Lori Ettlinger Gross

Pro­file
Accom­plished writer with more than fif­teen years expe­ri­ence, includ­ing copy­writ­ing for high-profile cam­paigns for Sotheby’s, Chopard, and Harry Win­ston. Author of Brooches: Time­less Adorn­ment. Six year Estate Jew­elry Edi­tor for The Rapa­port Dia­mond Report, and free­lance writer for The New York Times, Elle.com, InStyle.com, Shop Etc, Vari­ety, and Palm Beach Illus­trated. Guest con­trib­u­tor and fash­ion expert and seg­ment writer for Martha Stew­art Radio’s Morn­ing Liv­ing on Sir­ius (two years) and MARTHA (Feb­ru­ary 8, 2010, The Martha Stew­art Show).

Book:
Brooches: Time­less Adorn­ment
Riz­zoli, May 2008

Expe­ri­ence

1998-present
Free­lance style writer — please see com­plete list­ing of and links to pub­lished
work below

Free­lance copy­writer — for dis­cre­tion, a com­plete list­ing of cur­rent clients can­not be provided

Cur­rent clients:
Cece Fein­berg PR
212.939.7265
cece@feinbergpr.com

Past client:

Chopard
–Cam­paign for new flag­ship on Madi­son Avenue

http://chopard.watchprosite.com/show-nblog.post/ti-390926/

–media kit pro­files of com­pany executives

Sotheby’s Mag­nif­i­cent jew­elry
–Record set­ting forty-million dol­lar sale, wrote cre­ative copy through­out cat­a­log (not lot descriptions)

Harry Win­ston
–Copy for new website

2001–2007:

Estate Jew­elry Edi­tor, The Rapa­port Dia­mond Report
1212 Avenue of the Amer­i­cas
Suite 1103
New York, New York 10036
212−354−9100
Editor-in-Chief: Amber Michelle

2008-Present

Speaker — Ran­dom House Speak­ers Bureau

May 2008 – Lec­ture
Brooches, a His­tory of Style,
Barnes & Noble, Man­has­set, New York

July 2008 – Lec­ture
A His­tory of Jew­elry — The Inter­na­tional Jew­elry and Gem­stone Con­fer­ence, Hof­s­tra Uni­ver­sity, New York

Sep­tem­ber 2008 – Q and A, Camilla Berg­eron Ltd, New York, New York

Sep­tem­ber 2008 – Q & A, Bet­teridge Jew­el­ers, Green­wich, Connecticut

Nove­me­ber 2008 – Lec­ture
Brooches: A His­tory of Style, Women’s Ath­letic Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

May 2009 – Lec­ture
Brooches: A His­tory of Style, Mis­sis­sippi Sym­phony League, Jack­son, Mississippi

Novem­ber 2011 — Lec­ture
Col­lect­ing Antique and Estate Jew­elry, Women’s Ath­letic Club of Chicago, Chicago,
Illinois

Media

Radio

Martha Stew­art Radio Morn­ing Liv­ing
Sep­tem­ber 22, 2008 – Seg­ment: Brooches Time­less Adornment

Decem­ber 1, 2008 – Martha Stew­art Radio Morn­ing Liv­ing
Seg­ment: Jew­elry for the Hol­i­days, How to Shop for that Spe­cial Gift

Feb­ru­ary 23, 2009 -
Seg­ment: Jew­elry at The Acad­emy Awards!
Link:http://jewelhistory.com/files/Jewels_at_the_2009_Oscars-MS_Radio_Morning_Living.mp3

June 29, 2009 – Martha Stew­art Radio Morn­ing Liv­ing
Seg­ment: How to Dis­cover Flea Mar­ket Jew­elry Finds

Decem­ber, 2009 –Martha Stew­art Liv­ing Morn­ing Liv­ing
Seg­ment: Sen­ti­men­tal Gift Giving

March 8, 2010 — Martha Stew­art Liv­ing Morn­ing Liv­ing
Seg­ment: Oscar Jew­els: Style Sug­ges­tions, Trends, and Advice
Link: http://jewelhistory.com/files/msradio3.08.2010.mp3

May 12, 2010 — Martha Stew­art Liv­ing Morn­ing Liv­ing
Seg­ment: Jew­elry Care 101: What You Should know

Other

May 19, 2009 – Travel’n On Radio, Talk Zone and Blog Talk Radio,
Seg­ment: Travel and the H1N1 Flu Virus — a per­sonal story

TELEVISION

Appear­ance: Martha, Feb­ru­ary 8, 2010: http://www.marthastewart.com/show/the-martha-stewart-show/romantic-recipes-with-chef-ben-ford?video_id=82c09ccc06f96210VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD and

Edu­ca­tion

C.W. Post Col­lege, Long Island Uni­ver­sity—
Art and antiques appraisal pro­gram
Spe­cial­iza­tion: Antique and Period Jewelry

Juris Doc­tor
Jacob Fuchs­berg Law Cen­ter at Touro Col­lege, Cen­tral Islip, New York

Bach­e­lor of Arts, cum laude
State Uni­ver­sity of New York at Albany, Albany New York
Major: English

WORK in PRINT

–When the Whole is Greater than the Sum of Its Parts—The Jew­elry of René Lalique—The World of Art and Antiques (Aus­tralia) Decem­ber 2001
His­tory Rocks!!-Parts I & 2—The Rapa­port Dia­mond Report (herein RDR) Jan­u­ary & Feb­ru­ary 2002
Crowns, Coro­nets and Bejew­eled Ban­deau: The Tiara—RDR March 2002
Crafty Style: Jew­elry of the Arts and Crafts Period—RDR April 2002
Fluid Jewel: Art Nou­veau Jewelry—RDR May 2002
−1940−45: Amer­i­can Pride and Patri­otic Panache-Jewelry Con­nois­seur, Spring 2002
Everything’s Com­ing Up Roses: Vic­to­rian Naturalism—RDR June 2002
Stoned Soul: Jew­elry of the ‘70s—RDR July 2002
Baubles vs. The Baby Boomer: Value Wins—RDR August 2002
Sur­vival Instincts—RDR Sep­tem­ber 2002
–Verdura’s Whim­si­cal Jewels—Jewelry Con­nois­seur, Win­ter 2002
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Restora­tion and Repair—RDR Novem­ber 2002
Too Good To Be True: Fakes and Marriages—RDR Decem­ber 2002
The Novice Collector—RDR Jan­u­ary 2003
The Antique Jew­elry Game—RDR Feb­ru­ary 2003
For the Fore­see­able Future—RDR March 2003
Prof­it­ing From the Point and Click—RDR April 2003
Vin­tage Inspirations—RDR May 2003
Mod­ernism: Jew­elry for Art’s Sake—RDR May 30, 2003
–The Van Cleef & Arpels Signature—Jewelry Con­nois­seur Sum­mer 2003
Mar­ket­ing Rarity—RDR June 2003
The Estate Game—RDR July 2003
Plat­inum, The Metal Of Kings—RDR Sep­tem­ber 2003
The Goldsmith’s Palette—RDR Octo­ber 2003
–Chopard’s Jew­eled Dreams—Jewelry Con­nois­seur Win­ter 2004
Antique and Period Diamonds—RDR Novem­ber 2003
The Ital­ian Influence—RDR Decem­ber 2003
Myth­i­cal Gol­conda Diamonds—RDR Jan­u­ary 2004
An Anti­quar­ian Holiday—RDR Feb­ru­ary 2004
State of the Art Sales—RDR March 2004
–Up Close & Personal—Niche Magazine-Rosen Group Pub­lish­ing, Spring 2004
What’s Ancient Is New Again—RDR April 2004
–Extra­or­di­nary Treasures—Seaman Schepps—Jewelry Con­nois­seur, Sum­mer 2004
Show­ing It Off—RDR May 2004
Collector-Worthy—RDR June 2004
What’s In A Name—RDR July 2004
Rarity’s Rainbow—RDR August 2004
The Laser Remakes History—RDR Sep­tem­ber 2004
Amer­i­can Beauties—RDR Sep­tem­ber 2004
A Vin­tage Romance (engage­ment rings)—RDR Sep­tem­ber 29^th bridal issue
The Amer­i­can Soci­ety of Jew­elry His­to­ri­ans Expands
Its Horizons—RDR Novem­ber 2004
–Is That Dia­mond Worth the Dollar?—Shopping Smarts, Shop Etc. (Hearst Pub­lish­ing), Hol­i­day 2004
–Harry Winston’s Great­est Jewels—RDR Decem­ber 2004
Con­sumer Pref­er­ence Dri­ves Design—RDR Jan­u­ary 2005
–The Art of Castellani—RDR Jan­u­ary 2005
Hol­i­days Bright For Vintage—RDR Feb­ru­ary 2005
Buy­ing Strong At The Miami Show—RDR March 2, 2005
–Cartier Trin­ity Ring—Shop Etc. (Hearst Pub­lish­ing), April 2005
The Cullinan—RDR March 31, 2005
Hollywood’s A-List Spurs Pop­u­lar­ity of Period Jewelry—RDR May 2005
Trea­sure Hunt—RDR May 2005
Live From the Internet”—RDR June 2005
–Neil Lane’s New Jew­elry Col­lec­tion (“Lane Change”)—Vlife (Variety)—June/July ‘05
Art Nou­veau Ever­last­ing (Spain’s renowned Mas­ri­era company)—RDR July 2005
Loca­tion Is Everything—RDR August 2005
Keep­ing It Real—RDR Sep­tem­ber 2005
–An Eye for the Exquisite—Palm Beach Illus­trated, Octo­ber 2005
Through The Appraiser’s Loupe—RDR Octo­ber 2005
Synthetics—An Old Issue—RDR Novem­ber 2006
Post­mod­ern Bridal Design for The Twenty-First Century—RDR Jan­u­ary 2006
Hol­i­day Tales—RDR Feb­ru­ary 2006
Miami Show Satisfies—RDR March 2006
Con­sumer Pref­er­ence Dri­ves Design—RDR April 2006
The Divine David Webb—RDR May 2006
Jade—RDR June 2006
Las Vegas Show at the Rio—RDR July 2006
–Rock on: Van Cleef & Arpels 100^th Anniversary—Palm Beach Illus­trated, July/August 2006
–Is It Time To Cash In On That Jew­elry Box?—The Sun­day New York Times Busi­ness Sec­tion: Your Money, July 9, 2006
The Jade Connection—RDR August 2006
Engag­ing The Past—RDR Sep­tem­ber 2006
Every Dia­mond Tells a Story—Colored Diamonds—RDR Octo­ber 2006
Fall Sets The Pace For Hol­i­day Sales of Vin­tage Jewelry—December 2006
Time in Diamonds—RDR Jan­u­ary 2007
–An Amer­i­can Orig­i­nal: Iris Apfel—Palm Beach Illus­trated, Feb­ru­ary 2007
Vic­to­rian Reigns—RDR March 2007
Flap­pers, Fan­cies and Fifties Glam—RDR April 2007
Disco Dia­monds Rediscovered—RDR May 2007
High Rollers Win Big—RDR July 2007
The Lan­guage of Color—August 2007
–Mag­nif­i­cent Jewelry—Sotheby’s Decem­ber 2007 cat­a­logue (record sale for Sotheby’s New York): Essay “Of Jew­elry and Style” and remarks through­out the book

LINKS TO PUBLISHED WORK IN NEW MEDIA

–New Kid On the Block: Sale of Vin­tage Miriam Haskell at Skin­ner Boston — The New York Times T Style, The Moment and The Sun­day Styles Sec­tion — Novem­ber 12, 2010
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/miriam-haskell-old-kid-on-the-block/

–Now Sparkling: The Kazan­jian Red Dia­mond — The New York Times T Style, The moment — Sep­tem­ber 23, 2010
Link:http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/now-sparkling-the-kazanjian-red-diamond/

–DAVID WEBB, A RE-LAUNCH THAT ROCKS THE JEWELRY WORLD — ELLE.COM, JULY 20, 2010
Link: http://www.elle.com/Accessories/Accessories-Spotlight/David-Webb

–The Bling Fac­tor: ‘Amer­i­can Woman’ At the Met — The New York Times, T Style, The Moment — May 11, 2010
link: http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/11/the-bling-factor-american-woman-at-the-met/

- Now Sparkling: “Glass­Wear” Exhi­bi­tion – The New York Times, T Style, The Moment – July 14, 2009
Link: http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/now-sparkling-glasswear-exhibition/#more-21999

InStyle, “My Jewel Box”—July 2, 2008—“Lori’s Brooch” Link: http://myjewelbox.typepad.com/jewelbox_blog/2008/07/loris-brooch.html