In addition to the Boots Lab exhibit, be sure to check out Abla Al Shawwa’s hand-crafted semi-precious jewelry exhibition in the Howa room at Bayt Lothan.
Date: November 23-25
Time: 9AM-1PM & 5PM-9PM
Location: Bayt Lothane
I’m in love with the latest Louis Vuitton item, diamonds in the shape of its well-known symbols.
“We wanted to produce diamonds that resemble the Louis Vuitton brand,” says Albert Bensoussan, watch and fine jewelry director at Louis Vuitton Malletier, which has just launched two of its own patented diamond cuts.
Bensoussan is referring to the standard diamond shapes on the market—square, emerald, cushion and round—as a point of contrast to the two new shapes that Louis Vuitton has created and patented. Mirroring the monogram flowers that appear on Vuitton bags and trunks, the two different cuts are a rounded flower diamond (with curved petals) and a pointed flower diamond (with sharp petals). A brilliant-cut diamond—which essentially means a stone chiseled to create multiple facets, which in turn augment its white-light reflection, or brilliance—typically has 58 facets. The Vuitton diamonds have between 61 and 77 facets and have been set into a bracelet, a pair of earrings, two brooches, a ring and a necklace—the latter consisting of 1,001 tiny brilliant-cut diamonds totaling 15 carats, coexisting with 65 round flower diamonds (49 carats) and 79 pointed ones (44 carats), for a combined bling bang of 108 carats that retails for about $4 million. Vuitton has dubbed the collection Les Ardentes, which translates roughly as “the blazing.”
I’ve been spotting a lot of snake accessories both in local stores and online, in brands ranging from Kenneth Jay Lane to Elizabeth & James. The snake’s a timeless fixture in jewelry, and for good reason! It’s mysterious and beguiling.
Do you have a slithering piece of jewelry? I own a beautiful snake necklace, given to me as a birthday gift by one of my best friends. I love that it never goes out of style!
Here are some of my favorite pieces:
1-Protect Me Snake Ring
2-Hammered Medusa Snake Cuff
3-Serpent Satin Box Clutch
4-Silver Eternity Snake Bangle
5-Gold Snake Ring
6-Multiple Snake Bracelet
Brown Booteek, located in Tala Center in Salmiya, has received new accessories for the Fall. They have some chic necklaces, earrings, bracelets and brooches recently arrived from France. Ultimately the best item to dress up any outfit you’ve got.
I’ve included some images to give you a taste of what’s in store. I’d hurry there because they have limited quantities of each accessory. When you shop at Brown Booteek, you’re in exclusive company. You won’t see everyone in Kuwait wearing the same item.
Also, if you haven’t already particpated yet, be sure to leave a comment on the Brown Booteek Contest! You could be the winner of a fabulous necklace from their store!
Over the weekend, I went back to Closet Candy to get the Ettika Hamsa bracelet. You can see what a wide range of Hamsa bracelets they have. I really love my Peace bracelet and wanted to buy one for a friend but they were all sold out! Let that be a lesson to you. Don’t wait too long to get your Ettika bracelets, they’re selling out fast! Have you gotten yours yet? Which is your favorite of the ones pictured above?
