October has two birthstones: opal and tourmaline. I’ve already done two posts about opal jewelry, so it’s time to give tourmaline some love. Tourmaline comes in a variety of colors, and I have two on display in the toi et moi ring I recently created for my friend Monica Stephenson’s ANZA Gems project. Can't get…
The Week in Review, Plus Reaction to Weinstein
In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Monday, October 2: I was in Portland, Ore., hanging out with cool jewelry people and wearing a crazy Castelbajac dress. Tuesday, October 3: This IS the right time to talk about America’s gun problem. Wednesday, October 4: In this week’s YouTube video…
Jewels of the Month: Your Own Opal Designs
September’s Jewels of the Month post featured one of October’s birthstones, the opal. Because the ring, necklace and earring designs I was showing have to be made to order, I figured I’d give people shopping for an October birthday a little bit of a head start. While I was working on that post, I kept…
Throwback Thursday: My Anthony Kiedis Hair
A couple of weeks ago, I went to the last day of the Meadows Music and Arts Festival at Citi Field. (Shout out to my girl Gangsta Boo, who was like, “You know you want to go” even though I missed her performance on another day with Run the Jewels.) I saw Nas, who got…
Wednesday’s Video: Designer Todd Oldham
This week’s YouTube video is about one of my favorite New York-based designers of the 1990s: Todd Oldham. It gives you some history about Todd as well as a tour of my little collection of Todd Oldham pieces. In the video, I’m wearing a Spring 1996 Todd Oldham dress that I got on eBay. Here’s…
Las Vegas: Now Is the Time for Political Debate
It’s a shame when a late-night, talk-show host has more common sense and empathy than hundreds — or thousands — of politicians and lobbyists all put together. I don’t have anything to add right now.
Greetings From the Portland Jewelry Symposium
Thanks to jewelry-industry guru Peggy Jo Donahue, I’m out in Portland, Ore., to participate in a panel at the Portland Jewelry Symposium. This is my second Peggy Jo panel in a week. Last Tuesday, I was in New York talking about using social media as part of a design business at a 7:30 a.m. breakfast….
The Week in Review
In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Monday, September 25: September’s Jewels of the Month feature the opal, October’s birthstone. Wednesday, September 26: I did a YouTube video about hats and forgot to include my magnificent top hat. Dammit! Saturday, September 30: Fine jewelry made it into articles in…
Recommended Reading: Fine Jewelry in the News
There were two good articles about fine jewelry in consumer-oriented publications recently. I’m excited because it’s relatively rare to find interesting stories about my industry outside the trade press. Laurie Brookins’s article in the September 20 issue of The Hollywood Reporter was called “Hollywood’s Pay-to-Wear Jewelry Wars” (in the print edition). This is far from…
Wednesday’s Video: The Drop of a Hat
This week’s YouTube video is about my small collection of (non-knit) hats, and it includes a tip of the hat to gorgeous blogger/Instagrammer/millinery connoisseur Style Crone. After I shot this video, I realized I dropped the ball on my best hat … … just because my top hat’s box is too big to fit onto…