The pink car­pet of the Sex And The City pre­miere in New York City last night was ablaze with all kinds of dia­monds, and mostly period ones at that. All of it cour­tesy of Fred Leighton. All four of the ladies, whose ter­rific work as those irre­press­ible four­some we’ve admired and missed, illus­trated that you […]

It’s Memo­r­ial Day week­end and many peo­ple, includ­ing myself, will be going to flea mar­kets and tag sales. In order find those elu­sive bar­gains, you need to have some idea of what it is that you are buy­ing. Here are a few sug­ges­tions to help you dis­cover a trea­sure:
1. A mag­ni­fy­ing glass or jeweler’s […]

For those who have not had a chance to see the images from my book, Brooches: Time­less Adorn­ment there is a thought­ful review by Ki Hack­ney at NewYorkSocialDiary.com.

Aaron Faber Gallery in New York is host­ing a spe­cial exhi­bi­tion of Ate­lier Zobel, fea­tur­ing the jew­elry of Michael Zobel’s protégé, Peter Schmid, from May 20^th through 22^nd. […]

Christie’s Geneva auc­tion on May 14^th set a record for sell­ing the most expen­sive col­ored dia­mond in the last ten years. As you can see from the above image, the dia­mond is a strong blue weigh­ing 13.39 carats. The ham­mer went down at $8.9 mil­lion and Chair­man of Christie’s Europe and sale auc­tion­eer, François Curiel, […]

It’s the Lon­don pre­mier of Sex And The City, the long-awaited film that fol­lows up where the heart-fluttering HBO show left off. Sarah Jes­sica Parker was done up in a gor­geous green frock by Alexan­der McQueen and a Philip Treacy pea­cock feather hat that was a whirligig of whimsy.
The show-stopping gems Parker wore were […]

The red car­pet daz­zled with antique dia­monds and vin­tage jew­elry at The Cos­tume Institute’s annual soiree that took place on Mon­day night. Most of it seemed to come from the ate­lier of Fred Leighton –the strong dis­play of glitter-and-spark served as a reminder that although the firm may have had it recent finan­cial and legal […]

Super­heros become the focus of fash­ion­able aspi­ra­tions when the Cos­tume Insti­tute at The Met­ro­pol­i­tan Museum of Art in New York opens its newest exhi­bi­tion, Super­heros: Fash­ion and Fan­tasy, this Wednes­day, May 7^th. It’s time to dig up those old pins you wore as young one and show a lit­tle hero wor­ship!
And speak­ing of pins…my book, […]

With so many fash­ion mag­a­zines declar­ing the designer it bag an anti­quated notion and jew­elry the new black, this Art Nou­veau neces­sity by is most def­i­nitely a lust after. But not so fast, my fair-weather fash­ion friends, there are only so many of these lovelies to go around. In fact, accord­ing to Siegel­son NY, the […]