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Designer Jewelry

Gem Gossip Visits Arik Kastan in Beverly Hills

I headed to the West Coast to cover a few Oscars events, and got a chance to visit the Arik Kastan studio!  With all the rings, earrings, bracelets and bangles, vintage links and padlocks, I felt like I was in vintage jewelry heaven. To be able… Read More

Jewelry Road Trip series

Gem Gossip Visits Platt Boutique in West Hollywood #LoveGold

The West Coast has some great antique jewelry shops and when I had the opportunity to visit the beautiful state of California with LoveGold, I made sure to take some time to treasure hunt! A store like Platt Boutique has everything that meets the criteria of… Read More

Obsessions

Favorite Instagram Pictures: March 2014

sunnysbondjewelry visited the MFA in Boston and spotted this tourmaline & beryl necklace by Hamlin odetteny dreamy shot of their holiday pop-up shop, makes me miss the holidays  wmagclaudia shows off an amazing ring from Van Cleef & Arpels it’s like one big gift bahagiastore stacks a perfect… Read More

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Jewelry Road Trip series

Jewelry Road Trip: The Antique Guild in Alexandria, VA

We’ve got another exciting road trip destination, this time from Maura of shopFiligree who recently visited Alexandria, Virginia and came back with some great antique jewelry finds from The Antique Guild!  Take it away, Maura! I just can’t say enough wonderful things about… Read More

Education & Advice

The Romance Behind Napoleon’s $1 Million Ring Persists Today

In March 2013, history repeated itself in an unusual way. The engagement ring that Napoleon had probably burned a hole in his wallet to buy his fiancée Josephine in 1796 sold for a whopping $949,000 at France’s Osenat auction house.  The ring in question is an eighteenth century… Read More

SHOW ME YOUR RINGS

SHOW ME YOUR RINGS! LI

{from top to bottom: Debra Messing wearing Robert Lee Morris and Cartier #omg Suzanne Kalan stacks in all moody blues and grays, with a hint of black! Sarah Hendler designed some new rose gold rope bands and 18k gold sapphire… Read More