Hi All Just wanted to show some of the pics from the Malibu vintage show...it was a fun event, but the Abbott Kinney fair was taking place at the same time so I think attendance was split. Keep checking the Blog and I will keep posting events of interest. Just a couple of things that are upcoming...
Nov - Henessy & Engels fabulous book sale (everything in the store is 20% off) first 2 weeks in November
Dec 5th Jewelry Party in Venice Private residence (email me for details if you are interested in going)
Dec 3rd - 6th New York Fashion Conference (great event) Dec 4th - 6th Santa Monica Gem Show at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Dec 10th Jewelry Party in Malibu (private residence)(email me for details if you are interested in going)
Here are some celebs going pearl wild! For more pearls check out my website: www.jemijewels.com We are seeing more celebs wearing pearls, closer to the neck, multi-layer, and big bubble gum and vintage pearl looks, perfect for day or evening. Pearls are a classic and work well for holiday events. The "Mad Men" vintage feel that is so hot now can be updated with multiple long pearl strands or a multi chocker. Check out my website for pearl necklaces: www.jemijewels.com
Here are some cool upcoming events. First, don't miss the Vintage Clothing and Textile Show on Sunday, November 29, 2009 at The Pickwick Gardens, 1001 Riverside Drive in Burbank, CA. Admission is $6.00 between the hours of 9:00 am and 3:00 pm. There will be vintage clothing, designer resale, jewelry and more! For info call 310-455-2886. For Bead lovers check out the Bead Bazaar at the Veteran's Memorial Auditorium, 4117 Overland Avenue at Culver Boulevard in Culver City. Admission is $5.00. There will be bead makers, designers, importers and researchers. This will be Sunday, October 25, 2009
Welcome! This is the first post so I would like to do a shout out to all my friends and students who visit this blog. As well as provide relevant info and background to those of you I don’t know personally. As many people know, I used to design and manufacture costume jewelry in the late 80’s and early 90’s –I had many celebrities wearing the stuff and had a fairly successful enterprise for a few years… fast forward to 2009 – while I had stopped manufacturing jewelry many years back- I never stopped doing it.
Over the years I would create pieces for friends and family or the occasional commissioned piece and I obsessively studied jewelry and decorative arts all over the world. Besides studying all the great jewels and jewelry collections I photographed great historic collections of jewelry as well as decorative arts and some furniture. So you could say that jewelry and decorative arts is my crack.
I always say about a great piece –“ it’s the Tiffany Principal” – you know the scene in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Audrey Hepburn is staring in the store window and exclaims to George Papard – “I can’t afford anything here but just knowing there are beautiful things in the world make me feel better.” I don’t believe that the love of these things is elitist or even materialistic. Things of beauty created by man (or woman) are what separate us from the animal kingdom - they give us our humanity and, as Kandinsky said “Inspire Awe.”
I know my dearest and smartest friend Nina Sheffield will throw up when I say this but, “I know there is a god …because I have seen a Faberge Imperial eggs and worn vintage Cartier bracelets.” – The feeling I have when viewing and touching these items is positively spiritual.
As part of the blog and updates we will post upcoming jewelry events and museum exhibitions that might be of interest.
I am a Los Angeles based fashion Illustrator, author jewelry designer and professor. I have illustrated for retail and manufacturing clients including Fred Segal, Michael Stars, the Colleagues, Dermology Medi-Spa and lair at Henri Bendels. Among my recent accomplishments – The book “From Pencil to Pentool” Understanding and Creating the Digital fashion Image was a 2007 Fairchild Publication.
The 2008/09-gallery show “Fashion Warriors” a series created with markers and digital techniques. The series was based on historical research and extensive European travels. While exploring some of the great European museums specializing in decorative arts I was motivated and inspired to start designing jewelry again. I had designed jewelry at a previous time, with a long list of celebrities that appeared in music videos, TV shows and in magazines - wearing the costume jewelry. But gave it up to purse a graduate degree. Viewing the Victoria and Albert collection and the Hapsburg jewels “I knew I felt the need to bead once again.
