Archive for September, 2007

Sharing…

September 28th, 2007

There are a cou­ple of new books that I’d like to share with you. The first is Rings, Jew­elry of Power, Love and Loy­alty by Diana Scaris­brick. It is beau­ti­fully writ­ten by a renowned author and gor­geously illus­trated. The core of the exam­ples shown are in a pri­vate col­lec­tion (the Ben­jamin Zucker Fam­ily Col­lec­tion) and […]

Protected: Fashion and Windsor Pearls Reign Again at Sotheby’s Upcoming December Sale

September 21st, 2007

There is no excerpt because this is a pro­tected post.

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September 7th, 2007

Oooh-la-la, it was one of those sur­real expe­ri­ences at the VCA party on Tues­day night. A crush of peo­ple, a glam­orous atmos­phere, a hand­ful celebri­ties, and a lot French flair went on through­out the evening. I only wish there had been more jew­elry, although there was one women wear­ing what looked like least ten different […]

Halston Redux Means 70’s Jewelry Will Follow

September 2nd, 2007

If any­one read Cathy Horyn’s story in the NYT on August 26, 2007, you didn’t need a crys­tal ball to envi­sion where jew­elry design will be head­ing in the not-too-distant future. Enti­tled “The New Hal­ston?” Horyn talks about mega-movie mogul Har­vey Weinstein–he recently bought the Hal­ston label and is plan­ning on toss­ing it back onto […]