Julia Roberts on Designing Chopard’s Luxe Jewelry Line

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Julia Roberts is sitting on a cozy chocolate-colored sofa in a villa at West Hollywood’s Sunset Marquis two days before the Oscars, gazing affectionately at her newest project. “This is all me,” she says, pausing for a moment and then flashing her unmistakable megawatt grin to confirm that she is, in fact, just kidding.

The Oscar winner did, however, have a hand in the creation of what’s elegantly placed on a luxe tray in front of her: a three-piece Chopard high jewelry set consisting of a necklace, earrings and oversized ring (all one of a kind) featuring emeralds, turquoise and

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The Jeweler Hemmerle Is Leaving its 120-Year-Old Boutique

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“It has been challenging but we have learned so much from aluminum,” Ms. Hemmerle said. “Sometimes you need to walk through a new door to find out what is behind it.”

In the construction of the earrings, Mr. Hemmerle said, art connoisseurs may find echoes of the art of Agostino Bonalumi, Paolo Scheggi and Enrico Castellani, postwar Italian artists known for their spatial experimentation and whose work inspired the jewelry.

“The Hemmerles use cultural themes as the inspiration for their unique collections,” Max Fawcett, the head of jewels at Christie’s Geneva, wrote in an email. “They have created their own

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California couple followed home for 16 miles and robbed of ‘generations of jewelry’

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Robbers followed a Southern California couple home for miles and ripped valuable heirloom jewels out of the woman’s hands in a terrifying attack partly caught on tape, officials said Wednesday.

Dr. Vijay Wali and his wife, Dr. Jyotika Wali, had just pulled into their driveway in Fullerton on Friday night when two men attacked, one pouncing on each of them, the family said.

The couple had just visited a jewelry store 16 miles away in Cerritos to have various family jewels polished.

As Jyotika was about to go into the house and Vijay was unloading the trunk, a man ran

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Thieves make off with $900k in cash, jewelry from NW Miami-Dade business; 2 subjects detained – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

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NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) – A heist captured on camera has left the owner of C4G Jewelers calculating the cost after two, possibly three, backed a flatbed tow truck individuals into the business, making away with a safe containing approximately $900,000 in cash and jewelry.

Surveillance footage revealed the thieves inside the establishment, skillfully using a tow truck to hook a line around the safe before pulling it through the front door. The meticulously planned robbery unfolded on the 7500 block of Miami Gardens Drive.

A blue and white van was also involved in the crime.

The perpetrators reportedly initiated

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A Woman’s Humble Antique Market Find Sells for $15,000 At Auction

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An amateur jewelry enthusiast was amazed when a Victorian brooch she bought for just £20 ($25) at an antiques market in the 1980s sold at auction for £11,780 ($15,000), including fees. The piece was identified as a rare treasure on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshowcausing jewelry expert Geoffrey Munn to exclaim “my pulse is racing” at the exceptional discovery.

On the show, Flora Steel described how she chanced upon the brooch in 1988 and was drawn to its eye-catching and colorful design formed of precious stones such as lapis lazuli, orange coral, and green malachite. It would be decades, however,

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This Viral Jewelry Box is the Organizer You Didn’t Know You Needed |

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In my heart, I am an accessories fanatic. I love to dress up an outfit with a few layered necklaces and a stack of bracelets — although earrings are my favorite piece to experiment with. There’s no greater joy than adding a pair of new, chunky, statement hoops to an already-chic outfit; it’s the best opportunity to infuse extra personality into your uniform.

The only problem? I live in New York. And New York apartments do not mesh well with lots of new. There is barely space for a bed or a sofa from one of the best home

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West Kendall raid leads to arrest in Aventura jewelry store smash-and-grab

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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A Tuesday morning raid in the West Kendall area of ​​southwest Miami-Dade led to the arrest of a suspect police said was involved in a burglary attempt at an Aventura jewelry store in October.

Aventura and Miami-Dade police took Luis Angel Herrera Ramirez, 31, into custody at a home in the 5700 block of Southwest 162nd Pass.

Police said he was involved in an attempt to steal from the International Jewelers Exchange at 19275 Biscayne Blvd. on Oct. 19.

A group of would-be thieves slammed a vehicle into the front of the store in security staff

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Owner of ‘Dark Horse Collection’ turns passion for horses into jewelry

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Nine years ago, Deborah Ryland stood at a major crossroads in her life.

“I was kind of burned out. I was kind of questioning where I was going to go,” she explained. “I was laying on the back of my horse in a pasture, and his tail just kept flipping up.”

Ryland has had experience with horses his entire life. That day, her horse’s tail hair sparked an epiphany.

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“I just jumped down, instead

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