Posted on 28 November 2007
DeBeers holds an annual competition design to promote diamond jewelry. This year’s competition for the ‘Best New Piece of Diamond Jewelry of 2007′ with the theme ‘Diamonds-Nature’s Miracle’ was won by the world’s largest diamond jewelry manufacturing company, Rosy Blue. The winning design, Flotz Brilliance in Air, is inspired by water droplets shimmering on a [...]
Posted on 27 November 2007
Ok, this stuff is just cool. Designer Alan K. has taken a bold step by using Stingray leather, dyed various colors, and combined it with sterling silver to create a cool looking line of jewelry. Priced at around $50 per piece, Alan K’s jewelry will make a great fashion statement for those casual outings. Share [...]
Posted on 25 November 2007
Seriously, you pamper every other part of your body, why not your lips? French cosmetics house Guerlain – lipstick innovators since the 1920s – launches KissKiss Gold and Diamonds – a $62,000 lip color wrapped in a 110-gram, 18-karat gold tube encrusted with 199 conflict-free diamonds weighing 2.2 carats, rubies and emeralds. It can be [...]
Posted on 23 November 2007
Now that Big Lots, Family Dollar and Michaels have recalled their lead jewelry lines (43,000 units from Big Lots alone) it seems that bottomless pit that is cheap junk is all lead. I hope that you will excuse me for not being too surprised at all this. Allow me some editorializing room here. What did [...]
Posted on 19 November 2007
Harry Winston Diamond Corporation (HWD) opened for trading this morning on the NYSE at $39.20 per share. The day’s opening was unique with the NYSE playing Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend before the bell. Harry Winston is now the largest publicly traded diamond company and $40 you can own a Harry Winston as well. [...]
Posted on 17 November 2007
Mass market retailer Kmart is removing all costume jewelry labeled “lead free” from its shelves after lead monitoring programs who tested the pieces found that some of the contained high levels of lead. The jewelry comes the brand “Accessories” which specializes in low cost sets of costume jewelry that include matching necklaces and earrings. One [...]
Posted on 15 November 2007
I need to jazz up my $600 i-Phone and covering it with diamonds seems like a cool way to go. Designed by Alexander Amosu, the London based mobile entrepreneur, the a limited edition iPhone with 420 diamonds totaling 5.65 carats set in 18k white or yellow gold. The phone is available with a choice of [...]
Posted on 13 November 2007
The latest trend in home decoration has become the furniture accessory. What looks like a large charm bracelet is just that, a charm to accent your jewelry and to “make the bed into who you want her to be,” says Judi Roaman. The idea that furniture should wear jewelry may strike some people as, well, [...]