UK Fasion Now: Jewelry

Showing posts with label Jewelry. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Jewelry. Show all posts

The Diamond Queen

ASPREY is celebrating the Diamond Jubilee by collaborating with light artist Chris Levine, whose famous 2004 portrait of the Queen featured the monarch wearing the diamond diadem that she wore to her 1953 Coronation. Especially for the Jubilee, Asprey has recreated the diadem - entitled The Diamond Queen - and the finished product will be sold via sealed bids throughout the month of June. Proceeds will be split between two of the Queen's charities - The Woodland Trust and QEST. In the market for a crown? The finished product was made by laser-cutting and engraving a large sheet of platinum, decorating it with 1000 diamonds and attaching 25 freshwater pearls via tiny platinum screws. As an impressive finishing touch, a natural fancy intense yellow round brilliant diamond will be set into an 18-carat yellow gold collet at the centre of the diadem.

LISA NIVEN 23 May 2012
http://www.vogue.co.uk/jewellery/news/2012/05/23/asprey-jubilee-diadem---christopher-levine

HARRODS DIAMOND JUBILEE CROWNS Crown Jewels

HARRODS is celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee by displaying a selection of ballgowns and crowns created especially for the event by the likes of Mulberry, Lanvin and Tiffany & Co. Based upon the St. Edward's coronation crown, each crown reflects the designer or brand's personal style, whilst celebrating all things British. "We wanted to furnish our crown with a more contemporary feel and add a bit of fun to the occasion," said Theo Fennell of his design. "We have used our signature pink and black and the bee motif which we felt was ideal to symbolise the Queen Bee. We hope it has a sense of jolly timelessness." One stand-out design comes from De Beers, whose spectacular crown features 974 diamonds, including an impressive 73-carat diamond at the top. The crowns go on display today at Harrods, until June 15.

LISA NIVEN 15 May 2012
http://www.vogue.co.uk/jewellery/news/2012/05/15/harrods-ballgowns-and-crowns-diamond-jubilee-exhibition

Queen Of Diamonds

THIS summer, in celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, some of the royal family's most precious diamond jewellery is set to go on display at Buckingham Palace. Following the enormously successful exhibition of the Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress at last year's Buckingham Palace Summer Opening, the exhibition will see pieces such as the coronation necklace worn by Queen Victoria, Queen Alexandra, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother) and the current monarch displayed for the public. As well as jewels from the Queen's personal collection, there will also be pieces that she has acquired from previous monarchs. Particular highlights include a miniature crown worn by Queen Victoria - the only monarch aside from the current Queen to have reigned for 60 years or more - for her official Diamond Jubilee portrait in 1897.

LISA NIVEN 30 April 2012
http://www.vogue.co.uk/jewellery/news/2012/04/30/diamonds-a-jubilee-celebration-summer-opening-buckingham-palace

Ambrosio Bares All

ALESSANDRA AMBROSIO may be eight months' pregnant but it hasn't stopped her from modelling - as demonstrated by her nude campaign image for jewellery brand Vivara. Shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, the image sees the Victoria's Secret Angel modelling a blue topaz ring, bracelet and earrings from Vivara's Mothers' Day collection, which was last year fronted by Ambrosio's fellow Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen. Ambrosio told us in March that she approaches modelling in exactly the same way whether she's pregnant or not: "It's the same thing, the belly button sticks out a bit more, but it's the same job! I feel the same."

LISA NIVEN 24 April 2012
http://www.vogue.co.uk/jewellery/news/2012/04/24/alessandra-ambrosio-nude-pictures-vivara-jewellery

Linda For Chanel

KARL LAGERFELD has chosen Linda Evangelista to model Chanel's Collection Plein Soleil 2012 eyewear in its brand new campaign. Shot by the man himself, the behind-the-scenes images of the campaign alone prove that the supermodel is still just as good at her job as she's ever been.

Centreing on a motorsports theme, the four new lines include Sixties-style oversized sunglasses with frames in primary colours, whilst the bookish tortoiseshell frames of the optical range feature coloured accents and bright signature CC logos.

LISA NIVEN 18 April 2012
http://www.vogue.co.uk/jewellery/news/2012/04/18/chanel-plein-soleil-sunglasses-linda-evengelista

Sport Style

LEWIS HAMILTON and Jenson Button have turned to modelling - at least for now - as they appear in the campaign imagery for McLaren Sport's new jewellery line in collaboration with Links of London.

The collection is inspired by the construction of the Mercedes Formula One cars that both Button and Hamilton drive, with chunky rings, bracelets and cufflinks referencing everything from the axis within the cars to the patented design of the screws.

If we ever did see a collection that will get men talking about jewellery, it's this one.

The range is available from April 15, with leather goods launching later this spring.

LISA NIVEN 11 April 2012
http://www.vogue.co.uk/jewellery/news/2012/04/11/lewis-hamilton-jenson-button-links-of-london

LINKS OF LONDON Sport Style

LEWIS HAMILTON and Jenson Button have turned to modelling - at least for now - as they appear in the campaign imagery for McLaren Sport's new jewellery line in collaboration with Links of London.

SEE THE COLLECTION HERE

The collection is inspired by the construction of the Mercedes Formula One cars that both Button and Hamilton drive, with chunky rings, bracelets and cufflinks referencing everything from the axis within the cars to the patented design of the screws.

If we ever did see a collection that will get men talking about jewellery, it's this one.

The range is available from April 15, with leather goods launching later this spring.

LISA NIVEN 11 April 2012
http://www.vogue.co.uk/jewellery/news/2012/04/11/lewis-hamilton-jenson-button-links-of-london

Toms’ New Vision

ANTHROPOLOGICAL footwear brand Toms is extending its charitable work by launching an eyewear category, and is promising to help give sight to a person in need with every pair sold. The label was first launched in 2006 when its founder Blake Mycoskie decided that with every pair of its espadrilles sold, the company would give away a pair of shoes to a child in need. The company has since collaborated with the Olsen twins, who wanted to support its One for One ethos.

"Everything we do starts with the need," Mycoskie told us. "In 2006, when I was in Argentina, I saw many children without shoes, with cuts and scrapes on their feet. I also learned that many of them couldn't go to school since shoes were a requirement. That's where I had the idea to create a sustainable way to provide these children with shoes. It was similar with eye care. I came across another need that I wanted to address - sight. And now with Toms Eyewear, we are able to address this need through medical treatment, prescription glasses, and sight-saving surgery."

The collection features three styles, each featuring three hand-painted stripes that allude to the deeper purpose of the offering and all of which are available exclusively at Selfridges. With each pair of sunglasses bought, Toms will donate money to the Seva Foundation which has been implementing sustainable blindness prevention and sight restoration programs for over 30 years.

"The first stripe on the temples represents the purchaser," explained Mycoskie. "The stripe on the tips represents the person to whom sight is being saved or restored. And the middle stripe is Toms, bringing the two together."

ELLA ALEXANDER 22 March 2012
http://www.vogue.co.uk/jewellery/news/2012/03/22/toms-eyewear---sunglasses-from-footwear-brand

LILY SAFRA PRIVATE COLLECTION Quite A Collection

CHRISTIE'S is gearing up for the auction of a private jewellery collection with an estimated worth of over $20 million (£12.6 million approx.), including the largest private collection of creations by revered jeweller Joel Arthur Rosenthal (JAR) ever to be offered at auction. All proceeds will be donated to charities including Elton John's AIDS Foundation.

Featuring 70 lots, the collection of Mrs Lily Safra features important diamonds, rubies and sapphires, fine antique and period jewellery - as well as 18 pieces by JAR, created specifically for Mrs Safra between the Eighties and Noughties.

"When it includes the largest group of creations by JAR ever to be offered at auction, it is bound to create a sensation," said François Curiel, international head of the Christie's jewellery department. "And when the entire proceeds of the sale are to be shared between 20 hand-picked charitable institutions in the four corners of the world, this landmark sale rises to a whole new level. Only a connoisseur with an eye as refined as that of Mrs Lily Safra could have collected such an ensemble of jewels, and only someone with her philanthropic conviction could have expressed such powerful support to worthwhile causes in all charitable fields."

The auction will take place at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues in Geneva on Monday May 14.

LISA NIVEN 21 March 2012
http://www.vogue.co.uk/jewellery/news/2012/03/21/lily-safra-jar-jewellery-auction-at-christies

Jewellery Meets Theatre

JEWELLER Diane Kordas has designed two bracelets and a necklace to coincide with a one-off night of theatre starring Thandie Newton, Rosario Dawson, Meera Syal and Trudie Styler and written by The Vagina Monologues author Eve Ensler, who will also perform.

The simple string bracelets each feature a gold or silver diamond-encrusted Venus symbol charm, whilst the chain necklace features a pendant of the same design. All proceeds will go to charity Women for Women International, as well as the V-Day and Domestic Violence Intervention Project to aid women and girls affected by war, rape and violence.

The jewellery collection coincides with the theatre production of A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer, a new collection of monologues from Ensler. The performance will take place at the Lyric Theatre on March 26, with all proceeds from ticket sales going to the same three charities.

The jewellery is available to purchase from www.hubculture.com, whilst tickets for the performance are on sale at www.nimaxtheatres.com or on 0844 482 9674.

LISA NIVEN 14 March 2012
http://www.vogue.co.uk/jewellery/news/2012/03/14/a-memory-a-monologue-a-rant-and-a-prayer---jewellery

Livia's New Launch

LIVIA FIRTH may have been busy lately with her Green Carpet Challenge - which she took from the Golden Globes to the BAFTAs and Oscars - but she has also found the time to design a necklace, to launch her Livia Firth Design (LFD) label on ECO-AGE.COM.

SEE LIVIA'S GREEN CARPET CHALLENGE BLOG

Made in England, the recycled bronze necklace features four hand-crafted skulls and can be worn loose, knotted or wrapped around the wrist as a bracelet.

"I am so excited about the launch of this skull necklace - I wore it to all the parties in LA during Oscars week last week and I got so many comments on it - which obviously made me very proud," Livia told us. "Also, this is the beginning of a few of my designs which will come out later in the year. I have been really enjoying this creative process, designing what I want to own and wear and do it with materials which are not only ecological but utterly beautiful."

The LFD Skull necklace will be on sale from March 2012 on ECO-AGE.COM, priced at £270.

LISA NIVEN 01 March 2012
http://www.vogue.co.uk/jewellery/news/2012/03/livia-firth-skull-necklace-for-eco-age

Londoners Abroad

Michael van der Ham shows off his exquisite new jewellery line at the London Showrooms in Paris.

http://www.vogue.co.uk/blogs/the-vogue-blog/2012/03/03/londoners-abroad

IDEX Online: 2011 online spending +13%

New York--Online retail spending reached $49.7 billion for the fourth quarter of 2011, an increase of 14 percent year-over-year, reports digital tracker comScore, Inc. This was the ninth consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth and the fifth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth rates.

U.S. retail ecommerce spending for full-year 2011 reached a record $161.5 billion, up 13 percent from 2010. Ten individual days in the fourth quarter exceeded $1 billion in online spending, led by Cyber Monday (Nov. 28) at $1.25 billion. Monday, Dec. 5, ranked second at $1.18 billion, followed by Green Monday (Dec. 12) at $1.13 billion.

The Jewelry & Watches category was among the top-performing online product categories and grew at least 18 percent compared to the previous year.

"The fourth quarter of 2011 capped off what was yet another strong year for online retail, one in which every quarter achieved double-digit increases versus the prior year," said comScore chairman Gian Fulgoni.

"In the face of continuing uncertainty regarding the U.S. economy, consumers increasingly went online for their shopping needs," he said. "Price and convenience continue to be the critical value drivers for ecommerce. And unless those conditions change, we can expect to see more channel-shifting to online in 2012 and perhaps even an acceleration in the current growth trend."

This article was first published on IDEX Online on Feb. 7.

By IDEX Online
FEB 9, 2012
http://www.nationaljeweler.com/nj/majors/a/~27816-IDEX-Online-2011-online-spending

Jewelry Sparkles the SAG Awards Red Carpet

The 2012 SAG Awards brought out the typical range of luscious jewelry, mostly on ears and wrists. Some celebrities chose diamond jewelry mixed with colorful gemstones, like the long pendant earrings Natalie Portman is wearing in this photo. Breeze through the gallery for a close look at the jewels other celebs wore to the event. Several accessorized with vintage pieces, many from Fred Leighton.

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http://jewelry.about.com/od/famousjewels/tp/Best-Jewelry-Styles-at-the-2012-SAG-Awards.htm

By Carly Wickell, About.com Guide January 29, 2012
http://jewelry.about.com/b/2012/01/29/jewelry-sparkles-the-sag-awards-red-carpet.htm

Jewelry Fashion Tips for Women

Once you're dressed in your pants suit, jeans and blouse, or even your little black dress, you can't forget the finishing touches. Jewelry is an important part of fashion that should not be neglected, even if all you put on is a gold band on your thumb. There are a few jewelry fashion tips to keep in mind when you are finishing off your look.

Bracelets

Any time you wear what can be considered a blouse, especially one with short sleeves or three-quarter sleeves, you should wear a bracelet on one of your arms. If you are going for a casual look, especially with jeans,try silver or gold bangles or a wide metal or acrylic slip-on bracelet. For an edgy look, such as with an asymmetrical dress, try a metal cuff bracelet (shaped like a "C"). For a formal or upscale look, stick with an elegant and simple diamond tennis bracelet or a mesh bracelet made of a precious metal (see Resources for an example). Avoid wearing bracelets on both wrists, as that can overwhelm your look.

Necklaces

The necklace that you wear will depend mostly on the neckline of your blouse or dress. If you're wearing a V-neck or scoop-neck top, go with a drop necklace with a charm on the end. Wear a precious gem, crystal or rhinestone charm, with both formal and casual wear. Choker necklaces look nice with strapless dresses that expose the chest and spaghetti strap styles.

Earrings

Details are everything. Even the smallest detail, like a diamond stud, could be the perfect accessory to complete your outfit. There are three main types of earrings that are popular for women in fashion---hoops, drop earrings and studs.

Hoop earrings should be worn with casual wear, though you can feel free to wear small hoops (the width of a finger) with formal outfits---especially when the hoops are diamond- or rhinestone-studded. Drop earrings are generally extravagant or artistic. They are meant to be admired and commented upon. Put on a pair of drop earrings when you have a special occasion---an event where you will surely be "seen." Most styles of drop earrings go nicely with formal gowns (you see these frequently at red carpet events), dressy pant suits and jeans, when you are wearing a head-turning blouse. Diamond or other gem studs are best for casual, everyday outfits.

Less is More

Do not overdo your jewelry when accessorizing. Depending on the styles you choose, there are situations where just one interesting piece of jewelry, like a colorful rhinestone bracelet, or a pair of chandelier earrings, will be enough for the whole outfit. One of the rare acceptable situations when you could wear a necklace, earrings, and a bracelet is when you have a simple drop diamond charm necklace, diamond stud earrings and a tennis bracelet.

By Louise Balle, eHow Contributor
http://www.ehow.com/way_5213237_jewelry-fashion-tips-women.html

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