The Oscars Red Carpet Jewelry Fashion

Amy Adams wins the “Red Carpet Bling” award wearing $1.35 million worth of emerald and diamond jewelry from Cartier, including a platinum and diamond emerald haute joaillerie secret watch bracelet worth $1.025 million. The bracelet features a 30.75 carat carved emerald and 575 diamonds (15.38 cts.). It’s matched with platinum and diamond ct. stud earrings worth $35,000.

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weekend update

This weekend my boyfriend's law school had a casino night formal:I wore this Milly cocktail dress:This picture is really dumb because I was goofing around but I thought it showed off the dress well:
So much fun! Hope you had a good weekend.

Oscars!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is the most fabulous, bestest ever night of the ENTIRE YEAR.

Yes, Oscar night is upon us. I cannot wait. Who do you think will be the best dressed? Who will be a trainwreck? In just a few more hours we'll find out!

I will, BabyWP permitting, try to live tweet the red carpet. Check me out @EsqWearsPrada.

‘Prince’ Anhalt to Wear $200,000 worth of Jewelry for the Oscars

I’m not too proud to hit into the TMZ video vault on occassion and what better time to go into that treasure trove than on the day of Oscars, even if this story is laced with a bit of crazy. Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt, better known as Zsa Zsa Gabor’s husband, will be attending the Oscars, so he says, or maybe he will be attending one or more of the Oscar parties. Whatever, he needed some serious

Kirsten Dunst Poses Nude for Bulgari’s New Ad Campaign

Actress Kirsten Dunst has been out of the spotlight for at least a year but now she’s back in a big way by baring all for a new Bulgari fragrance and jewelry advertisement.

With Florence’s Boboli Gardens as the backdrop, Dunst wears little more than purple fabric, jewels from the Italian luxury jeweler’s new Mediterranean Eden Collection and a large bottle of Mon Jasmin Noir, the company’s new

2011 Niche Award Winners in Jewelry Design

Oceanic Bangle Bracelet

The winners of the 2011 Niche Awards for jewelry were announced February 18 during the Buyers Market of American Craft show in Philadelphia. The Niche Awards annually celebrate excellence and innovation in American and Canadian craft. They are sponsored by the trade publication, Niche.

Judging was based on three main criteria:

• technical excellence, both in surface

Introducing BabyWP

BabyWP is here! She made her fashionably late arrival on Feb. 15.

She is the sweetest baby. Mr. EWP and I are totally in love.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have some baby fashion shoots to do.

110-ct. Yellow Diamond on Display in London

The world’s largest known vivid yellow pear-shape diamond is now on display at London’s Natural History Museum. Known as the Sun-Drop, the 110-ct. diamond, mined in Africa, has been lent to the museum by Cora International—the diamond company that crafted the original rough diamond.
The famous gem was placed on display today in the museum’s “Vault,” a gallery for its “rarest, unique and most

What I learned in Tucson

The sunset outside the Tucson Convention Center

I’ve been covering the jewelry industry for 10 years and I have never been to the Tucson gem shows. It was an eye opening experience in many ways and I gained more hands-on knowledge in my eight days in Tucson than I did at any other time working in the industry. There are approximately 36 gems, minerals, fossil and jewelry shows in Tucson over a

Lois Berger’s Pearl Walk

Strands of Nucleated Chinese Pearls at the Sea Hunt booth

Pearls are not just beautiful, they are complex. There are many ways of growing pearls these days and a seemingly endless number of ways to label them and quantify their beauty and value. All of this was made even clearer to me during the recent AGTA GemFair Tucson when I participated in Lois Berger’s annual “Pearl Walk.”


Lois Berger

just a picture

don't know why, but this looks so good right now:
happy weekend!

Zale Corp. Profit Lauded as a ‘Turning Point’ for the Company

Zale Corp. said Wednesday that its year-over-year net income in the fiscal second quarter rose 400 percent to 27.2 million, compared with $6.7 million for the second quarter of the prior fiscal year.Revenues for the quarter ended January 31, increased 7.6 percent to $626 million, the Dallas-based jewelry and diamond retailer. Same store sales for the period increased 7.9 percent, compared to a

Three things I love Thursday: Februrary 24, 2011

1. Agent Provocateur pin-up bikini:
I have a big ole crush on this swimsuit. I think I might have to add this to my collection.2. Markus Lupfer giraffe sweater:3. Alex Monroe bicycle necklace:

An Afternoon with the Hope and Wittelsbach-Graff Diamonds

Gary Roskin's "Evening with the Blues" presentation at AGTA GemFair

Gary Roskin, one of the world’s leading gemologists as well as a longtime educator and writer, was one of 10 gem experts who examined and photographed the Hope and Wittelsbach-Graff diamonds—the most famous blue diamonds in the world—to determine whether their origins were the same.

The event took place Jan. 21, 2010, inside

The Natural Beauty of Carina’s Creations

"Zillians" - Brazilian Tourmaline

Organic jewelry is commonly referred as jewelry made from once living organisms. For Carina Rossner it means using recycled silver and gold that rests in a natural state after being melted and teaming it with minerals and gems with minor enhancements. The results are one-of-a-kind objects of adornment made of irregular (organic) shapes and forms that exude a

Random images I like today

Barbara Westwood’s Bold Designs

An opal from from the Christensen mine in Andamooka, Australia, cut by Paul Christensen is framed in 18k gold and diamonds. It retails for about $140,000.

Dramatic colors, distinct shapes, and artistic expression are among the characteristics of Barbara Westwood’s jewelry. Large gemstones of varying shapes, colors and designs create central themes often highlighted by high-karat gold, diamonds

NRF Forecasts 4% Increase in Retail Sales for 2011

Retail industry sales (which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) will increase 4 percent from 2010, according to the National Retail Federation 2011 economic forecast. The retail trade association said the “cautiously optimistic outlook” comes on the heels of seven consecutive months of retail sales growth and better than expected holiday sales.Consumer spending ended on a strong

dresses dresses

ModCloth inkblot dress:Thread Social draped silk dress:ModCloth pink bow dress:
(I'm kind of obsessed with how girly this dress is! V. Barbie)Sandro silk and tulle dress:Alice + Olivia one shoulder dress:Tibi draped silk dress:

Introducing Dr. Walden's Calendar Girls of 2011!

Welcome to 2011! Yes, we are late getting started showing you our calendar girls, but we've had a few things going on :)

Anyway, we'd like to showcase some of our favorite patients month by month this year starting with Allison! She is a lovely young woman who is beautiful and was confident enough in herself to research and choose to undergo rhinoplasty, or nasal reshaping surgery. She had an awesome outlook on things, and her journey is documented on her own YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/Allybaley.

We love Ally at our office, as she really exemplifies a confident young lady who has understood how plastic surgery can be used to enhance your outer beauty in the presence of an already strong self-confidence and inner beauty.  (PS: Mom was on board also!!)
Check her out on this video:

love this...

The Row silk blazer:ModCloth patterned top:Tory Burch ballerina flats:
My best friend just bought these and I want them!Reed Krakoff canvas tote:

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Z Spoke by Zac Posen:Tibi:Tibi:Tibi:Rebecca Taylor:Oscar de la Renta:Milly:Milly:Milly:

Gold Jewelry Demand Up 17% in 2010 led by India and Asia While Demand in U.S. and Europe Remains Sluggish

Annual demand for gold jewelry rose 17 percent to 2,059.6 tons as Asian consumers continue to drive jewelry demand, the World Gold Council reports. The rise in annual average prices over the same period was 26 percent.

In value terms, this resulted in record annual jewelry demand of $81 billion in 2010, according to the WGC’s quarterly Gold Demand Trends report, a 47 percent increase over 2009

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Monique Lhuiller:Monique Lhuiller:Monique Lhuiller:Monique Lhuiller:Micheal Kors:Marc Jacobs:Marc by Marc Jacobs:Marc by Marc Jacobs:Marc Jacobs:Luca Luca:Herve Leger: