Archive for January, 2008

The Season For Getting Stoned

January 29th, 2008

As the icy breath of win­ter makes us yearn for an inhala­tion of spring­time warmth, get­ting stoned may be our only solace. The neck­lace above will cer­tainly do the trick with a cash­mere cardi or a hefty hand-knit. Pair­ing it with one or two chunky gold chains and thin gold hoops will change the […]

LV Jewelry Goes Regal And Unoriginally Referencial

January 23rd, 2008

The new high-end jew­elry col­lec­tion by Louis Vuit­ton, enti­tled Bla­son, is designed by producer/singer-songwriter Phar­rell Williams, the house’s own jew­elry designer, Camille Miceli and under the direc­tion (really?) of Marc Jacobs. The col­lec­tion can be seen at www.louisvuitton.com. It’s bold, gem-y and most unfortunately…clichéd. And if that is point to these designs, well then please […]

Doing The Diamond Necklace

January 17th, 2008

Doesn’t actress and Golden Globe win­ner Julie Christie wear this dia­mond neck­lace bril­liantly? Of course being effort­lessly beau­ti­ful cer­tainly doesn’t hurt. It’s been a while since we’ve seen gems used to high­light a neck­line on the red car­pet. Until recently they’ve been rel­e­gated to the ear in the form of pen­dant ear­rings, and of course […]

Going Golden Globe-less…What’s a Jeweler To Do?

January 11th, 2008

With the can­cel­la­tion of the Golden Globes, what will the high-profile jew­elry houses do with­out a red car­pet show­ing of their wares? Well, if one judges the sit­u­a­tion by the num­ber of emails I’ve received about “fash­ion par­ties” and the detailed lists of who-wore-what, not to men­tion the tiny and rather fuzzy images that accompany […]

The How and Wear of Chopard’s Collection Croisière

January 4th, 2008

Let’s begin 2008 with a brief primer on the prac­ti­cal beauty of gold and beaded chains. This new col­lec­tion by Chopard is the per­fect place to start. These pieces have a sim­ple ele­gance that eas­ily trans­lates from day job to night off. They also travel bril­liantly while on hol­i­day. Believe it or not, I don’t […]