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Seed chic: jewels from the garden

Botanical jewelry in the design gallery of the Philadelphia Flower Show, largest in the world, turns chickpeas into pearls and leaves to precious metal. Flower show jewels are judged not just on creativity but on how closely they replicate the real thing.
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Verdura & Dalí: bejeweled metamorphosis

You may know Verdura as one of the designer flagships along the glitziest couple blocks of Fifth Avenue, but the...
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Contemporary

8 secrets for buying a woman jewelry (redux)

With the holidays fast approaching, men everywhere are facing that age-old problem: what to get the jewelry-loving women in their...
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Contemporary

Wonder Woman, Skyler White and me: power of the warrior bracelet

I was at a Mexican restaurant not long ago, surrounded by a dozen women sipping margaritas and talking at once....
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Hiding, cooling, flirting, spying: Ode to the fan

The fan represents a tradition that dates to ancient civilization, certainly in Asia. By the 19th century, fans were multifunctional...
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Unzipped: Van Cleef & Arpels statement necklace steals the show

At the Oscars Sunday night, statement necklaces and earrings ruled the red carpet, but many jewelry aficionados agree Margot Robbie...
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Vintage

Trying on necklaces at Christie’s: a love story in pictures

As some of you may have gathered by now, trying on jewels at auction previews is a hobby of mine....
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Smoking Cartier: a major retrospective on display in Denver

A glorious retrospective of Cartier jewels opened Sunday at the Denver Art Museum, with 250 rare jewels produced between 1900...
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Shoot it and wear it: photographs tell stories (and jokes) in art jewelry

Earliest use of photos in jewelry were locket-style portraits, an extension of the painted miniatures people were wearing by the...
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Famous quotes about diamonds

“I never worry about diets," Zsa Zsa Gabor once quipped. "The only carrots that interest me are the carats in a diamond.” Wait, there's more.
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Contemporary

A little JAR for the ears: getting radical with pavé

Who says a bespoke jewelry designer can’t be a rebel? Joel Arthur Rosenthal is proof that you can be both...
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Vintage

Breakfast at Tiffany’s: jewels, lamps and holiday windows

Oh, the bustle, the glitter, the animated window displays. Is there anything better than Manhattan at holiday time? Well, maybe ...
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Contemporary

7 JAR jewels & world’s 4th largest polished sapphire on the block

It’s not the record-breaking 18-piece JAR collection that went on the block last year or the legendary 17 actress Ellen...
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Opal fever on the Loupe

What would you guess is the most popular gem on The Jewelry Loupe? Diamond, emerald, sapphire? Nope. Opal, according to...
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Reinventing modern: jewelry at the world’s fairs

Sometimes, when I’m at a jewelry show combing the aisles, checking out the latest collections and trying to sniff out the...
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