Jamie Kayam is making his industry debut this week at the JA NY Show in NYC. He has a long history as an artist and has mastered many artforms but jewelry seems to be his true calling. His debut collection are based on a signature style of easy-to-know geometric shapes, he says. The jewels are made in NYC and all of the gemstones are handset. The collection is available in sterling and vermeil with a wide variety of crystals and some gemstones.You can meet Jamie at the JA Show and see his whole collection [qualified retailers are invited to the show with the proper identification -- read more on www.JA-NewYork.com] and consumers can see more on his Etsy store site at http://www.etsy.com/shop/shapesofthecity?page=2.We expect great things from this new designer.
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Archive for July, 2010
Come to NYC this week to see these designers make their industry
debut at the JA NY Show at the Javits Center in NYC. Sunday July 25
through Wed. July 28th.Two dozen of our Couture designers will be
there, too, along with nearly 100 designers in the Designer Showcase
area. This is the trade show to attend when you need a wide variety of
jewels from designer to findings and basics and gems to watches and so
much more. The New Designer Gallery is always a
highlight of the JA Show. It's where so many designers launched their
careers -- dating back to the first time in 1987 when David Yurman made
his industry debut.
Since then the Gallery has been home to
the likes of Penny Preville, Charles Krypell,
Tom Kruskal, Paul Morelli, Steven
Lagos, George Sawyer,... Read More
Celebrated jewelry designer Neil Lane and Kay Jewelers today announce
the launch of Neil Lane Bridal™, a collection of 36
vintage-inspired
engagement and wedding rings. Each ring is designed by Neil Lane
and
hand crafted, assembled, and finished by skilled artisans, with
diamonds
that were hand selected by Kay, said the press release.
“We are thrilled to launch the new Neil Lane Bridal collection at
Kay
Jewelers,” said Mark Light, President and CEO, Kay Jewelers.
“Partnering
with Neil Lane, we have created a one-of-a-kind bridal collection
for
our Kay customers that reflects Neil’s immense talent for
intricate
design and passion for style and glamour.”
The Neil Lane Bridal collection features 36 engagement and wedding
rings, grouped in the following themes:... Read More
I can't get this article out of my mind: it published weeks ago but I keep thinking about it. Being in the business of helping designers -- both newcomers and those that have arrived -- I ruminate on the topic a lot.The New York Times' Eric Wilson covered the glamorous and self-promoting 2010 CFDA Fashion Awards event on June 7th. The tenor of the article is "who deserves stardom?" And it addresses the age old tug of war between talent and fame; longevity vs. newness. He writes:
It is, after all, hard to say who has real talent and staying power or
merely the ability to sell themselves effectively, which is why, at the Council of Fashion Designers of... Read More
Just read
this on the HARO newsletter: You can
get a custom song createdfor yourself or have a song written as a
gift or company promotion.
It's all
through MusikPitch, a new service launched out of Nashville. MusikPitch
allows anyone seeking custom songs or music to crowdsource songwriters
around the world - best of all, you decide the price you pay!
Way it works
- Launch a song contest for the songs or music you need, set the prize
amount that you are willing to pay and then listen to all the songs as
they come in from competing songwriters.
Also, if you
write poetry or lyrics, you can post the lyrics and run a contestwhere
songwriters can compete to make a song from the lyrics.
Think of
using the custom tune as your telephone hold music, as the backdrop to... Read More
