hard not to develop favorites among the designers? Well, the longer the designer's on the show, the closer I get to them. Which is not to say that there aren't designers who stay longer than I would like them to. But I feel like all the designers are my Frank Gehry Fish toggle bracelet: Some are better behaved than others. Do behind-the-scenes shows like Project Runway make it harder for new designers to do something totally unexpected? Well, yes. There are two extremes in fashion. One is the basic Gap T-shirt, and the other is the float in a parade on the runway in the Paris couture. And those are both really easy to do-it's what fits in between that's difficult. I say to my students all the time, "Look, I'm not putting any constraints on what you design, providing that you can get into a taxi wearing it." Otherwise, it's just wearable art. Or not-so-wearable art. Are you ever tempted to offer fashion advice to strangers? Perhaps in the form of an anonymous note? You can't help walking around and doing an assessment: people who look great, people who've made a mistake.
Occasionally, I've said to someone to whom I'm introduced, "You look absolutely incredible." But I would never say, "Hello, nice to meet you. Elsa Peretti Sevillana Mesh bracelet were you thinking?" What fashion mistake does the average person make most often? It's the fit. We each have to be really objective about what we look good in. I say to people all the time, "Shop alone." Don't go with a friend who encourages you to get something and then you get home and think, Why did I buy thin? What about knockoffs? Can you spot one at twenty paces? Not that often-there are some awfully good knockoffs out there. I hate to say this because I'm so respectful of brands, but why spend $2,000 on the Chanel bag?
I don't believe in jewelry for Elsa Peretti Sevillana bracelet, but women's jewelry-what's wrong with cubic zirconia? I say, if it looks good and it works, do it.In a second part of a series, Zapata digs out the history of the jewelry firm Marcus and Company and how it was renamed. Five years after their reorganization, Marcus and Company participated in theFirst Exhibition of the Arts and Crafts held at Copley Hall in Boston from April 5 to 16, 1987. Marcus and Company occasionally employed copper and other metals in their holloware, either to form an object
or to create decorative devices. Each piece of Marcus and Company jewelry was meticulously conceived with subtleties that are often not perceived at first, but become apparent on closer inspection. During the first decade of the Toggle bracelet century, Marcus and Company offered jewelry in an array of revitalist styles. Their Egyptian-inspired pieces featured turquoise-in-matrix cabochons flanked by enameled winged birds and uraci. Moreover, their insistence on high quality gemstones and superb design has earned them a place among the top American Jewelers. To fete its birthday, Pomellato has
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