Celebrity Fashion

$1 Million of Chopard Jewels Stolen from Cannes

May 18, 2013 6:07 pm , Leave a Comment , Raymond Lee Jewelers

In a wry twist of irony, a real-life jewelry heist took place shortly after the Cannes Music Festival last Thursday night. It happened during the world premiere of Sophia Coppola’s Bling Ring. The movie is about a group of celebrity-obsessed Los Angeles teens who track the whereabouts of celebs and break into their homes to steal jewelry. It is based on the true story of a real-life gang that targets the homes of celebs like Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan.

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There were multiple media reports circulated that reported Chopard as the victim of a jewelry heist of over $1 million in stolen jewels. They reportedly were pieces intended to be loaned to celebrities for red carpet events. According to HollywoodReporter.com, Cannes police said the value of the jewelry was “about $1.4 million.” USA Today stated that “robbers ripped the safe off the wall.”

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Lana Del Rey wears Chopard Emeralds at the Great Gatsby premiere

The robbery occurred at the Suite Novotel Cannes Centre before 5:00 am Friday morning. The posh hotel is located about 15 minutes from the French Riviera’s festival venue. Authorities suspect that it was an inside job and are questioning hotel employees. The jewels were taken from the room of an American female employee of Swiss bijoutier Chopard while she was out for the evening. The Chopard employee was slated to be interviewed later on Friday. Investigators are sifting through the city’s security camera footage in search of clues.

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Julianne Moore in Chopard

Choppard has been an official sponsor of the popular Cannes film festival for 15 years. One of the brand’s red-carpeted stores is located on the beachfront across from the festival venue.

Some of the celebrities photographed by the media this week during the festival were wearing the brand’s jewelry. They include Cara Delevigne, Julianne Moore, Solange Knowles, Lana Del Rey, Lynne Ramsay and Cindy Crawford.

Chopard recently debuted their fabulous 2013 Red Carpet Jewelry collection at Switzerland’s Baselworld fair.

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Tori Spelling Receives Anniversary Ring That Says “You Rock My World”

May 17, 2013 11:49 am , Leave a Comment , Raymond Lee Jewelers

The number seven is Hollywood’s Tori Spelling’s lucky number. The daughter of prominent American film and television producer Aaron Spelling, actress Victoria Spelling recently celebrated her seventh anniversary to Canadian-American actor Dean McDermott. And speaking of lucky numbers, she also recently had a birthday, the Big Four-Oh.

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Each year since their made-in-heaven marriage, Hubby Dean has presented Tori with a ring as a token of the renewal of their wedding vows. This year, he wanted something a little special. Hollywood marriages that survive to reach this milestone must survive “the seven-year itch.”

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The result was a very unique ring designed by Los Angeles jewelry designer Neil Lane. Lane told People magazine, “Their seventh year of marriage was really important to him. Dean wanted something unusual, different and something very special and celebratory.”

Lane contemplated many designs, having less than a week to come up with the perfect ring to mark the special seventh anniversary. He came up with the idea of a diamond sphere that spins. Set in 18K gold, the ring is comprised of 150 small rose-cut diamonds. It totals 3 carats.

“It spins around!” says Hollywood’s popular jewelry designer. “It’s a diamond ball, a little diamond world, and Tori can spin it on her finger.”

Lane says he wanted to create something sexy with a little of a Hollywood vintage look. The ring looks like a little diamond globe. Lane says that Dean loves Tori so much, and the ring makes the statement that “she rocks his world.”

Tori Spelling was born into the world of acting. Her first role was that of Donna Martin in Beverly Hills 90210. She starred in several made-for-TV movies. In 2009, she returned to star in the spin-off, 90210.

Dean McDermott has had many roles in both television and movies including the part of Constable Renfield Turnbull on the TV series Due South and the Kevin Costner film Open Range. The two star together in the reality TV shows, Tori & Dean: In Love, and Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood.

The couple has four children together.

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Stars Shine Like Diamonds at The Tiffany Blue Book Ball

April 19, 2013 5:15 pm , Leave a Comment , Raymond Lee Jewelers

Tiffany has been slo-o-o-owly unveiling magnificent pieces from the 2013 Tiffany Blue Book collection on Facebook for the past few weeks, and at long last the 2013 Blue Book has arrived! To celebrate, TIffany & Co. threw a ball last night in NYC and Tiffany-loving stars brought the glamour.

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Kate Hudson blew us away as the best dressed of the night in a Tiffany blue Reem Acra gown. Kate accessorized with Morganite, diamond and platinum drop earrings, a diamond nature bracelet set in platinum and a pink diamond and diamond ring (probably of this variety) with the Tiffany Ava box clutch in cream. Her total Tiffany look (not including her own engagement ring from Matt Bellamy!) is worth over $256,000.

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Carey Mulligan, who donned antique and custom Tiffany jewels for her role as Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby, kept her look simple. She paired diamond drop earrings worth $55,000 with a diamond deco ring worth $800,000 with her Victoria Beckham caped tux.

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Jessica Biel was another standout for the evening. Mrs. Timberlake wore Elie Saab with retro curls featuring the Tiffany diamond currant brooch in her hair a diamond sapphire and platinum bracelet and the Tiffany Sabrina clutch in florentine metallic blue leather.

Sarah Jessica Parker was another favorite in her vintage ensemble. She also chose the Sabrina clutch, but in the onyx crocodile variation. She added platinum fringe with her necklace and earrings, then doubled up with a tanzanite, diamond and platinum necklace. A tanzanite, diamond and platinum ring compliments both nicely.

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Of course, it wouldn’t be a ball without Goop, and Lady Paltrow didn’t disappoint. In the trendy split sleeve style, Goop wore Ralph Lauren accented by one of our favorite pieces from the entire 2013 Blue Book collection, the Montana sapphire and diamond cuff:

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Gwyneth added the Tiffany butterfly brooch to complete her classic look.

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Zoe Kravitz Jewelry Line Debuts at Swarovski

March 28, 2013 10:50 am , Leave a Comment , Raymond Lee Jewelers

The actress, singer, and model Zoe Kravitz recently announced an exciting new partnership with Swarovski Crystallized. The daughter of rocker Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet launched her first jewelry line with nine pieces inspired by her style, her life and her travels.

Her first inspiration was turquoise, Zoe’s birthstone. As she’s traveled all over the world, she’s also seen this color in places like India and Morocco, and she also mentioned the textures of those cities had some influence on these pieces. The collection also draws inspiration from ethnic and Native American jewels and includes necklaces, a ring, bracelets and earrings. Each item is delicate and simple, but can also be layered or piled-on for a more dramatic look. In a personal touch, each of the pieces carries a leaf shape with Zoe’s engraved signature.

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How did Zoe add a fourth trick to her triple-threat actress, singer, and model skills? She worked side-by-side with Swarovski’s designers to capture her unique spirit. While she has a strong understanding of the ability of jewelry to add flash, pizazz and detail to any outfit, even a talent like Zoe doesn’t just sit down and make jewelry. Working with experts helped her capture her essence and bring it to life in this collection. Combine the leather rock start look with the glamour of an elegant actress and you’ve got that adventurous energy that comes through in each of these pieces that Zoe describes as a “young, fresh, funky line.”

The collection became available for purchase on March 22nd at Swarovski Crystallized stores and online via Fancy. The collection is modestly priced, each of the items is between $90 to $194. You can call the pieces hippie-chic, boho-chic, or just plain gorgeous. No matter what you call them, they’ll look great on anyone.

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Justin Bieber Rolex Fever

March 11, 2013 12:15 pm , Leave a Comment , Lizrlj

As Justin Bieber coasts down a short route to a rehab stint, we’ve been seeing more and more of the diaper-pants wearing former teen idol/developing E! True Hollywood story. And when we started to spot some familiar (watch) faces on his little wrists, we did a little research. Note – there are few things more depressing than stalking Instagram to find an 18 year old’s shot of his $10k watch captioned with the title of a Nick Jr. cartoon. Readers, we do this so you don’t have to.

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via Instagram, captioned “Rolly Polly Olly”.

This Rolex, as documented by several Bieber fan sites, was Justin’s first foray into the luxury watch world (he previously rocked a Casio G-Shock). While JB chose an editorial black and white filter to class up his Rolex/ Louis Vuitton monogram belt combo, this watch appears to be the yellow gold champagne dial Day Date with diamond markers. Given Justin’s propensity towards yellow gold and expense, we’re almost certain this is YG.

Justin’s next Rolex acquisition: matching friendship Rolexes for himself & bestie “Lil Twist.” Because all true bromances can only be solidified with diamonds, Bieber snapped up a Day Date II with Presidential bracelet (kid loves Day Dates).

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via Instagram, captioned “@justinbieber@LastKingmm @Liltwist IcyLife pieces don’t need lamps and bright halogen lights to make it shine, our shit shines from a distance and in the dam dark.” It’s worth mentioning that this dial doesn’t have Luminova so technically he can’t see it in the dark, regardless of the diamonds.

A diamond bezel, diamond numerals and the presidential bracelet are stunning regardless of who wears them, and while Justin should probably have some links removed, the watch still shows off the handiwork of EJ the Jeweler. Also worth noting – your teenage daughters, sisters and friends bought Justin this watch. Let’s just mull that over until Father’s Day rolls around – then send them to us so you can have your own authentic pre-owned Rolex for a fraction of what the teen millionaire paid.