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Jewellery & watches

Istanbul: Jewellery: Hersey Askatan gold earrings

November 16, 2010 Accessories

We were just leaving the venerable Pera Palas hotel after an afternoon tea of such enormous, delicious proportions that I was fast heading into a sugar coma when I caught sight of an intriguing little shop across the road. Dragging my protesting mother in my wake, I burst into Hersey Askatan, which turned out to […]

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Object of Desire: The Sausage Dog pendant by Katie Hillier

July 27, 2010 Jewellery & watches

Clearly, this white gold dachshund pendant by Katie Hillier could have been designed with me in mind. From Katie Hillier’s first jewellery collection under her ‘Hillier’ label, it’s part of a series of animal shapes made from 18-carat gold wire twists are shaped into woodland creatures: the original signature rabbit in four different coloured golds, […]

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Makeovers, The Cannes Film Festival & me…

May 19, 2010 Celebrity

It’s the Cannes Film Festival, so I thought I’d run this post I wrote in January 2009. ______________________________ Getting to the point where I believe in make-overs has taken me at last ten years. I once pissed off a make-up artist on a shoot I was styling by commenting tactlessly that I was past the […]

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Blessings Brand Co: leather bracelets from LA

April 3, 2010 Accessories

Music & fashion has always gone hand in hand, and here’s another great musician with a style side project: Los Angeles-based Scott Fairbrother with a line of leather wrap bracelets under his Blessings Brand Co label. Scott records and tours with his current musical projects: the excellent electro-rock band AdamandEvil, with my old friend Julian […]

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Object of Desire: silver & rubber chainmail cuffs by IMK Jewelry

March 22, 2010 Accessories

In just her second collection for her New York based IMK line, American jewelry designer Rebecca Schiffman has produced these stunning fine silver and rubber chainmail cuffs, which gently stretch to slip over the hands. Covetable. I’m looking forward to seeing what she does next. Price $480 each. Stockists: www.imkjewelry.com Previous Objects of Desire here

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French Connection Jewellery: When did it get so interesting?

March 1, 2010 Accessories

Two weeks ago I was doing a manic dash up & down Hampstead High Street looking for suitable pieces to take to Copenhagen, when I spied some costume jewellery in French Connection. One big brass cuff later, upon which practically everyone who sees it comments, I went for an on-line investigation. There’s a great 1920s […]

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Jewellery: Danish goldsmith Lene Vibe Dahlgren of Vibes

February 19, 2010 Copenhagen FashionWk

As I hunted for the Acne studio in Copenhagen (far too achingly hip to have anything as helpful as a door sign or number), I overshot and, as I peered intently at the next doorway, I realised I was looking into the windows of a jeweller. And what a jeweller. Lene Vibe Dahlgren, who sells […]

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Copenhagen Fashion Week: YDE & Georg Jensen Daisy collection

February 15, 2010 Copenhagen FashionWk

I was a little dubious when first told that Olé Yde was accessorising his AW/10 collection with Georg Jensen’s pretty Reversible Daisy collection, suspecting a designer collaboration born solely from fiscal necessity rather than any particular connection (see Swarovski ad infinitum). But I was proved wrong: The tumbling flowers and elegant chains worked beautifully with […]

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Odette New York Dachshund necklace

November 14, 2009 Jewellery & watches

Dachshund necklace Sterling Silver: $105 Yellow Gold Vermeil: $115 Rose Gold Vermeil: $115 I’m wondering how my life was complete before I knew about Odette New York’s wonderful dachshund pieces. Alerted by Crystal who pointed out that Posetta Baddog appeared to have been immortalised in silver, I clicked through immediately and was overcome with lust. […]

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Birdhouse Jewelry New York: affordable AND pretty

November 12, 2009 Jewellery & watches

Gold earrings with flower clusters &white glass briolettes $26 Silver Flower Ring with Black Pearl $46 Tiny Gold Skull Necklace $20 Birdhouse Jewelry is one of my favourite everyday jewellery makers in New York. I first saw their work at the glorious Brooklyn Flea open air market, and every so often have a little flick […]