Flash sale sites
With the shuttering of Vente-Privée USA, a high-end, France-based flash sales site that partnered with American Express and its 30 million members (a sure thing, right?), what does the future hold for these types of shopping sites? Similar sites such as Gilt, Groupon, Amazon's MyHabit, Nordstrom's HauteLook, Rue La La, have had great successes and big bumps along the way as each tries to find its way to the comsumer. If you are not familiar with these types of sites, here i
Fantasy Cuts
Ever since I was a kid visiting Idar-Oberstein, Germany, once the cutting capital of the world, I have been fascinated by fantasy cut gemstones. We keep a small collection on hand of blue topaz, amethyst and citrine gemstones, as you can see to the left. We try to incorporate these stones into our designs every once in a while. Their unique shapes and refraction effects make it tricky to create the right settings. Recently, a great article from the GIA has some spectacular
