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The Gift Guide– The first of our 12 Gifts For The Holidays
This season we are lucky enough to unveil two different types of Holiday gift guides. The first is a series of jewelry ideas for our readers as chosen by 12 expert modern designer retailers, antique dealers and shops. For each installment, we have asked for suggestions from their brick and mortar or online stores. We…
Read MoreLooking towards the future: Three jewelry retailers’ talent for mixing the past with the present
In today’s ever-changing retail environment, more and more jewelry storeowners are curating their shops with a mix of modern and antique styles, tuning into the contemporary women’s desire for collectible pieces that are anything but common. Three brick and mortar stores have caught my attention with their distinctive personalities, their willingness to take risks, strong…
Read MoreThis jewelry trend is a lock: Time to link-in and join the jewelry chain gang
Fall is most definitely in the air and the season for wearing longer and heavier chains and necklaces is here. Both modern and antique chains showed up during the fall 2016 ready-to-wear collections (which are translating on to the necks of women on street as I write). They are linked together with an inventive or…
Read MoreThe Jewels of The Past You Will Want to Wear Now
While scoping out the antique and vintage gems at the New York City Jewelry and Watch show, I realized that every piece that picked up worked with the fashion trends I had recently seen on the international Spring 2017 runways. Whether I zoomed in on a Victorian bracelet, an Art Deco brooch or the regal…
Read MoreRE-ADRESSING DRESS CLIPS FOR MODERN TIMES
Over the past few seasons, antique and retro brooches have returned on the red carpet, and on both the ready-to-wear and Couture runway shows. Renowned jewelry houses such as Chaumet, Cartier, Chanel and Van Cleef & Arpels have lent their archival pieces to A-list celebrities, while debuting new styles from naturalistic flora and fauna and…
Read MoreCharm necklaces replace bracelets as the jewel that reveals your creativity and personality
I remember hearing both my mom’s and grandmother’s charm bracelets jangle as they walked into a room. The sound also has sweet memories —I watched them stir the batter of my favorite cookies and the many keepsakes on their bracelets would be revealed as I waited for them to let me lick the spoon. I…
Read MoreThe symbolism, superstitions and legends of October’s Birthstone
“There is in them a softer fire than the ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst, and the sea green of the emerald – all shining together in incredible union. Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.”…
Read MoreBrooches Are Back on the Runway, Red Carpet and the Real Girls of Instagram
(Reprinted in part from my March 22, 2016 Article on Indesign.jewelry with updated info to launch a series on bejeweledmag.com, Not Your Grandmother’s Jewelry, which focuses on how to wear antique and vintage jewelry with a thoroughly modern attitude and vibe.) I am and have always been a fan of the brooch. I…
Read MoreDiane Richardson of The Gold Hatpin on looking chic in antiques
Since her teen years, Diane Richardson, owner of the Chicago-based antique treasure trove, Gold Hatpin, has been smitten with the stories and the search of the rare find. She attributes her affinity for 19th and early 20th century jewelry to her grandmother. “I believe she planted the seed when she showed me a worn…
Read MoreThe Tennis Bracelet’s Eternal Style
If you haven’t inherited one from your grandmother or mother, received one as gift – or purchased one for yourself yet –the tennis bracelet is a go-to staple that you should consider adding to your jewelry wardrobe. In a time of hand bracelets, Wonder Woman cuffs, knuckle and multi-finger rings, this is a bracelet…
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