Named after Swedish botanist and zoologist, Carl Linnaeus, Veronica Lenza’s Milan-based Linneo brand mixes gold and porcelain onto which she has hand-painted miniature drawings of plants and animals. Having studied fine art and art history at Brera Academy in Milan and art, film and photography at London’s Kingston University, the […]
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A woman is being labeled “ungrateful” after posting her frustration over her boyfriend’s “thoughtless” Christmas gift. TikToker @sulkysuz was one of scores of people who got a gift they didn’t want over Christmas, but hers was quite an expensive one. Her boyfriend of one-and-a-half years bought her a gold infinity […]
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — A real treasure hunt is coming to Washtenaw County. Johnny’s Treasure Quest is burying jewelry with a retail value of $5,100 in one random location in the county, with the first clue on where to find it coming at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1. Johnny Perri, […]
Last year, the Spring/Summer New York Fashion Week in September was promptly followed by fashion’s biggest night, aka the 2021 Met Gala. In 2022, the event coincides with television’s biggest night of the year — the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards — which took place on Sept. 12. The high-profile gathering […]
A large, gold Viking ring crafted from twisted metal strands turned up in a very unexpected place: a heap of cheap jewelry a woman in Norway purchased at an online auction. Archaeologists think the ring may be more than 1,000 years old and once belonged to a powerful Viking chief. […]
We’ve all been there—scrolling through eBay or stopping at a roadside antique store, sorting through jewelry and thinking: “What if I find a really valuable antique in here?” Most of the time, that doesn’t happen. But a young Norwegian woman, Mari Ingelin Heskestad, found herself living out that dream when […]
A precious-gem-studded “lotus flower” pendant similar to one worn by ancient Egypt’s Queen Nefertiti has been unearthed in a set of tombs in Cyprus. The pendant is one of hundreds of opulent grave goods from around the Mediterranean region that have been uncovered at the site, including gemstones, ceramics and […]
Once named among Time magazine’s 50 worst inventions, Crocs have long been one of those love-them-or-hate -them accessories. But now the plastic clogs are being heralded as the shoes of the summer and are in such high demand that they are giving trainers a run for their money in the […]
LOS ANGELES — Red carpet glam was back Sunday at the Oscars with Andra Day and Carey Mulligan shimmering in award-worthy gold and Maria Bakalova among several stars in bright white princess gowns during the pandemic era’s first big parade of fashion. There was a strong showing of reds as […]
Actress Nikki Reed is best known for her roles as dark, moody characters, from her debut as Evie Zamora in Thirteen to Rosalie Hale in The Twilight Saga, but in real life she is trying to make the world a little brighter through her brand Bayou With Love. “I was […]
Over the past few weeks, virtually every industry has seen a high-profile non-fungible token (NFT) deal. There was musician Grimes’ sale of various digital works for roughly $6 million. The artist Beeple sold an NFT for $69 million in an auction at Christie’s. Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey’s first tweet […]
