DOMINIJewelry: Fashionable Charity

High-Fashion Jewelry: With the growing demand of high-fashion jewelry among the Hollywood circuit, it's no surprise more and more designers are tapping into the market. However, it isn't often we see a designer using his or her talent and influence to help a worldly cause. That is until Dominique Vassallo, founder and designer of DOMINIJewelry, decided she could make a difference by doing what she does best- designing jewelry.

Dominique generously contributes 15-percent of her earnings to victims of natural disaster, children orphaned by HIV/AIDS, and those suffering from sickness and poverty. From the early age of seven, Dominique felt it was her mission in life to help the less fortunate. In her efforts to raise awareness, she has successfully built a campaign of benefit concerts to raise money for famine relief in Africa and in other parts of the world. Her diligence has earned her a laundry list of accolades by notable officials and organizations, including a well-deserved letter of achievement by former president Ronald Reagan.

While the underlying statement behind the jewelry has reached Washington, it is the eye-catching, sparkling gems which have headed to Hollywood. DOMINIJewelry has graced the likes of celebrities including Minnie Driver, Vanessa Williams, Diedra Hall, and more. The impeccable designs received even more attention as they made their way down the red carpet at the 2007 Academy Awards.


The haute couture collection of necklaces, lariats, earrings, bracelets, and rings are all handcrafted and offer a distinct element of quality. Each piece captures a regal essence defined by ornate quartz crystals, fine gemstones, and signature mesh detailing. It is this intricate detailing which makes each piece truly a one of a kind. DOMINIJewelry also offers custom ordering options to suit even the most discriminating tastes.

By decorating the necks of the affluent, well-heeled crowd, Dominique has in turn helped the impoverished. So go ahead, indulge in that must-have piece of jewelry and wear it with pride. Giving back never looked so haute.

For store locations visit the DOMINIJewelry Web site or purchase online.


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The Epiphany of Tiffany & Co.

Luxury Jewelry & Gifts:There aren't many brand names that rank higher in the world of luxury and status than Tiffany & Co. A study recently conducted by the Luxury Institute reported that T&Co. is the most popular source for made-to-order, one-of-a-kind, and made-to measure luxury goods as preferred by the America's wealthiest consumers. The pedigreed company opened its doors in 1837 as Tiffany & Young on Broadway and Warren in New York City. Shortly thereafter Tiffany's "Blue Box," which to this day is only used in conjunction with a purchase from Tiffany, was introduced to the public. The box then, as it is now, was symbolic of the guaranteed quality of the product contained inside. When the intent of giving a gift is to make someone feel extraordinarily special, this is the quintessential source to make such a purchase.

Tiffany & Co. specializes in made-to-order items and for its collections of china, sterling-silver flatware, and jewelry. There also is an assortment of superb items for both men and women. The highly valued array of accessories for men include such items as watches, rings, cufflinks, money clips, business card cases, and fragrances. Selections for women include, but are not limited to, necklaces, pendants, charms, watches, rings, earrings, and perfumes. However, for both men and women, simply listing out the items available is only the beginning. It is the deep-rooted quality that accompanies these goods that makes each one uniquely special. A wide assortment of bridal, baby, and special gifts for the home as well are available.


Frank Gehry, Elsa Peretti, Jean Schlumberger, and Paloma Picasso are the world-renowned jewelry designers of Tiffany & Co. Mr. Gehry is arguably the greatest living architect in the world with several prestigious awards to his credit, including the Pritzker Prize and the AIA Gold Medal. He designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao (Spain) and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Ms. Peretti, who has been with Tiffany's since 1974, is most famous for her Diamonds by the Yard and Pearls by the Yard pieces. These revolutionary jewelry designs inspired many great works from other contemporary artists. Some of the eclectic jewelry designs of the late Jean Schlumberger's are found in museums. A brooch he designed is the singular piece of jewelry shown at the Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhilarating free-form renderings of Paloma Picasso first captured the attention of Tiffany & Co. in 1979. Ms. Picasso began her foray into the art world as a costumer and a stylist.

Stores are located in North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia/Pacific. Catalogs and brochures also are available online. Goods by Tiffany & Co. currently are not available through the Internet. The firm strongly advises shoppers to be aware of goods purported to be from T&Co., if not purchased directly.

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Jewelry Boxes

Scontsas is proud to announce that they now carry the Wolf Designs of luxury jewelry cases. These fine leather cases are exquisitely designed and crafted of the finest, sleekest leather. Each case features convenient compartments, plush lining and gleaming metal clasps. They are designed for both men and women and come in an array of colors.
Scontsas also carries Reed & Barton’s handcrafted jewelry chests. These chests are made of the finest quality hardwood, oak, ash, poplar or mahogany. Each chest is hand stained and polished to a rich lasting finish and elegantly lined with top quality velvet fabrics. These boxes are available in a myriad of sizes and styles.

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Basel Preview: Abundance by Faberge

Abondance, a new jewelry collection by Faberge that will be launched at this year’s Basel fair, piles on gemstones in a profusion of different cuts, sizes, and colors set at different heights and accented with yellow and white gold discs and complex, guilloche enamel circles in pastel green adorned with stars. It’s delightfully too much.

The 2007 Baselworld watch and jewelry fair in Basel, Switzerland is scheduled for April 12-19, 2007. In the next few weeks we will bring you a preview of the abundance of new products that will be launched in Basel this year.

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Red Carpetbaggers

With award season upon us, the battle for celebrity red-carpet placements is in full swing. At the Golden Globes, the big winner was Lorraine Schwartz, whose innovative designs were worn by Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Cate Blanchett, Jessica Biel, Sheryl Crow, Emily Blunt, Sarah Paulson, Isla Fisher, and Sean Combs. Although other jewelers may have had as many placements, Lorraine Schwartz designs stand out in a crowd, with their distinctive and unusual style (as well as highly visible scale!) FabSugar blog has great details and images of all the pieces. The classic large diamonds loaned by most other jewelers often aren’t really distinguishable from each other. There were a few exceptions. Angelina Jolie wore a distinctive Indian-style suite in 22k set with rose-cut diamonds by Bochic. (We have a picture of the necklace below, as well as yesterday’s post of Jolie wearing it.) Heidi Klum always does a good job showing off her collection for Mouawad and last night was no exception, with a very visible $1 million choker with a heart-shaped diamond locket. Hilary Swank wore a large Chopard flower in brown and white diamonds in her hair, which had great impact on the red carpet. But Chopard also gets a lot of press for paying celebrities, including Swank, to wear their pieces. (A Chopard spokesperson in a story on the topic in the Los Angeles Times: “Saying one brand pays stars when they all pay stars is ridiculous.’”) So some of the good publicity for the brand is undercut somewhat. The New York Post dishes on this topic in a recent story called Carpetbaggers. At least those that contract to wear the jewels are guaranteed to credit the company (and pull back the hair so those earrings show.) I am sure Leviev is a bit upset that Drew Barrymore could not pronounce the company name when showing off her Leviev earrings at the Golden Globes.

Every award season includes stories on placements and the business of the red carpet. But the Diamond Information Center, which actively promotes diamonds before the Golden Globes with a luncheon organized with InStyle, is rising above the fray this year (and helping to offset any Blood Diamond-inspired red carpet remarks like those by Djimon Hounsou at the Globes) by offering nominees or presenters at the Golden Globes, Grammys, or Academy Awards who wear a diamond right-hand ring a $10,000 donation in their name to a cause or project in Southern Africa. Raise Your Right Hand Ring for Africa is sponsored by red-carpet regular jewelers, including H. Stern, Martin Katz, and Neil Lane. DIC hopes to raise $100,000 for these causes this year and is well on the way already.

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Hollywood’s New Uniform

A look at the party pictures from Oscar night confirms what we saw on the red carpet. When it comes to jewelry, the new Hollywood uniform is an armful of bangles and cuffs and a bare neck, worn with a strapless or one-shoulder dress, usually embellished with beading or other ornamentation. The only individuality is on the ear, where there’s still a lot of variety: studs and clusters are becoming much stronger but chandeliers still have fans, especially actresses who like to wear their tresses long. Hoops and linear earrings also work well. So how does something like this happen? Do all the stylists wake up one day and decide it’s all about the wrist? (Modern Jeweler did do a fashion feature on the cuff last fall.) This wrist focus could be the most important jewelry style legacy of the Oscars. The balance and proportions seem to have shifted.by:modernjeweler

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JLO at the 2006 MTV Music Awards

Jennifer, Jennifer, let down your hair! We can't say that we loved her turban topped style at the 2006 MTV Music Awards, but it did provide the perfect background for her stunning earrings.The glitzy studs combined diamonds of varying cuts in a cluster at her ears, bringing light and sparkle to her smoky eyes and nude lips. Our Cebria's Cluster Clip-On Earrings feature a similar bunch of bling, in the form of geometric cut CZs. Capture the magic of a meteor shower with these CZ clip-on earrings that rock the bling in a big way. A gorgeous 4 carat emerald cut CZ is flanked by a 2 carat round CZ, and a 3 carat oval CZ. There's no need to worry about them falling off, so dance your heart off wearing these non-pierced earrings.
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Christina Aguilera with button like necklace

'Cute As a Button' pendant & necklace by White Trash Charms.

Actual size of charm: 1/2" x 1/2"

This charm dangles on a delicate 16" cable length chain
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Paris Hilton with White Trash Charms Taken Nameplate necklace

White Trash Charms Taken Nameplate necklace ~ $185 for gold and $160 for silver

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Steal the Style - Victoria's Fab Necklace

Even in her Spice Girls days, Victoria "Posh Spice" was the fashionista of the bunch. Always seen in classy little black dresses with chic hair and makeup, Victoria took her flavor of spice to heart. Now, life imitates art as Beckham continues to set style standards with her effortlessly elegant signature look. At a recent press conference about the Spice Girls reunion tour, Posh was photographed wearing a diamond encrusted circle pendant. It was the perfect compliment to her risque - but still sophisticated - barely there, strapless black dress. Steal her style for less with Ariana's Big CZ Circle Necklace, available for under forty dollars at Emitations.

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Paris' Cubic Zirconia Cross Necklace - Celebrity Jewelry

Absolutely brilliant cubic zirconia cross necklace, on an CZ's by the yard chain. It is similar to a favorite style worn by Paris Hilton. The sterling silver cross with unique detail measures approximately 2 inches long by 1.3 inches wide and weighs 6.7 grams.

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Vintage Hollywood

At last night’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, there were no va-va-voom red dresses or major bling: the trend was instead for tasteful and fashionable understatement. Two trends characterized the best dressed actresses. 1) Neutral colored dresses in taupe, cream, bronze, and grey and 2) the jewelry equivalent: old-mine and rose cut diamonds, which provide more sophisticated glamour. Cate Blanchett epitomized this trend in an Indian pendant necklace featuring more than 100 carats of rose-cut diamonds, along with a pair of 2 carat antique mine cut Diamond stud earrings by Fred Leighton. (Remember Angelina Jolie also wore rose-cut diamonds and a vintage Indian look from Bochic at the Golden Globes.) Other antique fanciers: Edie Falco in a 19th Century necklace and earrings, also from Fred Leighton; Felicity Huffman in rose cut earrings from Martin Katz; and Patricia Arquette in an 1820s diamond riviere necklace from Neil Lane. One good omen for the Oscars: updos dominated, as at the Golden Globes, the better to see those diamond earrings!

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Eva Longoria Dangling CZ Flower Earrings

Eva Longoria matched the red carpet 2006 Golden Globe Awards in her beautiful sexy red dress and her sparkling dangling earrings and glamour bracelet. You can buy similar cz dangling earrings and matching cz marquis, sterling silver bracelet at Sparklesforever.com.

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Brilliant Bracelets at Oscars

A trend toward bejeweled and ornamented dresses made this a less than stellar year for fine jewelry at the Oscars. The main jewelry trend was for large diamond cuffs and stacked diamond bangles. Dresses were often strapless, which made the lack of necklaces even more striking. One prominent necklace, the Cartier brooch worn as a pendant by Rachel Weisz, clashed with her ornamented dress, drawing criticism from the “style experts” assessing red carpet looks (although not as much as the strange short golden jacket sported by Jennifer Hudson that she wisely took off before the ceremony). Neutral, bronze, and blush gowns dominated. The trend for rose cut diamonds and blackened metal seen at the Golden Globes continued. Gwyneth Paltrow had one of the most successful looks, with Fred Leighton rose-cut chandelier earrings visible with her sleek hair wrapped over one shoulder. Many pieces, like the black and white diamond Lorraine Schwartz earrings worn by Cate Blanchett and the diamond drops worn by Jessica Biel, featured blackened gold or platinum that added to the vintage appeal. Style icon Nicole Kidman, also with her hair over one shoulder, had the most stunning jewelry of the night: wide cuff bracelets with 357 carats of natural rough maccle diamonds in a mosaic pattern that were designed by L’wren Scott and created by William Goldberg, part of the sightholder Leo Schachter group. The bracelets were beautiful and also completely on trend.

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Steal the Style - Britney Spears' Sunny Southern California Style Necklace

Britney's been criticized left and right for her erratic behavior, love life scandals, and of course her new bald look...we could go on, but let's give her some credit for what she's doing right. Wearing a multi-chain, turquoise dangle necklace, this fallen star still has the hottest jewelry in Hollywood! Our similar version boasts a faux turquoise pear shaped pendant (approx. 1 inch diameter) centered on a double gold chain with smaller turquoise beads. Each faux turquoise piece has variations in shades and textures to emulate authentic Southwestern style. So yes, her wig is a mess, and she hasn't been at her best recently. Perhaps this hip necklace signals her re-entry to the world of trend setting!

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Angelina Jolie at the 2007 Venice Film Festival

Over the years, we have watched as Angelina Jolie emerged as a shining figure from such otherwise forgettable films as Hackers, transformed into the fascinatingly talented yet innerly troubled actress of films such as Gia and Girl, Interrupted, and finally evolved into the humanitarian, socially conscious woman we see today. Not surprisingly, Angelina's personal life has always seemed to upstage her acting career, most notably her interesting affairs of the heart.
Amidst all of the tabloid fervor, however, one thing remains apparent - whether thanks to a stylist's keen eye or her own evolving tastes, Angelina Jolie has stood out as a beautifully dressed woman as of recent. Whether dressed in a beautiful canary yellow vintage gown for the Cannes Film Festival, or the black lace gown at the 2007 Venice Film Festival seen here, Angelina has come a long way since her days as a rebellious upstart. Angelina seems to be taking a cue from such classic and regal beauties as Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, pairing otherwise unfussy gowns with equally elegant updos and jewelry, such as a triple layered pearl necklace and matching pearl and diamond earrings. Combining a love for fashion with an even greater love for humanitarian causes, Angelina may be our 21st century equivalent to Elizabeth Taylor in more ways than just a life played out in the tabloids
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Angelina Jolie at Cannes 2007 with a Bright Canary Look

The always stunning Angelina Jolie arrived at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of husband Brad Pitt's Oceans Thirteen, looking gorgeous as usual. She wore a dazzling yellow dress, accessorized with a set of sparkling canary Asscher earrings. Our similar Asscher inspired canary dangle earrings will leave you feeling glamorous, on or off the red carpet

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Cameron Diaz wears the Circle of Love in PEOPLE Magazine

Cameron Diaz wears the Circle of Love. Show your affection with the Circle of Love necklace. 14K white gold and diamonds. Pendant is 7/8" in diameter. Chain is 16" long.

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Jennifer Lopez at the Toronto Film Festival

Jennifer Lopez and her hubby, Marc Anthony, are seen here at the premiere of their new movie El Cantante at the Toronto Film Festival. J. Lo lights up the room with this dazzling set of spherical earrings that feature different sized circular CZs and a vintage crystal bracelet that screams elegance. After all that salsa dancing with her husband in the movie, she deserves to look glamorous on the red carpet.

Emitations' version of the earrings is silver plated with round CZ stones. Each earring weighs 8 grams and the silver bracelet is encrusted with bezel-set crystals in a silver-toned, brass based metal

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