Sorry about the no-show on Thurs­day and Fri­day — I’m back down from the clouds, rested, and feet planted firmly on the ground. Thank you for your patience. In review­ing the images from the Chanel and Chris­t­ian Dior Spring Cou­ture 2010 shows, the most appar­ent design schematic for jew­elry was pro­por­tion. It seemed that Karl […]

My seg­ment on MARTHA today. I just got back from doing the show. It was won­der­ful. Martha is a con­sum­mate pro­fes­sional, and every­one who works on the show is amaz­ing beyond words!! There is a real treat in store for MARTHA fans for Valentine’s Day, and I encour­age all of you to tune in (you […]

Here is an announce­ment from Rizzoli’s pub­lic­ity depart­ment today: We are pleased to announce that Lori Ettlinger Gross, author of Brooches: Time­less Adorn­ment, will be on MARTHA on Feb­ru­ary 8^th. In NYC, MARTHA airs on WNBC/Channel 4 at 11am ET. Check other local list­ings for times and stations.

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It was clear from the sparingly-applied orna­men­ta­tion that the peo­ple of Haiti were on the minds of Golden Globe atten­dees last night. And if you haven’t yet given what­ever you can to the Red Cross or any one of the emergency-relief orga­ni­za­tions seek­ing imme­di­ate fund­ing, please do! They need it most urgently now. Make this […]

Gear­ing up for the Golden Globe Awards this Sun­day night, jew­el­ers, such as the haute house of Cartier, are cater­ing to Hollywood’s A-list. Up In The Air’s Anna Kendrick was get­ting the star treat­ment and try­ing on a num­ber of rock-em/sock-em gems that would eas­ily knock-out the com­pe­ti­tion (and let’s not fool our­selves into thinking […]

On Jan­u­ary 22, 2010, Thomas Jefferson’s watch key will be sold by Christies. Watches in the eigh­teenth cen­tury were wound by hand using a key-shaped device; they had to be wound each and every day. This par­tic­u­larly remark­able exam­ple con­tains the plaited auburn hair of his deceased wife, Martha Wayles Jef­fer­son, who was thirty-three at […]

Happy new year to all! I’ve just returned from the land of grand­par­ents and far too many good restau­rants: Palm Beach, Florida. So in my relaxed and rested state off I go to the gym to rid of my sins. In truth, I don’t really care. Togeth­er­ness can’t be counted in calo­ries. Um, well, actually…it […]