To see my Roman­tic Jew­elry seg­ment on MARTHA, please click here.
You may also watch any of the other seg­ments and/or view the show in its entirety (FYI: all of Martha’s guests, myself included, share a spe­cial Valentine’s Day mem­ory at the very top of the hour)

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 […]

some of the season’s most com­pelling jew­els for sale will be in Boston next week at Skin­ner Inc. Sotheby’s and Christie’s New York will be host­ing their preview’s this com­ing Fri­day. There is noth­ing more fes­tively restora­tive than pour­ing over an auc­tion cat­a­log with a cup of some­thing warm and deli­cious. Star­bucks’ pep­per­mint hot […]

Social media is the new black and with it comes some­one new to fol­low on Twit­ter: LuxArtRocks. You might rec­og­nize the logo but the cul­tur­ally well-informed tweeter will remain anony­mous this time around. Why? Because here you will find up-to-the-minute infor­ma­tion on all things bright, beau­ti­ful, boun­ti­ful, and a lit­tle bit brag­gado­cio too. There will […]

My story about the Car­men Marc Valvo show is posted on the first page of iFash­ion Net­work. Just one note, some­one at the web­site mis­la­beled the cap­tion that appears below my story and I am try­ing to have it cor­rected.
It should read:
Khaki suede safari jacket
Ivory satin chif­fon racer back tank top
Gun­metal metal­lic lame pants
Gold Jewelry […]

Things have been a lit­tle rough around here, hence my recent attrac­tion for Dara Dubinet’s raw stone designs. Accord­ing to her press, she has stud­ied the art of Feng Shui at the Black Hat Tibet­ian School where she learned the restora­tive power of gem­stones. Which ones cure a head cold? Would love to know.
What I like […]

Circa 1980, gold and dia­mond “rivet” bracelet (pri­vately owned), visit www.chartreusenewyork.com for other great exam­ples!
There was a lot of bow­ing at the alter of the 1980s in Paris this past week. Well…if we are look­ing back to the era of the strong shoul­der and glitz, there is some­thing to be said about the jew­elry too. […]

And now for some­thing com­pletely different…London Fash­ion Week. With all the incred­i­ble stu­dio jew­el­ers in Lon­don, it would seem to be a nat­ural fit for British design­ers to really per­son­al­ize their looks with a few well cho­sen, or even custom-made, items. Not sure why more of them don’t — there was very lit­tle by way […]

The numer­ous but­tons avail­able for Mr. Obama’s inau­gu­ra­tion are as var­ied in design as they are in the num­bers of peo­ple don­ning them today. It is a sin­gle moment in time when every­one wants to wear a pin. Although com­mem­o­rat­ing this impor­tant day for the United States isn’t new to those of us who […]

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