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Rose gold and pink diamond headband.

January 6, 2014

Happy new year, darlings! I hope you had a fabulous end of 2013. Did anyone wear any fabulous jewels for NYE? I bet you did. I want to hear about them.

Let’s kick things off in style.

This rose gold and pink diamond headband is somewhat twee, but it’s so gloriously Blair Waldorf that I can’t help but love it.

The whole piece – both the hair band and the decorative element – are made of 18 karat rose gold. Sotheby’s calls the decorative element “openwork coil” but I find the design to be very evocative of a row of hearts. (Maybe the color scheme is influencing my perception.) Either way, that openwork coil is pavé-set with 4.5 carats of brilliant-cut pink diamonds.

A closer look at the decorative element. Do you see the hearts, or does it strike you as abstract loops?

A more interesting question: who do you imagine is the intended audience for this piece? Do you picture it on wealthy teenage queen bees like Blair Waldorf, or do you imagine it as part of a hairstyle on a more mature woman? There can’t be too widespread a demand for this kind of thing, because I feel like most of the people who would want to wear it are too young to afford it for themselves. It sold for quite a bit of money – $16,102 – in Hong King three years ago. Maybe I’m underestimating the wealthy tweens of the world.

For the record: I would wear this in a heartbeat, and I’m no tween. What do you think of it?

This rose gold and pink diamond headband was sold in a 2010 Sotheby’s auction. All images and info are thanks to Sotheby’s.

Harry Winston emeralds and diamonds.

December 16, 2013

Today’s theme is Harry Winston emeralds and diamonds. Ready for something bold and glamorous?

These Harry Winston earrings feature two emeralds, weighing 16.57 and 14.58 carats respectively, and two clustered surmounts with 14 total carats of marquise-, pear-shaped, brilliant-cut and baguette diamonds. Not too shabby.

Here’s a clearer view, what I like to think of as a “sterile” shot. Nothing but earrings. Don’t you love the dynamic shape of the baguette diamonds reaching out of the surmount cluster? They’re almost like wings. I think they give the earrings a sassy feeling.

In case you were wondering about that fuzzy pink background in the top photo, here the long shot. The fine folks at Sotheby’s felt that these earrings appeared to their best advantage when posted on a hat. (A fabulous hat, from the looks of things).

This necklace is for anyone out there who saw the earrings and though “not bad, but what would I wear with them?” As long as you’re okay with wearing a whole pile of Harry Winston emeralds and diamonds at once, that is.

This platinum and white gold Harry Winston necklace features three glorious pear-shaped emeralds slightly smaller than the earrings’ emeralds, but still very impressive: they clock in at 10.61, 8.30 and 7.02 carats. The emeralds are wreathed in marquise- and pear-shaped diamonds and hang suspended from a necklace set with many more pear- and marquise-shaped diamonds. The total diamond weight of this piece is a whopping 32 carats.

Today’s Harry Winston emeralds and diamonds were listed in the same Sotheby’s auction as separate lots. Click here for the earrings and here for the necklace. All images and info in this post are thanks to Sotheby’s.

Winter chill: ice blue statement earrings.

November 29, 2013

It’s almost December, which (for many people) means parties galore. It’s always hard to figure out what to wear to holiday themed events without being overly on-the-nose, isn’t it? Don’t worry – these icy blue statement earrings and I are here to help you.

These Miiori sapphire and diamond earrings would make you the ice princess of any winter ball. These beauties sparkle with 14 carats of blue sapphires and 11.69 carats of diamonds in titanium and white gold.I can’t resist the color combination here: the chill blue platinum studded with chunky sapphires and frost-white diamonds. And the modern, sinuous lines are to-die-for.

Like so many of the colorful earrings I admire, I think these frosty blue statement earrings are just begging to be worn by someone with a head of thick, dark hair like mine. But I might be biased, due to my love for bright earrings.

Behind door number 2, we have the “Blue Queen of Diamonds” earrings (which is not a name I made up, although I’d be proud if it was). They’re regal indeed, with a beautifully clean geometric design that incorporates 19.83 carats of blue topaz and 2.69 carats of diamonds set in 18k white gold. The colors and shapes in these babies reminds me a bit of some of my favorite aquamarine Art Deco pieces, but with a modern flair (and in topaz).

What would you wear with a pair of wintry blue statement earrings like these? Which of these would you choose if you could only have one?

All images and info in this post are thanks to the lovely Caroline at Communique LA.

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