How To Date A Watch
This is my most recent super score — a cool retro-style 14k white gold 1940s cocktail watch. How do I know it’s from the 1940s? It has a screwed balance wheel, which makes… Continue reading
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Absolutely The Last Post On Star Wars Shoes
Clarks R2D2 Shoes. Clarks Darth Vader Shoes. They pretty much look like Earth Shoes with a picture of Darth Vader on them. Pure hippy evil. Clarks Boba Fett Sneakers. Note the Empire Strikes… Continue reading
Speaking of Star Wars Shoes…
I walked past the Adidas Store on Queen this morning and the Star Wars Original Collection is indeed in — including the Yoda Deck Shoes which I am conflicted about (love the shoes,… Continue reading
Do Over: Sterling and Amethyst Ring
What happened was that I had this Elsa Peretti Open Heart knock off ring. The heart was set on pivots so it would flip over, but it kept coming off. One day, on… Continue reading
Coral Is The New Jade
Seriously, coral (the shade) is a huge spring beauty trend. And Spring is so near, I can smell it in the air. Another portent that coral times are close at hand: I found… Continue reading
Collection Week: Omega Watches
I have a lot of Omegas. Technically the big Dynamic is Andrew’s. I bought the ladies Dynamic NOS from a now defunct jewellery store on Dundas. The little plain watch was my beater… Continue reading
Collections Week: I Like Iolite
Two probably doesn’t count as a collection, but I’m keen to share my latest gemmological theory. See, I’ve had the pendant above for a long, long time. And before I bought it, I’d… Continue reading
Collection Week: Taxco Sterling Silver Bracelets
When I’m feeling Frida Kalho, I like to wear all three of these circa ’40s Mexican Silver Bracelets. At least two of them (left and centre) are from the Taxco area of Mexico.
Collection Week: Ketty Dalsgaard for Buch + Diechmann Denmark
Here is a collection that neither exploits animals or humans who have to mine for precious minerals or gemstones. It’s a bunch of nylon bangle bracelets by Ketty Dalsgaard for Buch + Diechmann… Continue reading
Collection Week: Stone Rings
As I have mentioned before, I believe in the healing power of gemstones (my great-grandmother believed in it too and I inherited her copy of The Book of Talismans, published in 1922). It… Continue reading