It took me a while but I finally got there. I just surpassed the 1,000-follower mark on Twitter. For those of you who don’t know, Twitter is a micro-blogging site that allows users to share status updates, links to stories...
New York City celebrated Fashion’s Night Out last Thursday, a night dedicated to after-hours shopping where consumers, designers, models, fashion editors and celebrities take to the streets--and their favorite stores--to enjoy champagne, exclusive events and shopping. Things were popping downtown...
Watch brand Sector packed a punch into its 2011 re-entrance into the United States market with an appearance at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at the Lincoln Center in New York City last Thursday. An active lifestyle brand with Italian design influences,...
Diamonds are no stranger to the red carpet, serving as a globally recognized symbol of success and wealth. With a summer full of soirees, premieres and galas, celebrities donned this coveted stone in the latest styles, mostly favoring glamorous drop...
Western boot brand Tony Lama Boots is celebrating 100 years of business this year, and to commemorate the event will be taking on tour a fourth-edition El Ray pair of bedazzled boots--the shoes are covered in 100 diamonds and 14-karat...
I was surprised by Tuesday’s announcement that Pandora’s CEO was stepping down and the company retooling in the face of sliding sales and poor execution in both marketing and operations. The announcement raised a number of questions for me about...
The price of gold continues to escalate, but it’s no deterrent to the rich and famous looking to don a few pieces to attend an event. This week’s Celebrity Jewelry Gawk examines the best gold jewelry looks recently seen on...
This week in New York, De Beers held a “pop-up” sale for its Forevermark diamond brand in conjunction with GiltCity and Long Island couture retailer London Jewelers. For those of you who don’t know, pop-up events are a trendy new...
A number of creative advertising campaigns have emerged in the jewelry industry lately that share a similar theme: companies eschewing the use of models and orchestrated photo shoots in favor of using their customers to represent their product. Bridal brand...
The March death of screen stunner, fervent AIDS activist and jewelry collector Elizabeth Taylor turned my thoughts to one of the most astonishing stones to pass through this star’s hands--the 69.42-carat, pear-shaped Taylor-Burton diamond. Before I even started working on...
Sleek and sophisticated, celebrities set the stage for style with their red carpet jewelry. Beyonce (below) sparkled in a platinum, diamond and ruby Lorraine Schwartz necklace and matching earrings while she performed during the Macy’s 4th of July fireworks show...
When Brad Brooks-Rubin, the special advisor on conflict diamonds to the U.S. State Department, spoke about how the United States would remain vigilant on monitoring conflict diamonds even if the Kimberley Process (KP) fell apart, I thought he was speaking...
We love anything for a good cause here at National Jeweler, so I was excited to find out that DeLatori is introducing “Lockets for a Cause,” a group of 18-karat gold-plated sterling silver necklaces that are marked with meaningful colored...
While in Carlsbad, Calif. for Gemological Institute of America’s (GIA) Symposium last month, the never-shy Martin Rapaport twice publicly named one specific high-end jeweler for selling what could be high-pressure, high-temperature-treated (HPHT) yellow melee in their stores. As a reporter,...
It’s all earrings and bangles these days with celebrities, and while we’ve got the traditional white-gold and diamond look happening, more stars are hitting the red carpet in colored gems. Twilight star Ashley Greene (below) was seen wearing bangles and...
As I returned to my hotel room in Las Vegas last Friday evening, ending my exciting day on the tradeshow floor at Couture, I noticed that an envelope with my name on it had been slid under my door. Upon...
A number of interesting points came up last Thursday in Las Vegas during a Kimberley Process (KP) panel held at the JCK show. I just wish there had been more people there to hear them. To open the meeting, World...
After speaking with Forevermark CEO Stephen Lussier in London a few weeks ago, Charles Stanley, who heads De Beers’ branded diamond program here in the United States, took some time last week to provide more specifics on how Forevermark will...
The 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival in France this month gave celebrities a red carpet chance to show off their jewels, while events in New York City and California called for diamond- (and pearl) studded stars. Here’s some of the...
When I was heading over to London last week to learn more about De Beers’ Forevermark branded diamond program I spent the majority of my time on the plane working on an in-depth story to accompany our upcoming State of...
I’ve seen some fierce animal-inspired jewelry lately, and I’m talking about more than gold and silver serpents slithering up arms and fingers. Designers have embraced the entire animal kingdom, from exotic felines to animals under the sea. Carrera y Carrera...
Always curious to see what those in the spotlight are accessorizing with, I wanted to share the best of celebrity jewelry that’s made its way to my desk over the past week. There doesn’t seem to be much necklace-action, as...
I was out in San Francisco last week for American Gem Society Conclave, my second Conclave in the nearly four years I’ve worked at National Jeweler. Conclave is a lot to take in for one person, so I’ve done the...
Earlier this week Christie’s confirmed what had been circulating around the World Wide Web already for weeks: that the auction house would be the one to sell the historic collections of the late, great Elizabeth Taylor, including her millions in...
It was a lucky day in March for John Stevens. While using his metal detector in a ploughed field in South Leicestershire, England, he located and dug up an exceptionally rare 15th Century diamond crystal ring (below). Bonhams auction house...
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