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From the INDESIGN section of Instore Magazine, Beth Bemstein reports on some hip bobbles:
Runway to Red Carpet to Retail:
THERE IS A SOPHISTICATED, bohemian feeling to this season’s jewelry. Bolder, more rough-hewn looks are tempered by a richness of color mixing. In addition, women are tending to wear only one statement piece at a time. Gem quality varies, from higher priced emeralds and sapphires to more accessible chrysoprase and lapis. Greens and blues dominate, either as one solid tone or mixed with black and milky white in polished rough and rose cuts and opaque cabochons. The looks are most prevalent in pendant necklaces and long, larger earrings. — STORY by BETH BERNSTEIN
ANNA SUI’S Autumn-Winter Runway 2011 Show in February features a long pendant necklace. PHOTO BY KARL PROUSE/CATWALKING/GETTY IMAGES
RIHANNA wore a pair of emerald Wilfredo Rosado earrings to Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in May. KEVIN MAZUR/WIREIMAGE/GETTY IMAGES
IRENE NEUWIRTH creates an 18K gold pendant necklace, set with chrysoprase, lapis and turquoise with a hexagon of black onyx, emerald-cut rainbow moonstone and mixed turquoise. MSRP: $29,260