Journal & Updates

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  • The Last Sitting (Marilyn Monroe, with pearls) by Bert Stern

    The Last Sitting (Marilyn Monroe, with pearls) by Bert Stern

    Commercial photographer Bert Stern’s fashion portraiture of Marilyn Monroe with her pearls for Vogue is very intimate. These photographs were taken at Hotel Bel-Air in LA in a three-day-shoot, six weeks before her tragic death. The pearls featured in these images are Mikimoto Pearls gifted to her by the Emperor of Japan during her Tokyo…


  • Jewelry displays at The Met Museum

    Jewelry displays at The Met Museum

    We recently visited Met Museum during our last visit in NYC. The Greek and Roman Art Galleries have many fine collections of jewelry on display. Aaand I have found my favorite piece in the Greek Gallery. It’s a pair of bangles and I can see myself wearing this. This crystal bangle (ca. 330-300 BC) is…


  • Ananya Panday in her beautiful Pearl Encrusted Mini by Abu Sandeep Khosla

    Ananya Panday in her beautiful Pearl Encrusted Mini by Abu Sandeep Khosla

    Ananya Panday stepped in GQ Fashion Awards in a sculptural pearl beaded work of art by Abu Sandeep Khosla. Her magnificent ensemble’s pearls and jewels were hand embroidered that features sharp shoulders, round and oversized heaps, with dangling beadwork that sways with her every movement.