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Get ready for the big seasonal switch - Houston Chronicle
LOS ANGELES Growing up in New York City with a minuscule closet and an insatiable appetite for clothes meant that from a very young age I had to master what I call the seasonal switch. Every year, on a sweaty afternoon in September, I swapped out

Necklaces, watches and earrings stolen in jewelry store heist - Naples Daily News
Collier County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a burglary reported at an East Naples jewelry store over the weekend. Necklaces, watches and earrings were stolen. Deputies say someone broke into Angel s Touch Fashion Jewelry Outlet, 6050

Micha Kuechenhoff recycles trash into fashion treasure - San Diego Union-Tribune
The Berlin-born designer took items people no longer wanted stuff like old locks and keys and brooches and created big, bright, one-of-a-kind jewelry. And now those pieces are sold in high-end boutiques, like Little Italy’s Station and La

Con-man’s sentence delayed due to illness - AZCentral.com
A con-man who admitted stealing $10 million from investors through an elaborate international scheme had his sentencing postponed Tuesday for the second time in a month after he suddenly became ill. Edgar Bias, one-half of a partnership indicted

‘Extreme’ design for El Paso teen’s 15th - El Paso Times
El Pasoan Sydny Gonzalez with Eduardo Xol from the television series “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” EL PASO — Like many teen girls, El Pasoan Sydny Gonzalez was dreaming of her ideal quincea era a year ago. What she didn’t know at the time was

FBI seeks bandit in jewelry robberies - Pine Bluff Commercial
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Authorities say there appears to be a link among robberies of jewelry couriers in Arkansas and at least one other robbery that occurred out of state. On Friday, Anissa Wiley, 33, of New York City was attacked at a Little Rock

Ancient buses, dream trains - DAWN Group
AS far back in time as a senior citizen can recall, say 40 years ago, the federal and provincial governments and the municipality of Karachi (also a government now) have been talking of a mass transport system for the city. At various stages projects

Vertu phones dripping in jewels mark a big birthday - CNET News
Vertu’s Dangerous is a pink-gold phone with paved cabochon, white and yellow diamonds, rubies, and sapphires. Is it calling you, Paris Hilton? (Credit: House of Boucheron) To celebrate its 150th anniversary, House of Boucheron , the posh French

London: A city of surprises - Pittsburgh Tribune Review
LONDON — A flash of Hollywood cut across Leicester Square in London as Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth arrived in limos for the world premiere of the movie “Mamma Mia!” Flashes were firing as hundreds of tourists surrounded a

BlackBerry Earrings? - PDA Blast
What will they think of next? In case you’ve been dying to hang a pair of BlackBerry Bold’s from your ears you’re in luck. These BlackBerry earrings measure about 3/4 of an inch high and are made from Fimo, a polymer clay. “They were listed on Etsy

Teenager arrested for stealing cellphones - Daily News and Analysis
A teenager arrested by Vakola police last week is suspected to have stolen mobile phones and other valuables from actor Sushmita Sen s Khar office in 2007. The police arrested Gajanan Hari Rajput, 19, after receiving several complains that a boy

Bear hugs - Hong Kong Standard
If and when anyone has an auspicious HK$19.999 million in change, one could declare his affection for the lucky bride with an unforgettable bouquet sparkling with 39,999 diamonds. Luxury fashion label Escada unveiled a new collection for the season

Through 11 years of hurt, the courage to speak up endured - St. Petersburg Times
After being sexually abused by her father since she was 6, Michelle Mollett, 17, now finds that talking about the abuse is therapeutic. NEW PORT RICHEY Michelle Mollett had kept her secret for 11 years. The truth was too terrible to tell, and who

Baseball roundup: Saturday’s action on the diamonds - News1130.com
One by one, players grabbed the microphone and told the screaming fans what they wanted to hear. “We’re not done yet,” Chase Utley said. The Fightin’ Phils are going back to the playoffs. Just getting there won’t be good enough this time. Jimmy

Our BCS busters - Cincinnati.com
Helped by changes in Bowl Championship Series requirements and the addition of its fifth postseason game, teams from non-BCS conferences such as Utah (2004), Boise State (2006) and Hawaii (2007) have played in BCS bowls. Georgia’s 31-point victory

Now, wish them the 24-carat way! - Hindustan Times
Greeting cards can’t get more expensive than this. The Dubai-based International Diamond Laboratories (IDL) is now offering customers personal messages inscribed on diamonds, which one can gift to loved ones. And the service is now being lapped up by

REHOBOTH: Suspect sought in attempted robbery of jewelry store - Delmarva Now
REHOBOTH BEACH Detectives from the Delaware State Police are seeking the publics help in solving an attempted jewelry store heist from Sept. 23 at approximately 8:30 p.m. In this case, a male subject entered the Ultra Diamonds, 36470 Seaside

TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING - Der Spiegel
A Nigerian schoolboy walks past the logo of Dutch oil giant Shell. A thick sludge laps against the coconut palms, black and foul-smelling. The banana plants are blackened with oil as well; they point leaflessly at the sky as if a fire had raged here

A low-key Aidilfitri - star.com.my
Our economy may have taken a hit, but not our fashion. This Hari Raya, designers emerge with the finest fabrics, prettiest jewellery and most lavish designs to show that they re not about to surrender to the gloom. Every year during Ramadan

Never mind Palin’s politics. Just check out the earrings - Guardian Unlimited
On Tuesday, Sarah Palin arrived in New York to begin two days of talks with a succession of world leaders. As she stood in front of the mirror on Monday evening, she must have wondered what an Alaskan hockey mom with a passport that has hardly a

‘The Earrings of Madame De . . .’/'La Ronde’/'Le Plaisir’; ‘Made of - Los Angeles Times
Director Max Oph ls fled Europe just ahead of the Nazis and spent a few frustrating years in Hollywood before moving to France in 1950 and making four consecutive masterpieces. Three of those are now available in sterling Criterion editions: the

The Big Question: What makes diamonds valuable, and why do we revere - The Independent
They are the ultimate in glitz and have been described as fragments of stars, or like tears of the gods. For thousands of years, mankind has been besotted by the beauty of the diamond. It is no surprise then that the discovery of what could turn out

BRIEF-Gem Diamonds buys Calibrated Diamonds for $5.9 mln - Forbes
* Acquisition of Calibrated Diamonds Investment Holdings Limited, together with its state of the art diamond processing assets, intellectual property and management expertise, from Petra Diamonds Limited for a total cash investment of $5.9 million

Rebecca Taylor Launches Accessories - Wwd.com
Rebecca Taylor, known for her flirty and feminine apparel, is expanding into footwear, jewelry, handbags and belts for spring. Her 12-year-old namesake brand has signed its first licenses in the U.S. Peter Marcus Group, a new footwear company from

Ike-battered Galveston allows residents to return - Forbes
Ten days after Hurricane Ike, this devastated beach town reopened to residents Wednesday with stern warnings about what still lurks on the island - rotting cattle carcasses, snakes and swarms of mosquitoes - and what isn’t there: drinking water

Designer Jewelry Hit by Downturn - Wwd.com
Designer Jewelry is the latest market to tarnish, thanks to the lackluster economy. After burgeoning in the past decade with the emergence of branded jewelers such as David Yurman and John Hardy becoming major forces, as well as smaller designer