Walked the Jew­el­ers of Amer­ica Show yes­ter­day at the bustling Jacob Jav­its Cen­ter in NYC. The con­ven­tion cen­ter was host­ing two other exhi­bi­tions, The NYT’s Travel Show and The Inter­na­tional Restau­rant and Food Ser­vice Show. Need­less to say, it was a com­pletely fun day for those of us who can­not live on bread alone. So […]

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)

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 […]

With all the celebri­ties design­ing jew­elry, it’s eas­ier to list those who haven’t thrown their name in the hat that those who have. Among the glit­terati design­ing the glit­ter are: Ali­cia Keyes for The Barber’s Daugh­ter, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt for Asprey, Nicole Richie for Bebe, and Sharon Stone for Dimi­ani. Now I did […]

The phys­i­cal act of expe­ri­enc­ing the Euro­pean ambiance of ebonized wood and sepia-tones of Brasserie Ruhlmann and view­ing Wal­lace Chan’s jew­elry was a lit­tle like observ­ing the world through rose-colored glasses. You may not see every­thing clearly, but all within your altered gaze glows with a hal­cyon light. The women mod­el­ing Chan’s col­lec­tion couldn’t […]

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 […]

The Jew­el­ers of Amer­ica show at the Jacob Jav­its Cen­ter in Man­hat­tan is always a col­lage of influ­ences and a patch­work of pur­poses. It is in equal mea­sure bazaar, trade show, and parade of designer goods wait­ing for orders or edi­to­r­ial — whichever comes first. But some­times you dis­cover a dia­mond in the rough too.
There […]

The ancient craft of sil­ver­smithing has some­thing new to say in an exhi­bi­tion at Aaron Faber Gallery that begins tomor­row, Tues­day, June 23^rd and runs through August 8^th. The firm has long been the cham­pion of both master-contemporary and up-and-coming stu­dio arti­sans. The group of about one hun­dred pieces was worked by thirty-four […]

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.
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