COZY WEDDINGS RINGS AND JEWELRY: bangle

When was the last time you had your fine jewelry appraised? If it is a timeless Etienne Perret design, you'd better consider the consequences of not staying up to date with your appraisal records for insurance purposes! With the massive increases in precious metal costs, your lost gold ring might cost three times what it was appraised for in 2005!

The Jewelry Briefer has recently written an informative little article, reminding you of all the reasons why you should keep your fine jewelry valuations up to date. We appreciate the message and love the fact that she chose to feature Etienne's platinum and colored diamond bangle bracelets. So listen to her message and get on the ball, it may save you thousands of dollars!

Quote from the Jewelry Brief article:

In June of 2005, the low for gold was $419.00per oz. Today gold is $1,227.50per oz. Wow! This is bad for those of us that did not take advantage of the 3:00am infomercial in ‘05 encouraging investment in gold, but it also means that your jeweler could not replace (at wholesale) your beloved gold bracelet for your current insurance replacement value, if the value has not been recently updated. And, you are still paying a premium to an insurance company!

Read the Complete article here.

Huge necklaces, bawdy brooches, layered chains and big cuffs are the trends spilling out of Fashion Week’s runways this week. The hottest designers are wowing critics with their spring ready-to-wear collections, and we’re happy to bring you a round up of the week’s best so far.

Marc Jacobs hit it out of the ballpark with his zany, suffragist, early Americana collection. His show was the talk of the town, yet editors and critics were clearly at a loss for words when trying to describe it. Style.com wins our vote with “Mary Poppins goes to Dubai” or “The King and I meets The Postman Always Rings Twice”. You just have to see it to believe it. Necklaces the size of small handbags were just one of many layers to each outfit, yet his little straw hats just might be the accessory to steal the show this year.

Donna Karan continued to take inspiration from the streets, as her DKNY collection featured the layered chain trend with her must-have basics. Justin Timberlake’s new company, William Rast, followed suit as his country girl meets rock and roll line used chains and big leather cuffs with their varied interpretations of T-shirts, cut-offs and boots.

Betsy Johnson’s flouncy, bouncy dresses were accented with a bow choker (another shape that is trending this season), statement necklaces or big bangles, and the Tory Burch show took the necklace-as-art look to a new level.

The hottest after party had to be for Marc Jacobs, as the likes of Kirsten Dunst, Anne Hathaway, Winona Ryder, Sofia Coppola and Jessica Simpson all jostled for his attention – and a seat at his exclusive 60-person sit-down steak dinner at Robert De Niro’s new Greenwich Hotel in Tribeca.

To grovel or not to grovel…it’s always the question at Fashion Week. And 'grovel' is always the answer.