Raymond Templier responded to the marvels of the modern world like wheels, cars, and machinery in an unconventional way: he designed jewelry that boasted man’s technological accomplishments rather than nature’s miraculous gifts. While traditional jewelers hoisted gemstones onto a golden pedestal, Templier took the same materials and abstracted them, messing with their emblematic distinctions. In […]
I just read that Dame Elizabeth Taylor has died, and I am saddened by the news. She was an enthusiastic contributor to my book Brooches: Timeless Adornment. I didn’t have the opportunity to speak with her by telephone as I did with Joan Rivers, who was equally generous with her time and consideration. I communicated […]
Here is another way to help those suffering from the affects of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Jewelry designer/philanthropist Joan Hornig has created the Wave of Help pendant necklace. According to her representative, one-hundred percent of the profits from the sale of the necklace will go to charities who are offering relief to the […]
Update 3.11.11 — Prayers for the people of Japan, and for those on our own shores. If you want to help, please donate to the American Red Cross. I did as soon as I heard the news. Ah, Paris, where fashion and jewelry are just…killer? Naughty, or intimidating? Jean Charles de Castelbajac sent down the runway […]
Yesterday, when I received a media release from Sotheby’s informing me of the sale of The Pearl Canopy of Baroda, I hadn’t had a chance to see the Alexander McQueen Fall 2011 runway. The dress above seemed to take up where the canopy, discussed below, left off. I couldn’t help but notice the similarity in […]
I would like to get a couple of administrative details out the way before I begin my post. First: spammers, please stop trying advertise your businesses on my website by submitting twenty, thirty or more comments in single day. I always monitor my comments…wish that I would get more from those who have something to […]
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