Word: brooches
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When Julia Roberts dressed the part of the 1950s-era Wellesley professor with circle skirts and big brooches in Mona Lisa Smile, fashion designers took note. Now, along with '50s-style twinsets, nipped-in waists and gloves, they're bringing back the jeweled brooch. And everyone from Chanel to Tiffany to Banana Republic is cashing in on the trend. "Women haven't worn them in such a long time, so it's like the last untouched accessory," says Thomasine Dolan, jewelry-design director at Banana Republic, where bright, glass paste brooches, above, are among the season's best sellers. "Every...
...famous for creating a pavement of tiny stones that enables subtle color gradations on a flower petal or insect wing. Some pieces are almost grotesquely large, some tiny and delicate. (The cheapest retails for around $1,000.) Diamond "strings" are twisted into snowflakes or lace fans. There's a (brooch-size) horse's head, a zebra with ostrich plumes and a sinister sheep with sapphire eyes. François Curiel, head of Christie's Europe, which sponsored the show, says the "chicness" of a high-society gathering is now measured in the number of JAR jewels attending...
...process. If she's too busy for a lecture, she provides history cards with a purchase. These diminutive works of wearable art have become must-haves among shoppers seeking items of intellectual and emotional value. You will also find items inspired by Yunque's fascination with functionality, such as brooch pins designed to hold reading glasses and 1840's style Victorian spine bookmarks ($28-$38). Many items are graced with uncommon and richly colored European beads, adding texture, and they all make thoughtful and impressive gifts. Antique beads also adorn her brilliant deco glass necklaces - a colorful high note...
...really, who cares? Ten minutes into the show, JENNIFER LOPEZ took the stage wearing a Versace palm-print silk chiffon dress, and the seen-it-all industry crowd at Los Angeles' Staples Center audibly gasped. All that stood between her front and a nationwide television audience was a shell brooch and a touch of cosmetic glue. Said blushing co-presenter David Duchovny: "This is the first time in five years I am sure nobody is looking at me." After Lopez left the stage, unusually tart hostess Rosie O'Donnell snarled, "It's nice to see Jennifer in a classy little...
...they are subject to the programs by knowledgeable consultants, they consistently fail to live up to set standards. Columnists, too, are guilty of the sin of coherence--they attempt to make meaning of the world on a daily basis. They tell you why Bill Clinton sent a brooch to Monica Lewinsky, what possessed the editors at Boston Magazine to call Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. "Head Negro in Charge," and how a Harvard economist was lured to Columbia with $300,000. Such ex post facto explanations serve to enhance perceptions of coherence. But if coherence is such a grand objective...