So goes the article from National Jeweler’s roundup of the important September fashion magazine issues,  “September issues reveal fall jewelry ‘dos’”.

The artcle cites “The short list: long, swinging pendant necklaces, silver cuffs and bangles, gold link designs, shoulder-grazing earrings, sophisticated cluster studs and gemmy cocktail rings” and “a wide diversity of jewelry styles” which doesn’t include bib styles, unfortunately.  These have been relegated to the back of the jewelry box, but I say that small stylish ones like my Jet Bib woven of Crystal Elements and sporting vintage embellishment will never go out of style for holiday parties.

I’d say that the Diorissimo necklace — vintage Swarovski stones hanging from a handwoven chain — qualifies and dignifies the long pendant specified above.

Then there are ‘ladylike pearls and opulent sautoir styles”.  Well, we have a multitude of ladylike styles with eye popping but subtle details, like the Rosebud and Topaz strand.  The opulent sautoir style is graced by our 96″ of knotted, tied and graduated size pearl rope.

And, one can’t go wrong with a stack of bangles made of Crystal Elements and, while it’s not a large silver cuff, nothing could be larger and more eye-catching than a large cuff of Crystal Elements.

What jewelry will set you aflutter this fall?

I’ve been away but not gone — swamped with getting ready for Gossip Girl and graduations and art fairs. But I’ve been checking out my daily Google Alerts and reading the papers: continually amazed by what passes for jewelry – soul-inspired, nose rings, “steam punk”, “cheap” advertised everywhere. I don’t get it — maybe I’m just an old fuddy-duddy.

I waited a long time to find out if any of my four pieces of jewelry that were taken — and are still held — by the stylists of Sex and the City 2 would appear in the film, which I saw a few nights ago. They were not in it (and I really want them back). The movie was all about the clothes, which you either like or not (I, and many others as I hear it, did not), and any jewelry shown was rather incidental as often happens, depending on what is being sold. So you don’t think I’m all sour grapes, I’d like to go on record that the nicest item worn by any of them, clothing or jewelry, was a pair of Wendy Brandes’ earrings — elegant and classy, a real stand out in this movie that was neither, IMHO.

I have a Master’s degree in Art History, so long ago I learned about the progression of civilization and its representations in art from all cultures and throughout time. I may not like all of it, but I understand why it mattered, what its place in history indicates.

Likewise I have studied jewelry in the Metropolitan Museum and in books, but I simply do not understand much of what passes for pretty in much of jewelry these days.

So can someone please explain to me why much of today’s jewelry matters? what will it’s place in history indicate of our civilization? what passes for “pretty” today?

On May 3 2010, one of TV’s sexiest mothers, Gossip Girl’s Lily van der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford), was dripping in drama. The stylists for Gossip Girl selected our Diorissimo necklace to offset Lily’s man troubles with Serena’s (Blake Lively) father. The 24K gold necklace is stunning on brunettes, and amplified even more on blonds like Kelly Rutherford.

As a special tribute to Gossip Girl and the fashions the show promotes, we will be running a 25% fashion discount from May 3rd to May 5th. Enter LILY at checkout for 25% off your entire purchase of M. Sturman Jewellery and treat yourself to some Gossip Girl fashion. And treat your mom to some jewelry for Mothers Day. She will love anything you pick. Shop for the Diorssimo necklace at M. Sturman Jewellery (it’s a limited edition piece) >

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This necklace is made of vintage yellow stones ordered by Dior from Swarovski after WWII.  The stones are bezeled with 14k gold-plated seed beads and suspended from a chain woven of the same beads.  All of it handwoven, totally one-of-a-kind fashion and totally Lily van der Woodsen, played by Kelly Rutherford.

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Seems impossible to avoid the Oscar drama, it’s everywhere! Over my morning coffee, I scanned the usual yearly projections of winners and long shots in the New York Times.

Back at my laptop, I saw a blog post entitled “How David Rockwell’s Oscar Set Makes Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin Funnier” by Alissa Walker, that discusses the role of the set and focuses on the Swarovski curtain, appropriately named Crystal.  ” . . . the star of the show is still the 100,000-Swarovski crystal curtain, but 16 additional inches of topaz crystals were added to add a level of smokiness that matched this year’s color scheme.”

Then I read the SheFinds blog,”Oscar Nominees, Take Note: Our No-Fail Guide To Black Tie Dresses” that reviewed some of the past mistaken choices, contrasting them with the hit choices.  Seemed to me that few of the stars wearing the dresses wore much jewelry.

So with all this in mind, I entertained the fantasy of each of the stars wearing Swarovski jewelry — mine of course! — in what would become a blinding television extravaganza.

Earrings seemed to be the thing during the award season Oscar run-ups, so my fantasy features the long-shot, long-necked Emily Blunt, perhaps wearing my Peacock Earrings, woven with vintage Swarovski Atlas stones, contemporary CRYSTALLIZED — Swarovski Elements beads and gold-plated seed beads.

I can easily picture the always-tasteful and regal Helen Mirren in my elegant Queen’s Collar, trimmed with vintage Swarovski beads.

And if filling a neckline is out this year, a large, sparkly bracelet, such as my Double-Sided Cuff, replete with CRYSTALLIZED – Swarovski Elements, would not be amiss, gleaming on the wrist of Sandra Bullock, touted as winner in the best actress category, as she accepts the Oscar.

Not Harry Winston diamonds, but I think these Swarovski pieces are a lot more captivating — don’t you?

I saw a sneak preview of Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” and was delighted to see Kim Cattrall in it, looking lovely as usual.  This got me to thinking again about whether or not some of my jewelry would be worn in the movie, and if so which pieces (these are being held at the studios as we speak) and on whom?

Would it be the Green Tea neckpiece or the Be Mine neckpiece, each of which was widely blogged about by Luxist.com, USA Today, CoutureSnob.com, and Jason of Hollywood.com?

I tried to find an official SATC2 movie site, but came up with the HBO home page featuring it http://www.hbo.com/sex-and-the-city/index.html#, with the four stars on it.  How surprised I was to see Kim Cattrall with short hair as opposed to her shoulder-length hair in “The Ghost Writer”.  I immediately thought that with that short hair, she would look great wearing a pair of my Vintage Atlas Earrings!

In my dreams, Sarah Jessica Parker/Carrie Bradshaw wears the Green Tea neckpiece, with something flowing; Cynthia Nixon/Miranda Hobbes would wear the Diorissimo with a low cut gown; and Kristin Davis/Charlotte York would wrap herself in my 96” necklace of natural pearls!

But who would wear Be Mine?

These are my dreams and I am waiting, impatiently!  What about you?

Wow!  My fabulous team of publicists at Red Branch PR have started a real buzz for M. STURMAN JEWELLERY.

Hot on the heals of the CoutureSnob.com feature on my Diorissimo necklace on November 12, http://www.couturesnob.com/2009/11/diorissimo-necklace.html, came a week of other features:

Luxist.com,  http://www.luxist.com/2009/11/29/m-sturman-jewelry-on-the-set-of-the-new-sex-and-the-city-movie/ talked up my Green Tea neckpiece, one of the pieces for SATC.

Jason of Beverly Hills picked up the Luxist.com story with a great post of its own.  www.jbhblog.com

HauteLiving.com did a feature on us, http://www.hauteliving.com/blog/new-york-blog/%E2%80%9Csex%E2%80%9D-gets-glitzy/ and another of my neckpieces, Be Mine.

Next, these features were joined by one on Eclectic Jewelry and Fashion’s blog, http://eclecticjewelryandfashion.blogspot.com/2009/11/m-sturman-jewlery-on-set-of-next-sex.html, which pictured the above neckpieces plus my 96” rope of natural, graduated white pearls and pink natural pearls http://bit.ly/5aFwaS.

These features were also picked up on various other blogs so that eventually USAToday.com mentioned me, too!  http://bit.ly/6S9dkU .

So, I’m breathless and excited, can’t wait to see what’s in store for us in the near future – magazine pick ups?  Wouldn’t that be great?

Maybe 1-2 years ago, I worked with a movie stylist who said she was looking for jewelry to use on an “Emily Watson” movie.   She pulled some of my work and eventually returned it, but on one piece, a very long lariat of gold-plated and onyx beads crocheted in different patterns and punctuated by large vintage blown glass beads, one of the vintage

beads had been broken.  They offered to pay for a new one, but I had a replacement bead and just let it go — the real cost was in the labor to redo the piece with the replacement bead, which, of course, was what I ought to have charged them for.

I asked the stylist if any of my work was used in the movie, but the stylist said she didn’t know and that no credit was available if it was used.  Not knowing how these things worked, I let it go.

Recently, I went to see a free screening of the new Paul Giamatti movie “Cold Souls” and was surprised to see that Emily Watson had a supporting role in it.  I watched her character closely to see if she wore any of my work.  So I nearly missed a quick scene where a secondary supporting character, a sexy woman played by Kathryn Winnick, was doing a dance, waving around my piece, — clearly how the vintage blown glass bead had got broken!  The scene went by in the blink of an eye, but there it was!  Since the movie was disappointing, I don’t think I’ll see it again, to check out my jewelry in that scene.