Last night my best friend and I watched Bride Wars. Anne Hathaway looked gorgeous, like usual, Kate Hudson was adorable but the movie is nothing to write home about. Nonetheless, it put us in marital mode and we spent the rest of the evening looking at wedding dresses and engagement rings online. My favorite is, and has been for years, Harry Winston’s Micro-Pavé Diamong Ring. It’s a cushion cut diamond in a micro-pavé setting. Hey, a girl can dream, can’t she?
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ttF Daily Fave: Harry Winston Micro-Pavé Diamond Ring
Accessory Inspiration:
Hilary Swank’s Multi-Color Pearl Necklace
Last week, I did a few posts on pearls. I showed Princess Diana’s vast collection, six ways Michelle Obama wears her double-strand necklace and six ways I styled my own pearls to get different looks. I wasn’t planning to write about jewels of the sea for a while. But then I saw Hilary Swank at the Looking for Eric premiere in Cannes.
I absolutely adore her Chopard multi-color pearl necklace. The gray beads look stunning against her gunmetal Armani Privé gown—but had she worn a gold, nude or rose dress, the necklace would have worked equally as well.
I wanted to find jewelry that mimicked the versatility of the piece. I discovered too many options and now I can’t decide which one to buy. I was instantly drawn to Spiegel’s statement necklace (#3). I would wear it with a white tee and pencil skirt at the office or with a mini dress for a night out. But a wiser investment would probably be a more classic illusion necklace like Hilary’s. Her pearls sit on Chopard diamonds but Majorica’s gold chain (#6) and Clemoon’s clear fish wire (#5) deliver the same floating effect. Decision, decisions!
1. Lustrous 48″ multi-color pearl necklace from XaXe.com ($25) 2. Newport News 4-piece pearl 14k earring set ($59) 3. Spiegel mulit-color pearl bib necklace ($99.99) 4. Majorica 14mm baroque pearl necklace ($295) 5. Five-strand illusion pearl necklace from Clemoon ($37.95) 6. Majorica 8mm illusion multi pearl pecklace ($120)
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Earth Month Day 18: Precious Earth Jewelry
These days, you can get a bamboo wedding dress, organic linens and even eco-friendly flowers. So it only seems natural to have sustainable engagement rings. Precious Earth crafts all their jewelry from 100% recycled metals. Their diamonds come from The Namibian Diamond factory in Africa, which employs impoverished locals in efforts to help the nation grow. Precious Earth has a variety of white, yellow and pink gold engagement rings, as well as an assortment of men and women’s jewelry. Some of the silver and gold pieces feature the line’s signature green gemstone, which makes the accessories environmentally and fashionably green.
Visit www.preciousearthjewelry.com to learn more about the line.
