LOS ANGELES — In the mid-1980s, Jacqueline Rabun was in her early 20s and studying fashion design in Los Angeles when she wandered into a contemporary jewelry gallery on Sunset Boulevard. The visit changed her life. “It was a beautiful shop called M Gallery,” Ms. Rabun, now 60, recalled recently. “The person who owned it,…
Queens do it. First ladies do it. Even Madeleine Albright and Elizabeth Taylor did it: Wear Ciner jewels. And for good reason: Ciner makes what the jewelry historian Melinda L. Lewis called “the equivalent of the crown jewels” of costume jewelry — pieces made with semiprecious stones, simulated gems, crystal and silver or other metals,…
LONDON — The Royal Mint can trace its roots back to a coin with the portrait of Alfred the Great that was struck in the ninth century. And the business, owned by the British government, has been striking coins for currency and collectors, and trading in investment metals like gold bullion ever since. But as…
Some of the projects that Mr. Armstrong promoted were small-time, experimental crypto ventures that eventually encountered problems. In those cases, he said, he considered himself a victim, too. “They’re preying on the novice crypto influencer who just got popular and is trying to figure out what they should and shouldn’t be doing,” he said. “It’s…
Jewelry collectors with minimum six-figure budgets have been clearing their calendars on June 8. Christie’s Magnificent Jewels auction scheduled on that date in New York City is to include 12 pieces by Joel Arthur Rosenthal, better known as JAR. They come from the estate of Ann Getty, a publisher, author, interior designer and philanthropist who…
There’s a picture of us meeting in person for the first time on the second floor of the Port Authority Bus Terminal, taken via self-timer on Snapchat. It was September 2020. You can sense the awkward nervousness we felt, with his arm carefully placed behind my lower back and me giving the camera a big…
Anyone else who appears in court risks being lifted into an internet folk hero or smeared as a liar. Heard’s attorney Elaine Charlson Bredehoft is branded a “Karen” (once a term for a racist white woman, it has since been flattened into an all-purpose misogynistic slur) and conspiratorially constructed as an undercover Depp fan, while…
Since then, the brand has expanded to include 12 different shades, though that is still slim pickings compared with the dozens of shades that other brands, many of them newcomers, offer. And, most important, Glossier’s longstanding resistance to working with third-party retailers made it harder and harder for the brand to acquire new customers organically…
Victor VIRGILE Searching for a new necklace to incorporate into your daily rotation is as personal as it is challenging. You’ve got to find the right length, style, and price point, which can undoubtedly be a daunting task. Fear not—we’ve got you covered. Whether you want a simple, barely-there chain for everyday layering or a…
Courtesy of Nordstrom Chances are, if you fancy yourself an avid online shopper, you don’t need a reminder that one of the biggest weekends for finding just about anything on sale is upon us. Enter the upper echelon of can’t-miss Memorial Day sales, courtesy of Nordstrom. The retailer quietly kicked off its Half-Yearly Sale earlier…