Apologies to those of you with a big solitaire sparkler on your ring finger, but carat-heavy diamonds are no longer the apogee of engagement ring greatness. Throw away your rings, everyone! Throw them away now!
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50 Cent is currently being investigated by Las Vegas authorities due to allegations of theft. Robert Marin, owner of LAX Jewelry Co., says 50’s men stole two pieces of jewelry from him that are worth $250K.
Not being well-versed in the sciences at all, it never even occurred to me that diamond stars are a thing. Yet according to scientists who actually know about these things, not only have they predicted diamond stars' existence, a team has actually discovered one!
Raise your hand if you'd be willing to spend almost $110,000 on a super fancy swastika ring made especially for Hitler by a rabid anti-semitic jeweler. None of you should be raising your hands.
Holy shit were there a whole lot of special guests who turned up for Justin Timberlake's fifth hosting gig. Special guests like two wild and crazy guys named Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd, or America's favorite human man, Tom Hanks. Murphy Brown was there, too, making this episode of SNL so star-studded that only a…
22-year-old Mindy Meyer — a lifelong Flatbush resident, Orthodox Jew, and self-proclaimed Diva — says she's the first young woman in the history of New York to run for New York State Senate, as a candidate for both the Republican and Conservative party lines. "I can tell you one thing, I have no experience in…
Author, blogger and creative consultant Erica Kennedy passed away yesterday at the age of 42 in Miami Beach, Florida. For now, the cause of death is unknown. Kennedy began her career as a special correspondent to the New York Daily News and contributed to Vibe, In Style, Paper and Elle UK. (Here's a great thing she…
Archeologists from Tel Aviv University have discovered a collection of jewelry in the Jezreel Valley of northern Israel that they believe dates all the way back to the Iron I period (circa 1100 B.C.). The design and solid gold material of several of the pieces have researchers hypothesizing that the jewelry is…
Is regular pepper spray a bit too drab for your tastes? Then head over to Guardian Girls, where this year's It Weapon is available covered in Swarovski crystals for $74.95. The site also sells a taser for $369.95. It, sadly, is bling-free.
Yawn. Another day, another £100,000 gold and diamond bespoke stiletto. We get it: You can make really expensive stuff. There are still some people left who are rich enough to buy it. So these diamond stilettos? They're already tired.
You see, Mr. Claus, I think we should talk about it.
In a piece on "the end of bling culture," MSNBC finds that "urban youths" are spending less on designer brands now that the recession has hit. (NB: they seem to count Abercrombie & Fitch as part of bling culture.) [MSNBC]
The NY Post reports that Barack Obama has bought Michelle Obama a rare $30,000 diamond-encrusted rhodium ring from Giovanni Bosco as a "thank you" gift for putting up with his 2-year national campaign for the Presidency. Predictably, there's some outrage from the conservative Post, which notes that the country's…
Friday morning, Nick Lachey will unveil a tiny, bejeweled car to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Hot Wheels. The 18-karat white gold "toy" features more than 2,600 diamonds, and it will be auctioned off for Big Brothers, Big Sisters. Better be careful when putting it through the little car wash — or making it do the…
