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Would You Wear
Would You Wear Kitsch?
Little girls have been wearing charm bracelets for years, but we’ve seen a burst in kitsch jewelry recently. Food, animals, kitchen appliances–just about anything and everything has been put onto a necklace or earring. It’s a fine line though, between cute kitsch and tacky kitsch, and sometimes we aren’t even sure. For instance, Fred Flare’s [...]
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Buy, Buy, Baby
Why You Should Buy These
1. Because after all the little flashes of jade at Chanel, you can’t get the idea out of your head either. 2. Because you should really stock up on your spring wares so you actually have stuff in your closet come real spring. 3. Because you might be strapped for cash these days, and these [...]
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Be Like Liz Taylor (Sort of)
It’s no secret the diamond industry has seen much more decadent times, but we’re sure Bulgari’s news of having to close “a number of unprofitable stores” since their earnings “fell more than 45% in the last year” comes as a shock to the many red carpet starlets that reguarly borrow their jewels for free. So [...]
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Fall 2009 New York
Alex Straightens Up?!
Today’s WWD had all the details about the upcoming jewelry collaboration between Alexander Wang and Paris Kain of Abraxas Rex, maker of some of the biggest jewelry you’ve ever seen. The capsule line is supposed to explore outrageous ways of wearing accessories like earrings (“We want to push the meaning of embellishment”) with outrageous price [...]
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Would You Click to Her (Your) Heart?
In light of diamond prices taking a significant dip, Harry Winston’s made a big change. They’ve quietly launched an e-commerce site called the Harry Winston Online Salon. It consists of only diamond jewelry, much of which is winter-themed (like at left), ranging anywhere from $6,000 for a pendant to $135,000 for a necklace. Our first [...]
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Diamonds Are a Girl’s Ex Friend
Some facts: 1. American workers make up almost half of all diamond purchases worldwide. [Another somewhat related fact: There is exactly one diamond mine in the US (in Arkansas), and it's not used for commercial sourcing.] 2. US joblessness just increased to 6.5%, the highest in 14 years. Translation: A lot of those American workers [...]
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Lauren Conrad on Actual Campuses
If you happen to be a college student in Austin, Atlanta, Boston, Minneapolis or Los Angeles, and a fan of the Lauren Conrad Collection, then you’re in luck. Lauren’s kicked off a college-tour of her line, The Lauren Conrad Collection College Tour, bringing a runway show to each school along the way. Apparently, she’s figured [...]
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