Archive for April, 2011

The Wedding Jewelry Worn By the Duchess of Cambridge

April 29th, 2011

The Sarah Burton/McQueen dress was fab­u­lous. The ear­rings the newly titled Duchess wore on her wed­ding day — a gift from her par­ents — were designed to be future heir­looms. A lovely tra­di­tion that begins today. You can read more about the Duchess’ wed­ding jew­elry at Forbes.com.

And As For Those In The Royal Wedding Party…

April 27th, 2011

The Today Show has gath­ered together a rather fas­ci­nat­ing slideshow of Queen Eliz­a­beth II and her fam­ily mem­bers wear­ing tiaras and jew­elry belong­ing to the royal col­lec­tion. The above pair of ear­rings were worn by Princess Diana on the day of her and will be worn to the cer­e­mony at West­min­ster Abbey this com­ing Friday […]

The Royal Wedding: Oh the B*ling the Cats in the Hats Will Be Wear*ing

April 20th, 2011

On April 29, 2011, Great Britain’s Prince William will marry Kate Mid­dle­ton. Hats will be worn — lots and lots of them. If there was ever a cel­e­bra­tion for cha­peaux of all types, sizes, and imag­i­na­tive shapes, this occa­sion will be the high­light of the cen­tury. I love hats and yes, I wear them too. […]

On My Radar: Christian Streit

April 13th, 2011

Before I begin my post on Chris­t­ian Streit, I’d like to take the time to acknowl­edge the late Stan­ley Siegel­man. Mr. Siegel­man, a for­mer WWD assis­tant man­ag­ing edi­tor and poet, died yes­ter­day at his home in Great Neck, New York at the age of 87. In his later years Mr. Siegel­man wrote poetry in Yiddish […]