Leave it to Balenciaga’s Nico­las Ghesquière and Michael Kors to offer up a prac­ti­cal les­son in acces­soriz­ing with a sin­gle neck­lace. These images are from their pre-fall 2009 shows (all the images are from Style.com): At Balen­ci­aga, Ghesquière took a shorter (I’m guess­ing about eigh­teen to twenty inches in length) gold chain link neck­lace and […]

For your enjoy­ment here are a few more images:

Yes­ter­day I attended the pre­view of Van Cleef & Arpels’ newest col­lec­tion, Les Jardins (The Gar­dens) at The Plaza in New York. The designs are inspired by our response to nature, and are divided into four sep­a­rate land­scape gen­res. The col­lec­tion is a panorama of skill and inge­nu­ity, and show­cases what VCA does best. Jardin de […]

It must have some­thing to do with a nest egg. The one I wish I’d been smart enough to put aside since our 401(k) began to molt. Still, there I was review­ing the beau­ti­fully ren­dered work of British met­al­smiths, select­ing three images for my post today, when I real­ized I was in bird land. Self-taught and […]

Cash­mere is the new black in this year’s hol­i­day cat­a­logs. Sweaters, gloves, and hats in double-ply are pre­sented in the stores like fresh apples at the gro­cer; there they are, front and cen­ter, ready to be picked up and paid for. To all these sweet, prag­matic prof­fer­ings I reply with a heart­felt… Bah, Hum­bug! Jewelry […]

Pin­ning down our soon-to-be first lady’s bejew­eled mien isn’t dif­fi­cult. She likes brooches. While I can­not take credit for her inspi­ra­tion, I would be curi­ous to know if she has read my book, Brooches: Time­less Adorn­ment. A signed copy would seem an appro­pri­ate thank you for “brooching” the sub­ject (ok, bad pun). Need­less to say, I […]

Before I begin this post, I have news that I would like to share with you. Jew­el­his­tory is expand­ing! You will see adver­tise­ments as well as addi­tional pages that have con­tent devoted to your (and my) favorite sub­ject. The tran­si­tion will be slow, but hope­fully steady over the course of the next few months. I […]

Enti­tled Together/Apart, Aaron Faber Gallery’s newest exhi­bi­tion brings the cloy­ing taste of the suite to its sac­cha­rine end. The pre­sen­ta­tion is on view until Novem­ber 30, 2008. This idea of coor­di­nat­ing three or more pieces of jew­elry, which is the def­i­n­i­tion of a suite — or parure (tech­ni­cally this term indi­cates four or more kin­dred ornaments), […]

While tak­ing in the gor­geous foliage that New York is famous for in Octo­ber, be sure to spend a day in the city to see all the incred­i­ble jew­elry exhi­bi­tions that will be ongo­ing dur­ing the month. Begin­ning tomor­row at Aaron Faber Gallery and run­ning to Novem­ber 15^th is: From A to Zobel: 40 Years. […]

Yes­ter­day Sotheby’s New York sold a great piece that rep­re­sents all the rea­sons to love con­vert­ible jew­elry. This divert­ing exam­ple is a gold, cit­rine and dia­mond clip/bangle made by Cartier Paris, circa 1940. As you can see in the image below, the cen­tral motif sep­a­rates from its base and can be worn as a pin. […]