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.

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 […]

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 […]

Aaron Faber Gallery is host­ing a Gell­ner trunk show that begins tomor­row and runs through Fri­day. Gell­ner is a com­pany that sources won­der­ful pearls and is known for a unique clasp­ing device that is both dec­o­ra­tive, and seam­less. The clasps are inter­change­able, offer­ing ver­sa­til­ity, and they may be worn sep­a­rately. The com­pany will also Gellner-ize […]

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 chocolate […]

It is a well-known fact that Miuc­cia Prada loves jew­elry and owns a fine col­lec­tion of antique and vin­tage pieces. For her Spring 2010 run­way she’s taken the idea of orna­ment quite lit­er­ally to the clothes them­selves. It would seem that the con­cept bor­rows unabashedly from the ques­tion, “Hav­ing a lit­tle tea with your sugar?” Highlights […]

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 […]

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 — […]

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 […]