Yes­ter­day I received a media release from IBIS­World, an inde­pen­dent resource for indus­try and mar­ket analy­sis, stat­ing that this year (so far, I imag­ine) sales of high-end jew­elry have been lack­lus­ter and that, “Tiffany & Co. is declin­ing much faster than the jew­elry indus­try as a whole.”
I queried Savan­nah Haspel, Vice-President of Media Rela­tions for […]

Stack­ing rings isn’t new, but wear­ing them as if they were musi­cal notes with a lyri­cal theme is. Cre­ate a vignette by tak­ing pieces you already own and mix­ing them up. Be bold…be brave, but also try to bal­ance color, pro­por­tion, and shape if you can. Remem­ber that some­times that what is in your dresser […]

and the busi­ness of get­ting back-to-business begins. Three books detail­ing the intri­ca­cies of hand­crafted jew­elry that make for quick, light read­ing while bask­ing on the beach:
–The Rings Book by Jinks McGrath
–Neck­laces and Pen­dants by Angie Boothroyd
–Bridal Jew­elry by Clare Yarwood-White
Each tome offers step-by-step instruc­tions in the craft­ing of jew­elry, the devel­op­ment of a […]

This evoca­tive suite is cur­rently in the col­lec­tion of A. Har­ris, a British firm (with a US branch located in New York City) with a ven­er­a­ble his­tory of its own. The set con­sists of amethyst and dia­monds and was at first a wed­ding gift for Princess Alexan­dra of Den­mark when she mar­ried King Edward VII […]

For fall, fash­ion is hav­ing a flash­back, um, or should I say, Flash Dance, moment. It’s one thing to rein­vent the fierce shoul­der, ubiq­ui­tous sparkle and blown-out-to-there coif­fure a la Michelle Pfeif­fer in Mar­ried To The Mob (the best fash­ion send-up of the ‘80s bar none), but it’s another to bring back bad jewelry — […]

So, ok, I admit it, I’m fas­ci­nated with this crime. Today The Sun reported that the faces of the two masked men who com­mit­ted the rob­bery are now known to the author­i­ties. There is footage of them prior to their make-up trans­for­ma­tions. Graff’s insurer has posted a one mil­lion pound reward for any “vital” information […]

Accord­ing to the Tele­graph, the men seen enter­ing Graff in Lon­don on Thurs­day, August 6^th were wear­ing pro­fes­sion­ally applied liq­uid latex masks that altered their skin tone and hair color. The artist hired to per­form the ser­vice was asked to make the men appear older and was informed that they would be per­form­ing in a […]

Last Thurs­day, August 6^th, two armed men entered Graff in Lon­don and stole sixty-five mil­lion dol­lars worth of rings, bracelets, neck­laces and watches (a cou­ple as sou­venirs per­haps?); forty-three items were taken in total. One woman was taken out of the premises at gun­point. Warn­ing shots were fired as the men fled the scene, unmasked […]

This rosy gem­stone will be on the Hong Kong auc­tion block on Decem­ber 1, 2009. Accord­ing to Christie’s it weighs exactly five carats and is poten­tially flaw­less (not sure why it is “poten­tially” but I will ask and get back to you later) — and the largest fancy vivid pink dia­mond to be offered for […]

Whether it is a true, pink-, or cinnamon-beige — we are star­ing down the bar­rel of the autumn sea­son when our out­er­wear deflects the weather, or the sardine-can close­ness of the sub­way. Neu­trals are great go-to hues in between sea­sons and for fash­ion fence-sitting moments. Fall, with its crisp air, Indian sum­mer sun­shine, and apple-picking […]