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December 5, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Men and fashion. What a conundrum. My fashionable male friends from the Big Apple. My L.L. Bean-clad male friends from New England. (as for you guys in Miami, I'm not going there). Is there no middle ground? And, when it comes to jewelry, the wildly different tastes is even greater. In our New York office, Todd rocks his Exhibitionist ring. In the sleepy RI beach town where I've been staying of late, men lean toward heavy chains and, uh, are those class rings?

The disparity between the two worlds has been on my brain lately (I suppose as part of the whole culture shock of living somewhere beyond the Big Apple for the first time in a decade). So, when I received a press release today from BBG (Be Better Guys), I was intrigued. I don't know if every...Read More

December 4, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

In honor of this, our 200^th post, I take you, dear reader, on a trip down memory lane. With a blog (as opposed to a magazine), we write the content quickly and, given the fast pace of the internet, rarely look back. So, for our bicentennial here, I went back through the archives and picked out some favorite gems from our past 13 months in the blogosphere. 
Thanks to all for following us through the past 199 posts. I hope you'll enjoy this look back and keep reading (and sending comments!) as we look ahead. 

• Our very first post [sniff]. We’ve lost Maria and Laura along the way (we miss you guys!), but the rest of the team stays the same. 
• Laura’s inter

October 15, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in the American Heart Association’s 5k Heartwalk at Rocky Neck State Park in Connecticut. On a beautiful, crisp, quintessentially New England fall day, hundreds of people from this sleepy corner of eastern Connecticut showed up to walk or run to raise money for the American Heart Association. My sister, Lisa, and I, along with my brother in law and nephews, participate in the Heartwalk every year. For us, it is not just good exercise and quality family time; it is also personal, as we walk on behalf of Mended Hearts, a national support group for survivors of cardiac ...Read More

October 5, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Whereas her parents may be the stuff of snickers and tabloids, there has always been something different about Ivanka Trump. She has the height, grace and beauty of a model (which she was, professionally, for a while) and the practical smarts of her real estate mogul father. It comes as no surprise, then, that her new jewelry line (created in a partnership with DTC sightholder Dynamic Diamond Corp.) is equal parts on-trend style and real-world wearability.

Jennifer and I recently attended the launch of the line and I was impressed by both the jewelry and the woman. ...Read More

October 3, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Know any talented new designers looking to make a splash? Here's a good place for them to start: The American Jewelry Design Council New Talent Contest. The AJDC (prominent designers whose mission is to promote the art of jewelry) is accepting applications for next year's competition. The winner is awarded a booth in the New Designer Gallery at the July Jewelers of America Show in New York and professional support from AJDC memebers. The competition has successfully launched the careers of many of its past winners.
Applicants must be a designer/owner of a jewelry manufacturing business, produce in the United States and have never exhibited at a JA Show. Selection is based on originality, craftsmanship, innovation, marketability and cohesiveness. The names of all fina...Read More