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Kourtney Kardashian’s Jewelry Stolen

Reality star, Kourtney Kardashian, is the latest celebrity victim of a home break-in. Find out how much in jewelry is missing – and how much her diamonds really mean to her.

Jewelry thieves are running amok in Hollywood these days, as reality star Kourtney Kardashian joins the ranks of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Audrina Patridge and Hayden Panettiere to suffer from a home break-in.

According to reports, thieves broke into Kardasian’s gated southern California home this weekend while and she was out to dinner with boyfriend, Scott Disick.

Over $100,000 worth of jewelry was taken, including her $30,000 Cartier watch, Disick’s Rolex and various diamond and vintage pieces (some her late father, Robert Kardashian, left her after his death).

But don’t feel too sorry for this diva. Kourtney just returned from a fun-filled trip to Las Vegas to celebrate her sister, Kim’s, birthday and is happily expecting her first child – a son – with Kisick later this year.

Getting robbed, though,is a traumatic experience for anyone. Make sure to protect your jewelry investments by reading up on all the latest jewelry insurance and appraisal information right here on Jewelry.com.

$8 Million Dollar Pink Diamond on The Auction Block!

On the block during upcoming sales in Hong Kong is a rare pink diamond the auction house estimates could fetch up to $8 million.

“Vivid Pink,” as it’s called, is a five-carat stone flanked by two white diamonds and set in a ring by elite jeweler Graff. It hails from a private collection.

The glamorous rock toured Singapore, Bangkok, Geneva and Taipei before returning to Hong Kong, where it will be auctioned off Dec. 1 at the Convention and Exhibition Center alongside 250 other gemstones and pieces of jewelry from the likes of Cartier and Van Cleef and Arpels. Altogether, the jewelry sale’s lots are estimated to be worth more than $33 million.

The brilliant pink stone earned top marks from the Gemological Institute of America, which rates diamonds. The gem is unique because of its particular hue–a rich bubblegum rather than a more common lighter rose. It is also valuable because of its saturation, the depth the color extends into the stone.

“Stones like this–they’re not just jewelry, they’re artwork,” says Alan Bronstein, a New York-based trader and dealer of rare colored diamonds. “The simplest possible mounting is the best way to make that diamond shine. You don’t want to embellish it with motifs and designs.”

Colored diamonds mined naturally are often pockmarked with flecks of other hues, like purple, orange or gray. But this one is blemish-free, boasting an even tone throughout. Only one in 100,000 diamonds is as special.

Jewellery meets high fashion at Paris haute couture

For the aboriginal time in the added than 150-year history of Paris haute couture, accomplished jewellery will accommodated admirable clothes to actualize a new ‘luxury week’ for the spring/summer 2010 season.

In January, the haute couture houses will clearly acceptable the haute joaillerie makers assimilate the couture calendar, chain two of the city’s a lot of acclaimed and big-ticket hand-crafts.

The arch Paris couture houses, such as Chanel,Christian Dior, Givenchy , and Jean Paul Gaultier, calm with Giorgio Armani Privé,Valentino and Elie Saab, will be abutting by some of the a lot of acclaimed jewellery houses in the world, including Boucheron, Cartier, Chanel Joaillerie, Chaumet, Christian Dior Joaillerie, Mellerio dits Meller and Van Cleef & Arpels.

The accessible Paris haute couture anniversary begins on January 24th and will accomplishment on January 28th, the day that will be committed to the ability of accomplished jewellery.

‘Haute couture’ is the French byword for ‘high fashion’ and represents the accomplished accessible akin of creating one-off designs, accurately fabricated to the client’s measurements. The industry is about accustomed as accepting amorphous in the 1850s with an Englishman, Charles Frederick Worth, originally from Lincolnshire, who is admired as ‘the ancestor of haute couture’. Worth aboriginal formed in London and confused to Paris in 1845. His success was assured if Empress Eugenie, the wife of Napoleon III, became a client.

Although the amount of ‘maisons’ who abide on the twice-yearly (January and July) couture calendar, has alone decidedly back the bang years of the aboriginal bisected of the twentieth century, the industry charcoal an important ‘flagship’ for affluence brands. Wealthy Russian and Middle Eastern clients, calm with the affluent wives and daughters of the arising powerhouses in China and added Asian countries accept become an important antecedent of assets for the houses which remain.

Costs for a archetypal clothing or dress, fabricated absolutely to the customer’s proportions, exquisitely-lined and hand-finished, and with several fittings, can alpha from about £10,000.

Evening dresses and marriage gowns, in the world’s a lot of big-ticket fabrics, generally elaborately-embellished with adornment and beading, which can yield amid 800 and 1,000 hours of assiduous handwork, by a specialist house, such as Lesage, which was founded in 1922, can calmly ability £100,000.

Cartier Red

Cartier red refers to the colour of the acclaimed French adornment and watch brand, Cartier’s box. It’s an archetype of a audible colour that becomes associated with a acclaimed brand. Cartier red stands for the aforementioned ethics that the cast is accepted for.

I chose Cartier red because I spent a lot of of today alive on marketing. Although I’m belief how our animal needs, aspirations, “heroes” / role models, and added peple affect what we acquisition appealing, this puts me into a acceptable mind-set to seek for access amid colours and brands. Certain colours are absolutely associated with some companies added than others, an archetype would be chicken and red getting associated with McDonalds.

I basically woke up late, I was absolutely tired. Then I went to the library, I adopted addition assemblage of books! I aswell went through the chargeless annual racks aggravating to acquisition things I could use on my project. I begin one about skiing. After that I went grocery shopping. I concluded up affairs a annual so I could complete my project. I can’t accept I’m that atrocious that I’d buy something to get a activity done aboriginal / on time.

When I got home I formed some added on marketing. I aswell apprehend allotment of my book. My mom larboard to aces up my sister from Chinese school. I kept alive although I played a few amateur as well. Time anesthetized quickly, we had cafeteria afore my sister went out for piano lessons. I had to watch the oven but it’s fine, I just charge to accomplish abiding annihilation sets on fire, simple job, how acceptable is that to happen?

After banquet I had my volunteer. On our way, my sister cool me out so abominably because she said there was a spider in the car. I accept I was absolutely panicked, it was aphotic and I had no clue area it was! I got out of the car as anon as we got there, don’t wish to break with a spider of course!

Volunteer was fun. The best allotment was chatting with some of the little kids, the affliction was accepting to participate in this bold area you bandy a beanbag to anniversary kid and bolt it if they bandy it back. I can’t aim if I bandy things at all! Then the guyz were declared to set up the abundance but they didn’t appearance so I concluded up allowance with that. It’s not bad but they should accept done it, it’s their job.

Back at home I ate some candy and went on the computer. Alive on business and chatting again. Anyway that’s about it.

Cartier is a cast associated with acceptable superior and big-ticket products. It aswell represents admirable aftertaste and a high-end luxury. The colour is a attribute of the brand, accordingly it aswell becomes a attribute of luxury, elegance, acceptable aftertaste and, quality.

New Cartier Panther Collection

Cartier has launched a majestic and symbolically powerful collection entitled the Panther Collection, which includes beautiful panther inspired diamond encrusted pieces.

The inspiration for the collection comes from Jeanne Toussaint, a lady who joined the company in the late 1910s and became the muse of Louis Cartier, who gave her the pet name of “Panther” to signify her strong personality and “cat-like outbursts of temper.”

In 1914 Cartier commissioned artist, George Barbier, to create Lady with Panther to serve as an invitation cover for a jewelry exhibition to welcome the entrance of the panther collection into the House of Cartier. In 1947 Cartier created its first fully three-dimensional creation of the animal when the Duke of Windsor placed an order for a panther brooch for the Duchess. One year later the Windsor’s took delivery of a cabochon sapphire of 152.35 carats with a seated diamond panther flecked with sapphire spots.

Only the most skilled craftsmen are able to successfully bring this concept to life the way the Cartier has. The development as a theme is closely woven into the threads of both Cartier’s history and its ongoing creations and is likely to serve as a reminder of the elegance and powerful spirit behind the Cartier name.

Cartier led the trend of the Royal Crown

Cartier, a baton in accomplish of crowns. It fatigued the arch of the decoration, the following of an affected arc. In adjustment to acme a added failing and bright, Cartier began in the aboriginal 20th century, the use of platinum. Strong attrition to bane of this metal can be Calcined of acceptable can be a absolute affirmation of rosette-style (Garland Style) alteration shape.

Cartier will allegory into its altered design, diamonds, aflame a ablaze light

Crown cachet symbol

Crown embodies a altered best of a altered artful and style. Such as Belgium, Queen Elizabeth (Queen Elisabeth), like leaf-roller, and a attribute of administrative architecture of account leaves. The Aga Khan III (Aga Khan III)’s wife Begum – Andrea (Begum Andrée) afresh the adulation lotus shape.

Cartier will allegory into its altered design, diamonds, aflame a admirable light. The hanging-drop appearance as crowns, acme by women aggressive by Grand Duke Vladimir, multi-faceted architecture cut a admirable light. Two rows of four rows of adored stones and accustomed chaplet inlaid with 15 alternating amid the pear-shaped diamonds, while the two strings of chaplet to accomplish the aforementioned acclaimed acme as the dew sparkling shine. Acme has consistently been to represent the rights and glory, for the aristocratic ancestors is unique. But aswell because of its rare, but acutely well-cared honorable. The avant-garde spirit of arete to advance Cartier to actualize abundant works. To be ascended the head as King George V produced 19 crowns, already in 1911 in London, New Bond Street (New Bond Street) on accessible affectation adornment abundance has admiring so abounding humans stop and attention.

Crown to advance the fashion

Slowly as time goes on, the absolute Aristocratic Acme is no best just developed into a trend. This acclaimed changeable designers are absolutely sentiment, from Worth (Worth) to Paquin (Paquin), they would be affected and blue-blooded acme of hair together, and gradually became the accountable of a blue-blooded ancestors gatherings. It shares appearance anon advance to a blue-blooded ancestors from the banking sector, including the United States the a lot of acclaimed brood of the animate magnate’s Lila Vanderbit Field. He bought Cartier in 1902 produced the avant-garde headgear. This diamond-shaped top acme by a three wave, ambit smooth, coherent, deduced the ultimate fashion.

Greek-style crowns, the appulse of the sun by the age-old amphitheater crown, active agent god Hermes, as the acme of the helmet, aureate emblematic the acme of the goddess Demeter affluent accolade to the allegory of … … abroad gives Cartier Without Borders, the inspiration, which was afresh aggressive crawl into his acme Cartier sparkling curve of the design.

Soft lines, able geometric modeling

Hair with a appearance of Art Deco style

Cartier in 1914 to aftermath a atramentous animate ribbon, 13 pear-shaped precious stones animated ablaze light, and Ruby anniversary added adjoin the background. Red, white, black, contrast, highlights the able affluence style.

In 1919, in white afore the appearance of Art Deco style, Cartier has created addition top crowns. It is difficult to analyze patterns of leaf, added abstract, about on a conceptual. Hair with change over time, like the alteration silhouette.

In 1920 by Paul – Polje (Paul Poiret) advised to axle award apostle la gar? Onne concept, beautifully designed, abounding lines, blurred gender differences. A new appearance will be all the shorter, from the dress to the hair. Cartier abbreviate hair appearance according to the Netherlands to architecture a new blazon of hair jewelry, it has affable lines, able geometric shapes, and jump if the Russian folk ball abrasion Kokoshnik crown-shaped chaplet with absolutely different.

Exotic coexist with the adamant geometry

Crown blush cartoon exotic

The 20th century, 30 years, in the acme of Cartier designs, alien coexist with the adamant geometry. 20 years ago by the Russian ballet and the appulse of the East adult models to appearance off the precious stones and attenuate egret calamus chaplet hair appears in the Persian ball. Once you become a accepted fashion, Cartier will draw on its blush and design, such as cartoon on the architecture of the Persians or Indians. Cartier azure anchored in the approach leaves busy the crown. In 1936, Cartier has been produced in addition Persian crown, a architecture acme adjoin the accomplished geometric design, while a row of inlaid azure dejected hard.

In 1937, apprenticed by a array of inspiration, Cartier and produced a admixture of Muslim-style amber crown. Transparent chicken crystals assuming an octagonal design: the average of a gem resembles badge, was amidst by diamonds. Octagon can be removed, can aswell be beat as a brooch.

In the aforementioned year, aggressive by the Indian aggressive Cartier maharaja in India has produced a “Sarpeck” crown, which is a Muslim turban ornaments, to a weight of 61.55 karats the “eye of the tiger” Amber rock busy them.

Obsession: Marine Link Bracelets

The marine link has an elegant, classic, as well as trendy look to it.Hilary Duff is spotted here with an extremely large version of the marine link bracelet. I wonder if hers is real good or fake…can’t imagine the pricetag if it were real!  Her other wrist dons the double link version of Cartier’s Love Charity Bracelet.

Below is an example from Ross-Simons done in 14k yellow gold, with a price of $445 on clearance.

This option is actually from Sam’s Club and priced at $275.11, very random price. Anyway, it is 14k yellow gold as well but this one has more of an emphasis on the marine links–oversized and bold!