Every year the French house of Hipanema brings out winning and wearable jewelry collections. Often different takes on a tried and true model, like the Alonzo bracelet (pictured here), the house is […]
The Charm of Stitch
It is one of those very endearing Disney stories. The animated film brings together Lilo, an independent and lonely girl in the Hawaiian Islands with Stitch, a mischievous blue alien from a […]
Golden Pearls of Elegance and Light
Left: Five-strand bracelet in yellow gold and diamonds from the Van Clef & Arpels Perlée collection. Right: Five-strand bracelet in pink gold and diamonds from the Van Clef & Arpels Perlée collection. […]
Victoria Calling, Just Like Avon
Paris, France — Fashion or costume jewelry is often a great alternative to the real thing. Safer to wear in large cities, but, too, it has been seen on the block in […]
Pearls Royal
Versailles, France — Some of the great places to shop in and around Paris for highly original objects are the museum boutiques of the Rmn-Grand Palais which has brought out a host […]
Beautiful Bactria
Paris, France — Some of the great places to shop in Paris for highly original objects are the museum boutiques of the Rmn-Grand Palais. Today the spotlight is on their Bactrian jewelry […]
Moments in Time: Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Snowdrop Time
The house of Jaeger-LeCoultre has brought out once again a beautiful high jewelry time piece with a new version of its 101 Snowdrop in white gold adorned with 916 diamonds for a […]
Lustrous Lalique
It is the oldest living tree on earth, the ginkgo, or the Ginkgo biloba has been on the planet for over 200 million years now and over the millennia it has made […]
In the Name of the Rose
June, the month of the summer solstice and the month of longest day in the northern hemisphere. The month of the rose, too. The house of Piaget has a long history with […]
A Sparkle of a Show
Los Angeles, California — Stars sparkled in Chopard during the 93rd Academy Awards. While the ceremony was low key, the jewelry worn by some of the participants was clearly high key. Celebrated […]
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