Archive for November, 2007

& The Studio Jeweler">Art & The Studio Jeweler

November 26th, 2007

The pho­to­graph above as well as all the images of jew­elry through­out this post are cour­tesy of Aaron Faber Gallery.
Take a close look at aqua­ma­rine in this ring. It trans­mits light dif­fer­ently than a tra­di­tional gem­stone. What does the arti­san who crafted it want you to see? Pear– and square-cut gems have a […]

Chopard Opens New Boutique at 709 Madison

November 13th, 2007

And what a party it was! Sir Elton John was there, as was my favorite model, Agy­ness Dean. As she passed by, she smiled at my husband–no, not in any way I found objec­tion­able, and nei­ther of course did he—but sweetly and with a grace that belies her young age and suc­cess. I love her […]

I’ve Finally Come Up for Air

November 4th, 2007

…gaaaasp, spuuuuttter.…broad grin. Hi! Nice to be back in the world of blog­ging, again. I’ve finally fin­ished my book, Brooches: Time­less Adorn­ment (pub­lisher: Riz­zoli), which will be released next March/April. It is a beau­ti­ful, prac­ti­cal, and fash­ion­able book about pins that I hope will become part of everyone’s per­sonal library. I wanted to break […]