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...most useful pin and has a successful relationship with people," Westwood says. "They're sexy, and the way I have put everything together is a little cruel, a little S&M." Still, affordability is in the eye of the beholder: a safety pin with a 0.05-carat diamond will set you back $525, while an arrow necklace studded with 73 diamonds costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Punk Rocks | 5/7/2005 | See Source »

...firm also rocked sales records with the Hope diamond and the Star of the East. Although divas like the Duchess of Windsor and Renee Zellweger have coveted such Cartier classics as the Panther pin and the Trinity ring, few can top the 69.42-carat diamond that Richard Burton bought for his bride Elizabeth Taylor. --By James Scully

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock Star | 9/14/2004 | See Source »

...home for the summer for a reported $500,000. Or the Indian-born billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, who reportedly spent $60 million on his daughter's wedding in June. At Harry Winston, Brodie says the current trend is for customers to "trade up" their engagement rings, swapping $45,000 2-carat brilliant-cut diamond rings for $165,000 5-carat emerald-cut diamonds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Luxury Fever | 9/14/2004 | See Source »

...jagged contours of a Frank Gehry building. Be sure to stop by Elena Votsi's store on 7 Xanthou Street, tel: (30-210) 360 0936, where the former Gucci designer (and creator of the 2004 Olympic medals) shows her latest wares, including a series of oversized, wafer-thin 18-carat rings. The tiny Petaei-Petaei shop, on 30 Skoufa Street, tel: (30-210) 362 4315, showcases Greece 's newest talents, including Vali Kondidi, whose work with semiprecious stones is breathtaking yet affordable. Outside Kolonaki, Zolotas, on 9 Stadiou Street, tel: (30-210) 331 3320, is famous for the gold work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Athens' Precious metals | 8/8/2004 | See Source »

...Value of a 108-carat diamond lost during the Monaco Grand Prix, when the car in which it was embedded as a publicity stunt crashed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

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