I came through on last month’s promise/threat — my newest emoji earring is the little gun. I don’t love real-life guns (except for sport), but I do love the emoji gun and how people use it on Twitter and in text. When I told my friend Jay that I couldn’t decide if I should do…
Music for Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013)
Nelson Mandela — anti-apartheid activist, South Africa’s first black president and a worldwide icon — died yesterday at age 95. In July, on his 95th birthday, I reflected a recent trip to South Africa in a post inspired by my rediscovery of a giant anti-apartheid Keith Haring poster from the mid-1980s. The anti-apartheid college campus…
Throwback Thursday: December 2001 Hair
This photo was taken on Dec. 2, 2001, at friend’s wedding. My hair was so … precise! It reminds me slightly of designer Mary McFadden‘s signature ‘do.
Jewel of the Month: Turquoise and Ruby Skull Ring
One of my all-time favorite designs is my onyx and tsavorite skull ring … … with diamonds hidden inside. I’ve wanted to do a variation on this design for years — one that would be different enough for the onyx skull to keep its “one of a kind” status, but special in its own right….
Did You Miss Cyber Monday?
Thanks to everyone who purchased jewelry from my Cyber Monday sale yesterday! Apologies to those people who wanted a chicken necklace and didn’t get one. There was such a rush on them that my website couldn’t keep up, so the site told some people that they had one when they really didn’t. I’m sorry that…
The Cyber Monday Sale Is Here!
For only 24 hours — from now until 12:01 a.m. ET on Tuesday — my Cyber Monday sale is in effect. CLICK HERE TO SHOP THE SALE. I have dozens of jewelry designs marked down as much as 85%. I’m talking below-wholesale and even below-cost prices. Many of the designs are one of a kind…
Cyber Monday Reminder, Plus Blog Week in Review
Don’t forget! Tomorrow — Monday, December 2 — is my Cyber Monday jewelry sale. More than 50 of my designs are reduced by as much as 85%. The lowest priced item is $15. Many of the pieces are priced below cost. In many cases, you wouldn’t even be able to buy the raw metal for…
MrB, Photographed by Bill Cunningham. Plus, a Casting Call.
The original street-style photographer, Bill Cunningham of the New York Times, also shoots big social events. He was at the Committee to Protect Journalists International Press Freedom Awards on Tuesday, where he photographed MrB, the other awardees and guests. You can see the pictures in tomorrow’s New York Times Sunday Styles section … and here….
Thankful for Press Freedom
The Committee to Protect Journalism has posted the biographical videos (produced by Univision) and acceptance speeches for three of Tuesday’s International Press Freedom Awards honorees. Here are the links for television reporter Janet Hinostroza of Ecuador; humorist Bassem Youssef of Egypt; and newspaper reporter Nedim Şener of Turkey. As I mentioned yesterday, Nguyen Van Hai,…
What We Wore: CPJ International Press Freedom Awards
Every year, the Committee to Protect Journalists presents its International Press Freedom Awards on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. The timing is apt, because the event always reminds me how much freedom of expression we do have in the United States — despite efforts to chip away at it — and how thankful we should be…