One of my all-time favorite brands is Chanel. This high-end couture and ready-wear fashion house was founded in the early 1900s by the chicest of Mademoiselles, Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. The iconic quilted bags and “the little ….
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Before the 1967 premiere of the Jewels ballet in New York City, dancer Suzanne Farrell and legendary choreographer George Balanchine went to Van Cleef & Arpels to meet the press. Some journalists reported that Claude ….
Gucci originally designed leather goods for the aristocratic upper classes, specializing in horseback-riding gear. As Gucci grew in popularity, it became synonymous with high-class elegance and glamour. The horsebit motif has become an iconic symbol ….
The Holidays always mean invites to parties and the inevitable question of what to where so that you’ll fall somewhere between trendy and classic in the sea of inevitable Instagram photos. So let’s navigate this ….
Joel Arthur Rosenthal is an American jeweler who works in Paris, where he founded the fine jewelry firm JAR. He has been called “the Faberge of our time.” His shop in Paris’ Place Vendôme has ….
Laura Sipe couldn’t believe her eyes. In February, the owner of J.C. Sipe Jewelers in Indianapolis was readying an I-color lab-grown diamond for a customer. She had always heard that lab-growns fluoresce differently under ultraviolet ….
