Alan Friedman to exhibit at Couture Jewelry Collection & Conference
(Los Angeles: May 30 - June 2, 2004) Once a year, high-end jewelry designers converge at The Couture Jewelry Collection & Conference in Phoenix, Arizona to show their latest jewelry creations to the industry. This season, Alan Friedman will present a new collection of natural color diamond jewelry to invited retailers and buyers looking to capitalize on the unprecedented demand by consumers for natural color diamond jewelry.A consistent innovator, and described by his peers as a "Diamond Maverick," Alan has a reputation for working with the most beautiful of diamonds, many of his pieces featuring natural color fancy pinks and yellows of exceptional rarity and beauty. From his early days, Alan developed an intense fascination for natural color diamonds. Today, consumer awareness of natural color diamonds has surged. And as a true industry leader, Alan Friedman now offers the worlds largest line of natural color diamond jewelry.
Based in Beverly Hills California, Alan Friedman's colorful creations are available by appointment at the showroom, and nationwide through prestigious jewelry retailers. His jewelry has adorned such luminaries as Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Alicia Silverstone, Marisa Tomei, Jim Carrey, Kelis, Keisha Castle Hughes, Mya, Melinda Clarke, Kathy Griffin, Jane Seymour, Anne Heche, to name just a few.As well as taking a prominent role at red carpet events, Alan's unique jewelry can be found in recent issues of Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Hollywood Life, Show People, and Vegas Magazine.The exclusive, by invitation only environment of The Couture Jewelry Collection & Conference is the perfect setting to experience the latest Alan Friedman collection, and to meet the award winning "Diamond Maverick" himself at Salon 188.The Couture Jewelry Collection & Conference May 30 - June 2, 2004.
Men's Wedding Rings: Yesterday and Today
Wedding rings for men did not become common until the Second World War, when U.S. Soldiers began to wear them to publicize their marital status. Since that time, men's wedding rings have become ever more popular. Although not all men choose to wear wedding rings, those who do will find themselves with quite an array of options.Many grooms are curious whether the husband and wife wear matching rings, or whether the groom might prefer a style all his own. It is more common that the man wears a wedding band that does not match his wife's ring.
For one, a man usually wears a wider band than the woman. In addition, some men may not feel comfortable wearing a ring that is too ornate, whereas women's rings are more likely to have diamonds or engravings. Even if the husband chooses a plain band for his wedding ring, the man must still consider the width of the band and the material it will be made out of. While the width of the band will usually correspond to some degree with the size...
Men's Wedding Rings: Yesterday and Today
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Moissanite Stones
The natural moissanite has a fascinating history, and we can thank Nobel laureate Dr. Henri Moissan for revealing to the world this gift of a meteorite that crashed in the Arizona desert many thousands of years ago. Today, moissanite is being manufactured artificially ? with amazing results.
Natural moissanite is far too minute to be of much interest to jewelers or jewelry enthusiasts. However, the synthetic version that is presently being manufactured exclusively by Charles & Colvard, Ltd.
is a different story.
Ever since research and development of the process began by CREE in the 1980's, the market now features stones of amazing clarity and sparkle. Moissanite stones are of a hardness and durability that is comparable with diamonds. Cubic zirconium, the ?synthetic diamond' of choice until moissanite came along, cannot hold a candle to this mineral.
In fact, a conventional testing protocol will not detect the difference between moissanite...
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Men's silver jewelry online today
The men's silver jewelry market has taken off in the past few years with men in the mainstream comfortably buying sterling adornments historically worn by Hollywood stars and athletes. From sterling silver pendants to chunky link necklaces and bracelets, silver jewelry for men has come of age since the days when cufflinks were the only jewelry adornment offered in the men's accessory department. With the successful introduction of international brands such as the UK's Hot Diamonds into the United States market, American men have given themselves permission to have fun with attractive necklaces, bangles and heavy link chains for the wrist, as well as an endless variety of sterling silver rings, key holders and cufflinks. Hot Diamonds was one of the first jewelers for men and women to enhance sterling silver with small round diamonds. Another distinctive feature of the Hot Diamonds Collection is the very clean, contemporary design of the jewelry.
For instance, the classic heavy...
Men's silver jewelry online today
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Preserve Your Integrity.
It is more precious than diamonds or rubies. The old miser said to his sons: "Get money; get it honestly, if you can, but get money."
This advice was not only atrociously wicked, but it was the very essence of stupidity. It was as much as to say, "if you find it difficult to obtain money honestly, you can easily get it dishonestly. Get it in that way." Poor fool! Not to know that the most difficult thing in life is to make money dishonestly! not to know that our prisons are full of men who attempted to follow this advice; not to understand that no man can be dishonest, without soon being found out, and that when his lack of principle is discovered, nearly every avenue to success is closed against him forever. The public very properly shun all whose integrity is doubted.
No matter how polite and pleasant and accommodating a man may be, none of us dare to deal with him if we suspect "false weights and measures." Strict honesty, not only lies at the foundation of all success...
Preserve Your Integrity.
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Wholesale Silver Jewelry
Wholesale Silver Jewelry, The Complete Report.As the demand for gold jewelry increases by the day, manufacturers of good quality wholesale silver jewelry are gradually turning to gold jewelry production or closing business. It is now important that buyers and manufacturers of wholesale sterling silver jewelry understand each others concerns and problems. In this article we look at both sides and provide suggestions that would be helpful to both sides. Here are the most important questions that need to be answered when buying or making wholesale sterling silver jewelry.(a) Is the design provided by the buyer or does it belong to the manufacturer? This will have a direct impact on the final price quoted by the seller. There is an initial overhead to be borne for design and mould charges and this will be added to the price tag of the first piece.
If the initial order for wholesale silver jewelry is a large one, this initial charge is spread over a large volume and therefore does...
Wholesale Silver Jewelry
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Love's Most Overlooked Expression
I'll be the first to admit how totally clueless about women's needs, love and relationships most of us men can be. Sometimes women believe that we're just insensitive pigs, but the truth often is, we're just clueless about what she's talking about. Anyway, here's how I somehow got a clue about a few things; hope this helps guys or women, the guy in your life!A few weeks ago, one of my wife's sisters was getting married, so all the others chipped in to help the best way they could. As luck would have it, the task of preparing for the wedding shower fell to my wife. Now my schedule was already filled with various assignments but anyhow, I decided to totally clear it for the day, and help her as best as I could.
Needless to say, she was totally surprised because she knew I had a few important things to do that day. I personally didn't mind because they were not urgent and I just wanted to help her out.When we got to the room, it was a total mess, so we set about trying to clean it...
Love's Most Overlooked Expression
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