The Hyperreal Wonders of Glacé Fruit

INSIDE A GILDED Rococo room on the Avenue Montaigne in Paris, candied fruits dangled from winterberry tree branches. Hand-sewn to the limbs with waxed twine by the food artist Imogen Kwok and her team, the sugar-confit-dipped pears, clementines and cherries resembled orbs of glass and were clipped off by guests with bonsai scissors for an…

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The Story of the King of Diamonds

“Talk to me, Harry Winston. Tell me all about it,” Marilyn Monroe purred in “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend,” the song in the 1953 movie “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” that named one of New York’s pre-eminent jewelers. Now his son Ronald is telling all about it, too, in a new book describing his father’s rise…

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Jewelry With Just a Touch of Sweden

The jewelry brand Annika Inez is based in Brooklyn, but its sleek aesthetic seems rooted in the sensibility of a city that is nearly 4,000 miles away: Malmo, Sweden, where the collection’s founder, Annika Inez Wikstrom, was born and raised. “Maybe it is the Scandinavian simplicity,” she said of her brand’s unfussy but assertive look.…

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