There will be an exhi­bi­tion begin­ning on March 18 at Aaron Faber Gallery in New York enti­tled Work­ing in Metal: Three Women, and it is a focused look at the jew­elry of Glenda Arentzen, Syd­ney Lynch and So Young Park. All of these arti­sans are highly accom­plished, Arentzen’s work is in the Museum of Art and […]

Karl Lager­feld was feel­ing the cold — faux fur and tum­bled agates (or poured glass) col­lided,  sil­ver  ici­cles dripped off the neck in a frozen water­fall and bracelets were lay­ered with stone like sed­i­men­tary rock for­ma­tions. Brrrrrrrr…hot choco­late anyone?

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)

Please note: The jew­elry that was part of my seg­ment on MARTHA is for sale at the fol­low­ing gal­leries in New York: –Pri­mav­era Gallery –Kentshire Gal­leries –Doyle and Doyle Con­tact infor­ma­tion for these anti­quar­ian retail­ers is listed here. Tiffany & Co. (Amer­i­can, 1837-present), Pauld­ing Farn­ham (Amer­i­can, 1859–1927), designer. Iris Brooch, (Pink tour­ma­lines, green gar­net, platinum, […]

My seg­ment on MARTHA today. I just got back from doing the show. It was won­der­ful. Martha is a con­sum­mate pro­fes­sional, and every­one who works on the show is amaz­ing beyond words!! There is a real treat in store for MARTHA fans for Valentine’s Day, and I encour­age all of you to tune in (you […]

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.

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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 […]

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 […]

about roses, that is. And there is some proof. It involves Joséphine de Beauhar­nais, wife of Napoleon, and her once glo­ri­ous estate, Mal­mai­son. Among the things I like best about being a writer is research. Ho-hum, you might say, but wait a minute, hear me out first. Research can be a wind­ing road that almost always […]