleef & Arpels.
Both companies are steeped in the old world tradition of creating beautiful jewelry and most people are not aware that Rene Lalique began his career as a designer of jewelry. He so well defined jewelry from the Art Nouveau […]
