Tiffany’s stores are undergoing major makeover to make shopping for jewelry a more accessible and comfortable experience. The first store featuring new format was opened in Glendale, California and it features jewelry at entry- and mid-level prices, and customers are encouraged to try pieces on. Jewelry is openly exhibited on mountings, under glass that is not fully closed off and in drawers that customers can open. Price points range from $80 to $42,000, but average between $200 and $5,000. Also, store employees have been trained as jewelry stylists and are encouraged to inform... Read More >>>

Macy’s – one of the best known department stores celebrated its 150th birthday yesterday. To honor this anniversary Macy’s is renaming 34th Street in New York City—the address of its Herald Square flagship—to R.H. Macy Way - the brand's founder. The ceremonial unveiling of the street sign took place the morning of Oct. 28. The temporary sign will be on view until Nov. 15.

The birthday celebration included fashion industry gala at Gotham Hall in New York City, with guests like Kenneth Cole, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Todd English, Tyler... Read More >>>

Many tabloid magazines face difficult time as people tend to spend less money at newsstand nowadays. For the newsstand-dependent celebrity weeklies, compelling covers are absolutely crucial, making editors' choices of cover stars more important than ever.

Forbes has  prepared a ranking of most valuable / top selling celebrity faces on magazine covers. They analyzed the newsstand sales for the six biggest celebrity weeklies-- People, Star, US Weekly, In Touch Weekly, Life & Style and OK!--over a year-long period ending June 30, eliminating non-celebrity... Read More >>>

Nicole Richie known mostly for her reality shows and celebrity lifestyle decided to launch a jewelry line. The new line is called House of Harlow 1960 and is definitely inspired by 60s and 70s.

Richie partnered with jewelry designer Pascal Mouawad who helped bring her vision to life, and the collection takes inspiration from Richie’s sought-after style. Using leather, silk strings, chains, rivets, gold plated metals and a jewel-toned color palette, the jewelry explores “every theme true to the bohemian look; from gypsy to tribal, flower child to edgy st... Read More >>>

VS Wish is a new fragrance from Victoria’s Secret promoted by Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima in ultra expensive $ 500 000 000 bra. The jewelry bra was made by jeweler Martin Katz and contains 3,575 black diamonds, 117 certified one carat round diamonds, 34 rubies and two black diamond drops that top out at 100 carats. The bra is Victoria’s Secret 2008 Fantasy Bra and will be presented during upcoming VS Fashion Show.

This is great news for amber lovers. Museum of Amber in Gdansk, added a virtual tour to their website. The presentation introduces amber collections of the museum and gives great information about amber in general.

Visitors begin their tour in the courtyard of Museum and can choose between the route which will familiarize them with history of the Foregate (where the Museum of Amber is currently situated), and the one providing a history ... Read More >>>

Dr Raven Hanna is a Yale educated scientist who came up with an idea of jewelry collection inspired by chemical formulas. Her necklaces accurately depict chemical structures of many well-known molecules. For example the “Happiness” necklace represents chemical structure of Serotonin molecules which interact with receptors in the brain to induce feelings of happiness, satisfaction and relaxation. The necklaces are made of sterling silver. Other designs include structures of chocolate, caffeine, dopamine, endorphin and many more. Each jewelry piece is packaged in a... Read More >>>

Couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about conflict-free gemstones and importance of knowing where the stone you are about to buy comes from.

If you plan to buy diamond jewelry I suggest visiting Ruff & Cut Jewelry for easy and socially responsible diamond jewelry shopping. The newly-launched company combines conflict-free diamonds from Sierra Leone and Canada with recycled gold to create stylishly rustic rings, pendants, bracelets, and earrings. The jewelry co... Read More >>>

On last Wednesday in New York, Christie’s auction house sold The Panholo Diamonds for more than $6 million dollars during highly anticipated “Jewels: The New York Sale”. The two diamonds were cut from a 15-carat piece of rough mined stones in South Africa. The Steinmetz Diamond Group cut the Ponahalo when it was unearthed in 2005 into four polished stones, and it took them almost 18 months to create the gems featured in the sale.

The buyer, Amer Radwan of Radwan Diamond and Jewelry Trading in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, paid $4.11 millio... Read More >>>

Earlier this month the most successful women of Hollywood met in LA to celebrate ELLE Magazine’s 15th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute. Elle's annual dinner pays tribute to women "who are telling our stories" in Hollywood, said editor Roberta Myers. The list of invited celebrities included Nicole Kidman, Isla Fisher, Halle Berry, Jennifer Lopez, Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda and many others. All ladies looked glamorou... Read More >>>