Archive for the 'Jewelers & Designers' Category
Tiffany: always stylish, always profitable
Tiffany & Co. is a leading jewelry brand that enjoys great esteem in Japan for its engagement rings, Elsa Peretti-designed Open Heart necklaces and many other wonderful creations. In this third installment in a series of articles about the world’s high-end brands, Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Hiroshi Ikematsu interviews New Jersey-born Michael [...]
March 28th, 2008 | Posted in Jewelers & Designers, Tiffany & Co | No Comments
Sterling Jewelers sued for sex discrimination
A class action filed yesterday in federal court accuses Sterling Jewelers Inc., the nation’s largest jewelry chain, of systematically denying female employees equal opportunities for promotions and paying them lower wages than their male colleagues.
The company, based in Akron, Ohio, has 1,307 stores in 50 states, and is best [...]
March 20th, 2008 | Posted in Jewelers & Designers | No Comments
Renown jewelry artisan Bianca Zoie is excited to inaugurate her inspirational jewelry collection Bridal Blessings™. After six years of loving devotion in creating Bridal Blessings™ this is the first collection ever created specifically for the bride reflecting purity, feminine, beauty, nurturing kindness, comfort and sweetness of love.
This specially designed bridal jewelry collection of earrings, bracelets [...]
February 21st, 2008 | Posted in Collections, Jewelers & Designers, Jewelry | No Comments
Dasia Dawson has a book of sketches filled with designs for jeans, jewelry and other clothing.
But Dasia isn’t a student at the Fashion Institute of Technology, or even Willingboro High School. Dasia is a fourth-grader at J. Cresswell Stuart Elementary School.
Dasia may be only 10 years old, but with the help of her parents and [...]
February 18th, 2008 | Posted in Collections, Jewelers & Designers, Jewelry | 6 Comments
Jewelry designed by Wendy Rachel has been featured in high-profile publications like Elle Girl, Style, and InStyle. Her earrings have been worn on E! News Daily and she’s quickly building a reputation for herself and her designs.
Wendy does bracelets, necklaces, and earrings with a variety of semi-precious stones. All items are hand made, and the [...]
February 18th, 2008 | Posted in Jewelers & Designers, Jewelry | No Comments
When it comes to designer Tom Binns’ jewelry, it’s more and more and—oh yeah, more.
This encrusted beauty, a “crystal garden cuff bracelet,” is low-key compared to many of the designs that have made Binns the beloved naughty boy of high fashion accessories.
His work mixes dripping skulls, rusty keys and broken “bits and baubles” of old [...]
February 8th, 2008 | Posted in Jewelers & Designers, Jewelry | No Comments
How would you describe your personal style?
“I guess I’d describe it as kind of funky, kind of vintage. But modern, too. And most people wouldn’t think it, but when I get dressed, I try to be as comfortable as possible.”
You own Home Grown Bead & Candle Shoppe. When did you start making your own jewelry?
“I [...]
February 8th, 2008 | Posted in Jewelers & Designers | No Comments
When twenty-somethings Kirby and Lauren Krausgrill go to a club or hang out with their girlfriends, you can bet at some point they’ll sell jewelry off their ears and necks.
Mom makes their accessories, and they’re proud of it. While celebrating the New Year at chic Clift Hotel in San Francisco, Lauren sold her mother’s pearl-crystal [...]
February 6th, 2008 | Posted in Jewelers & Designers, Jewelry | No Comments
Andrew Grima, whose jewelry adorned royalty and celebrities, has died, relatives said Saturday. He was 86.
Grima died Wednesday at a hospital in the Swiss mountain resort of Gstaad after contracting pneumonia following a fall earlier this month, his family said.
Born to a Maltese father and an Italian mother in Rome in 1921, Grima came to [...]
December 29th, 2007 | Posted in Jewelers & Designers | No Comments