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Baroque pearls are irregularly shaped pearls. They are often the least expensive category of pearls, but are unique and quite beautiful.
Many celebrities could afford to buy the jewelry and fashions they wear to the Oscars and other awards ceremonies, but they don’t have to. Jewelry designers and dealers loan the pieces in order to gain visibility for their companies, and so do fashion designers. They allow celebrities to choose what they’d like to wear from the inventory the designer wants to promote. Many of the designers work with multiple celebrities, so they must be careful not to duplicate an item.
The best score for a company is having their designs on an award winner. Think about it, if Rene Zellweger wins an Oscar she’s front and center in a new gown. The hand that holds up Oscar might have a gorgeous ring on it. Close ups would show off a necklace or earrings. Any jewelry she’s wearing will get attention.
Photos taken at the ceremonies and at parties afterwards will circulate for yearsand not just photos of the winners, but of all of the popular celebrities who attend. Wouldn’t you want your designs in that position?
Some companies have occasionally had problems getting their jewelry back, so now most of them require a signature that verifies the borrower knows the item is on loannot a gift.
One person who loans jewels for awards shows is Michael Katz, a Beverly Hills jewelry designer and dealer. He has the reputation of being able to intuitively match people with jewels.
Harry Winston is a company that’s been associated with celebrities since its beginnings, so you’ll always see their pieces on those who are Oscar-bound. Another is New Yorker Fred Leighton, whose rings you see on the right hands of the Sex In the City ladies. Other famous and less well known designers are represented, too.
If a celebrity trend looks hot enough, costume jewelry companies will produce look-alike versions of many pieces. Remember the pink Ben and Jen diamond ringhow many spam emails did you get from companies trying to sell knock-offs of that?
It’s always interesting to see which designs are the most popular at the Oscarswill everyone wear similar pieces or will there be a huge variation in style? I’ll definitely tune in to find out.
I think we often visualize the color blue when we hear the word turquoise, but it’s a gemstone that exists in other colors, including my favorite, bright green Orvil Jack turquoise from the Blue Ridge Mine in Nevada. Even blue turquoise is varied though, because you’ll see everything from pale shades of the gem to a bright robin’s egg color, all with different amounts of the metallic veining called matrix. Turquoise is the December birthstone but it makes a wonderful gift for anyone, and many pieces work just as well for men as they do for women. Read a few facts about turquoise before you go shopping–it will help you understand the different grades of turquoise that are on the market.
Bracelet by Benny and Valerie Aldrich