Fashion Jewelry
Dubbed "the newest 'it' accessory designers," Andrew Hamilton Crawford has crafted a collection of fresh fashion jewelry that has quickly gained popularity all over the world. Southern-born New York designers Chad Crawford and Andrew Tessier have created unique, high quality pieces that are all made from Sterling Silver or 18k Gold Vermeil.
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Mervyns filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week, with the ultimate goal of restructuring and emerging. According to Business Wire, the Hayward, Calif.-based department store chain intends to work with its constituencies to execute its reorganization and, in the meantime, Mervyns stores will remain open. In conjunction with the filing, the company received a commitment for a $465 million debtor-in-possession facility from a lender group led by Wachovia Capital Finance Corp.
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California (and the entire country) has seen a gold rush over the past year—with consumers cashing in on exploding gold prices to sell their outdated and unwanted gold jewelry to ease the burden at the pump, take a holiday, or modernize their fine jewelry boxes. But San Diego Jewelry Buyers reports that it is not just $900+ dollar spot prices for gold that is sending customers through their doors. They say that shoppers desire to “go green” is also a driving factor.
“The internet has made jewelry customers tremendously more informed,” says SDJB spokesperson Alan Blyler.
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This is one of the two special edition watches created to celebrate Ebel’s partnerships with two major world soccer organizations: FC Arsenal and FC Bayern Munich. The version shown above is the Bayern Munich edition, of which there are only 250 available worldwide. Both special editions have Ebel Caliber 245 automatic chronograph movements with 45-minute period displays, with an overtime feature.
Retail chains have announced nearly 3,000 closures in the first half of the year, the ICSC says, with Linens ‘n Things, Regis Corp., Starbucks and Steve and Barry’s adding nearly 900 store-closure announcements to that total in the first few weeks of the third quarter. The apparel sector accounted for the largest portion of this year’s store-closure announcements, according to the ICSC. During the first half of the year, apparel chains closed 981 stores.
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Jewelry Designer and Gemologist
After picking up a tourmaline stone on an African safari and designing it into a ring at the age of 13, Kara Ross knew she had a vision and would love to design. Kara Ross is now known for her exotic one-of-a-kind handbags, her gorgeous jewelry, and her use of precious and semiprecious gemstones.
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On special request of a ship owner, the designers created the HD33, a model inspired from the naval world and strictly limited to 33 pieces only, all of them reserved for the owner who will offer them as present to the guests invited onboard.
The contract has been signed between Jorg Hysek Junior and the ship owner during this sunny weekend on board of one of the yacht at the Cote d’Azur.
This beautiful designer watch represents the strength of the brand, a subtle bond between fine watch making and avant-garde technology.
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Kaisilver today reported an increased demand for high quality silver jewelry. Senior executive Ms.Ang said that this could reflect future growth of the custom jewelry sector. She added that, quality concious buyers who moved from gold to silver jewelry are not satisfied with the cheaper mass produced silver jewelry. Sterling silver jewelry has a classic look and feel that is hard to get in gold jewelry. As jewelers reduce gold weight for gold rings and other jewels, the long term durability is being compromised.
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My fellow Omega addict Mauriche, mailed me a photo of his wonderful Omega Marine Chronometer. This is not the average clunky 1970s Omega watch, this one is quite special actually. The Omega Marine Chronometer features a 2.4Mhz quartz movement that is graded as a ‘Marine Chronometer’.
DeBeers stands firm that it has no plans to launch full-scale operations in the U.S., even though the London-based company’s days of being locked out due to antitrust laws appear to be all but over. U.S.
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