Jewelry and Fashion Blogosphere 09/16/07

Jewelry and Fashion Blogosphere 09/16/07
Jewelry Weblog, CA

Thanks to my Web Snob friends, you can catch up on all the fashion and jewelry news from NYC’s Fashion week.

Where is Fashion Week located? At 55 Secret Street of course!

Shop like a rockstar with Stiletto Jungle’s list of links to where you can buy goodies from the official MTV Video Music Awards talent Swag Bag.

Bag Bliss reveals that the Celine (Song Hye Kyo) “Miss Song” Bag is coming to America! Read more about Jewelry and Fashion Blogosphere 09/16/07

Gold Jewelry Production +23% in 1H07

Gold Jewelry Production +23% in 1H07
Diamonds.net, NY

RAPAPORT… Gold jewelry production grew 23 percent in the first half of 2007 as price volatility dropped during the period, precious metals consultancy GFMS reported in the first update of its Gold Survey 2007.

“The consultancy feels a key driver of jewelry’s increase was greater price stability, particularly in the second quarter when price volatility fell to 12 percent from 31 percent one year prior,” GFMS explained. Read more about Gold Jewelry Production +23% in 1H07

Keeping jewelry safe on the go

Keeping jewelry safe on the go
By Susan Reigler
sreigler@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal

Jewelry travel organizer ($22)

Few travel itineraries these days require individuals to dress for dinner. But you don’t have to pack the family diamond choker or solid gold cuff links and shirt studs to find this jewelry case handy. It’s a great way to store rings, earrings and watches if you are leaving your hotel room for the beach. And your concierge will be impressed by how efficient you are when you hand the case over for the hotel safe. It’s lined with anti-tarnish velvet to prevent scratches. Read more about Keeping jewelry safe on the go

RAJESH TO LAUNCH FIVE NEW DIAMOND JEWELRY BRANDS

RAJESH TO LAUNCH FIVE NEW DIAMOND JEWELRY BRANDS
16 September 2007
Tacy, Israel

India-based gold and diamond jewelry manufacturer, Rajesh Exports Limited (REL), is in the process of buying local jewelers in south India in attempts to launch its second retail brand, Shubh, over the next few months. The company has stated its intention to open 100 Shubh outlets by the end of fiscal year 2009, according to the Economic Times.

Rajesh Mehta, Chairman and Managing Director stated, “We would look at opening 20 Shubh stores in the next two months around Bangalore. By March ’08, we would like to sign deals for the next 80 stores. Of this, some would start operations early next year while the rest would take a few more months.” Read more about RAJESH TO LAUNCH FIVE NEW DIAMOND JEWELRY BRANDS

Jewelry Stores in Downtown Ketchikan

Jewelry Stores in Downtown Ketchikan
By Mark Steiner
SitNews, AK
September 15, 2007
Saturday PM

For those who oppose Jewelry stores in Ketchikan you’ve got it all wrong. For those of you who oppose the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce’s view on this matter you are wrong as well. The Chamber’s members are business owners, mostly local residents, and consumers. They have a direct impact on the community of Ketchikan and the surrounding area.

The members of the Chamber have a direct affect on this community in that they have chosen to take a risk, be a business owner, provide you with a good or service that you demand, and provide you with jobs. Since they don’t rely on anybody else for income other than the consumer who chooses to purchase the good or service they are providing, they obviously have the economic growth of Ketchikan in mind. We should respect their opinion, but also know that we don’t have to follow their view. Read more about Jewelry Stores in Downtown Ketchikan

Elsa Jewelry Announces Director of Corporate Communications

Elsa Jewelry Announces Director of Corporate Communications
PR.com (press release), NY

Farmingdale, NY, September 16, 2007 –(PR.com)– Elsa Jewelry Corp. has tapped former Calvin Klein employee Carolena Deutsch-Garcia to be Director of Corporate Communications of its Long Island based Elsa Jewelry Corp., effective immediately.

Deutsch-Garcia joins Elsa Jewelry Corp after coordinating Calvin Klein Francisco Costa’s women collection’s design team for three years. The announcement comes in the wake of Elsa Jewelry’s push to be a major player in the online jewelry market. Read more about Elsa Jewelry Announces Director of Corporate Communications

Officials may ban toys, jewelry with lead

Officials may ban toys, jewelry with lead
Gloucester Daily Times, USA
By Amy Rafferty , Correspondent
Gloucester Daily Times

BOSTON – Lawmakers and public health officials are moving to ban the sale of toys with dangerous levels of lead, following recent recalls of Chinese toy imports and test samplings that found children’s jewelry containing lead in 14 Bay State communities, including two in the Merrimack Valley.

Suzanne Condon, director of the state Bureau of Environmental Health, said six towns already at high risk of lead exposure have been identified as selling jewelry containing detectable lead. Read more about Officials may ban toys, jewelry with lead

þ Forever Fine Jewelry has plans for a face-lift and fun promotions

þ Forever Fine Jewelry has plans for a face-lift and fun promotions
Shelby Promoter, MT
Linda Bruch for the Promoter

If you own a piece of quality jewelry, you know the finest stones, gold, silver or platinum went into making it. You also know that when you purchased that piece of jewelry you were counting on it to last forever. Jack and Dawna Widmar know just how you feel about the jewelry you love. They are the new owners of Forever Fine Jewelry and Gifts in Shelby and, just as its name implies, they are all about fine jewelry that you can count on to last a lifetime. Read more about þ Forever Fine Jewelry has plans for a face-lift and fun promotions

Are you a walking ‘lead’ container?

Are you a walking ‘lead’ container?
By Thelma Sioson San Juan
Inquirer
Inquirer.net, Philippines
Last updated 04:11am (Mla time) 09/14/2007
MANILA, Philippines—We woke up to the sad news Tuesday that The Body Shop founder Anita Roddick had died, at 64, of brain hemorrhage.

Roddick was a woman ahead of her time. She championed the use of environment-friendly products and condemned product testing on animals long before doing so became a global cause. When she opened a small store in 1976 in her native Brighton, England, to support her two daughters, the world wasn’t even into organics or natural products. Her The Body Shop brought the modern consumer back to the use of basic, home ingredients that Roddick remembered her mother had been using in the World War II years. Read more about Are you a walking ‘lead’ container?

Kennedy Museum to roll out the Zuni jewelry

Kennedy Museum to roll out the Zuni jewelry
2007-09-13
By Ashlee Monroe
Athens NEWS Campus Reporter
The Athens News, OH

The Kennedy Museum of Art will not only celebrate the opening of an extensive collection of Zuni jewelry on Friday evening, but also two complementary galleries that highlight Edwin Kennedy’s extensive collection of artifacts from the native Southwest group.

The museum will hold an opening reception for “Art of the Zuni” Friday from 6-8 p.m. The exhibit is classified as “ongoing” with no end date, though a museum spokesperson guessed it will run about two years. Read more about Kennedy Museum to roll out the Zuni jewelry