Jewellery News

Is it an engagement ring? Or is it just a memento because the New York Yankees won the World Series this month? Whatever the reason, the ring that Alex Rodriguez gave his girlfriend Kate Hudson is a stunner. Set in white gold, it has pink sapphires with diamonds and is valued at £ . A rather expensive piece of jewellery to remember a win. But sources say, if he got a ring to remember the win by, why not her?

There was recent speculation too, when Kate appeared in public with a diamond ring on her finger and the media wanted to know if she was engaged. All she had to say was that it was ridiculous because she was wearing the ring on her right hand! So there’s a reason being given for this ring – it’s not an engagement ring according to the official stance. However, with rings like these on her finger, could it only be a matter of time before the two are engaged? If Kate gets a ring like this as a memento, we wonder what the engagement ring will be like.

Armed thieves attacked a jewellery store in Heswall three days ago and made off with a huge cache of jewellery. The CCTV pictures reveal that the gang was obviously very well-prepared and they were dressed in balaclavas, gloves and white protective suits. They entered the store after smashing a window with a drill and a sledgehammer and there was absolutely no forensic evidence that was left behind.

The attack happened in the evening when the store was still open and the store owner tried to pull back the jewellery that they were passing through the window. The store lost many diamond rings, necklaces, earrings and bracelets. It was only when she watched the footage later that the storeowner realised just how much danger she could have been in because the police feel that the gang must have been armed considering they were so sophisticated in their work. While there are no clues, the police have sent out a warning to people not to buy any stolen goods and to get in touch with them if anyone offers them anything suspicious.

Designs with black and white diamonds seem to rule the fashion world today so it’s only natural that the Blackberry is a part of it too. A while ago, the designer duo – Stuart Hughes and Davide De Nizza offered a 24 carat gold Blackberry edition called Blackberry Gold. Now, they are all set to shortly launch their new line called the Diamond Blackberry Vintage Edition.

This edition of the Blackberry is elegantly designed with black and white diamonds and the whole back is a luxurious hand crafted python skin. The python skins come from Indonesia and the whole look and feel is one of upper crust luxury. The skins are legally imported and there will be only ten limited editions of this line and each handset is expected to cost £4,495. The last word in luxury indeed!

The night of November 22 saw the most beautiful people decked out in diamonds, waving to the crowds as they entered the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, America. The 37th annual awards show was glittering with stars from the music scene as well as the silver screen and the diamonds were as breathtaking as their designer dresses. Viewers sat glued to their television sets as the awards ceremony was kicked off with Janet Jackson.

Carrie Underwood was seen in yellow diamond earrings and a bracelet of champagne diamonds, dressed as she was in a one-shoulder gold dress. Melody Thornton showed off her diamond studs while Jennifer Lopez, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna and Shakira sparkled too. Rihanna had on a platinum ring with black and white diamonds flanking a rose-cut diamond in the centre. Jennifer Lopez had on a five-carat wraparound ring and a wraparound diamond encrusted twisted cuff. The whole ceremony just shone with the light of diamonds dazzling!

There are rumours that the Spanish actress could be getting married to Javier Bardem next month. Sources also say that she is looking at the House of Balenciaga for her wedding dress. This is the same designing house founded by Cristobal Balenciaga who also designed the wedding dress for Salma Hayek. The designing house’s creative director was the one who designed it for Salma and the dress was absolutely beautiful. So Penelope is considering them too for a dress for the most important day in her life.

Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem have been together for a while and the rumours had been very strong a few months ago when she was spotted wearing a large diamond ring on her finger. That was when people started asking ‘When?’ Well, it looks like the event will take place before the year ends.

Are Amy Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil getting back together again? They were married two years ago and got a divorce this May but it looks like the two just can’t do without each other. According to Blake, they talk several times a day on the phone and a few days ago, he says Amy told him that she was going to put her engagement ring back on again on her finger. This was the one he had got her when they first got engaged and it cost £2000 at Tiffany’s.

What they’ve both also done is to change their status on Facebook to ‘married’ and this seems to be the ultimate clincher that both are going to be back together again. Unfortunately, Blake was jailed and is undergoing rehab treatment right now and the news is that they are going to get remarried three months from now, so there’s going to be a wedding ring that’s back on, too. We hope this time, the troubled Back to Black singer finds true and lasting peace and happiness.

Whoever thought that the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer would become the hit that it has? Or that Forks, the rain-drenched little town in America where she set the stories in would suddenly become the cynosure of all eyes? This is the setting she used for Bella Swan and Edward Cullen to come together. This is where they met, here, amid the moss-filled forests and the beach with driftwood scattered all over it. When the first book was published, some of the ones who had read it were inspired to come and take a look at this place.

However, no one anticipated just how much of a success the movie would be and today, there is a flourishing industry going on in this place, all centred around the series. You can even pick up a ring like Bella’s engagement ring or maybe even a pair of fangs as mementoes. Or even go taste the mushroom ravioli that was Bella’s favourite.

Apparently, she wants him to be able to drink at their wedding and he won’t for another two years. So Kelly Osbourne has postponed wedding plans to Luke Worrall. 21 is the legal age when Luke, who is 19 right now, will be able to drink in America.

The couple was expected to get married early in 2010 but Kelly is older than Luke – six years older in fact and even though she has stopped drinking, she wants him to be legally able to at the wedding. Right now, she has a hectic schedule as she is in Dancing with the Stars and she hopes once that is over, she won’t slip back to the drugs and booze again. After coming out of a rehab programme in February this year, she has managed to stay away from it.

Kimberley Walsh had a bit of bad news yesterday when she heard that the jewellery that she had borrowed for an awards show was stolen from the courier who was taking it back to the store where she got it from. The jewellery is from a store in London named de Grisogono and it was worth £128,000. The jewellery consisted of a coral and diamond ring, a gold bracelet and pendant earrings. The star’s assistant handed it to the motorcycle courier and while the courier was filling up at a petrol station, the package was snatched from him.

Kimberley turned 28 yesterday and this must have been really bad news to hear on her birthday. There were two parcels that the courier was carrying and the police are investigating the theft. The jewellery had been borrowed for the awards event called ‘Woman’s Woman’ on the 11th of November, hosted by Cosmopolitan magazine.

Way back in 1975, Elvis took off his 10-carat diamond ring and gave it to a man in the audience during a concert. Now that ring, encrusted with 19 diamonds is all set to go under the hammer at an auction in Tallahassee in the US early December. The diamond ring is unique and it is the kind of ring only a celebrity would wear.

The fact that it is Elvis Presley’s ring is sure to bring in bidders from all over the world. Together with the ring, there are also cuttings from that period and an account of how the man got the ring gifted to him. The ring is made of gold though it isn’t known who exactly made it for Elvis who loved jewellery that was unique. The man who got it, Lloyd Perry, was sitting in the front row at the concert when Elvis threw his guitar into the audience. Lloyd’s friend kept it and then, Elvis asked Lloyd to come up onto the stage where he put his ring onto Lloyd’s finger. One can also bid for this diamond ring online.

That’s how much the jewellery that a Norwich jeweller loaned for an X Factor shoot was worth. The jewellery was to deck out Stacey Solomon who performed ‘Who wants to live forever’. She was ablaze with the diamonds from this historic Norfolk store called Winsor Bishop when she was on stage. Stacey was among the final six contestants on this very popular ITV show. Sources say she was over the top when she saw all that jewellery and it prompted a judge to liken her to a diva.

According to the store’s Director, this has been a great opportunity for them to showcase their jewellery on a show that is so high profile, especially as X Factor usually works with jewellers like Cartier or other big names. The store is expected to do the same for Susan Boyle too next week. This is for a special show that is being put together by Simon Cowell for both US and UK audiences.