Brooches:Timeless Adornment is the first book on the subject of vintage and contemporary pins and brooches. Beginning with an illustrated history of how this jewelry form has evolved—from Roman fibulae to scatter pins and starbursts—this gorgeously illustrated volume presents more than 175 of the best examples of fine, costume, and artisan jewelry made by top designers, among them Van Cleef & Arpels, Cartier, Georg Jensen, and Ted Muehling. Fashion stylists, celebrity collectors, and jewelry experts share their enthusiasm for the brooch and offer their ideas on how to accessorize with favorite pieces. These dazzling photographs show the jewelry as adornments to stunning jackets, dresses, and coats, and demonstrate how this piece has become a fabulous style statement. Practical information about storing, cleaning, and repair complete this indispensable resource for jewelry fans.
Lori Ettlinger Gross is a leading jewelry historian, style writer, and the former Estate Jewelry Editor for The Rapaport Diamond Report. She has become a respected resource for national magazines and newspapers on jewelry and fashion, and has written for such publications as The New York Times, Palm Beach Illustrated, InStyle.com, Reuters.com, and Variety. Her education in the field of jewelry began at the Appraisal Institute at C. W. Post College/Long Island University where she specialized in antique and estate jewelry. After attending the program, Lori worked under the tutelage of Edith Weber at Edith Weber & Associates, Antique Jewelry in New York. Prior to the start of her writing career, Lori was an attorney practicing Arts law.
During her six-year tenure at The Rapaport Diamond Report, Lori met with world-renowned jewelry houses and interviewed celebrated designers, and artisans. She is the first journalist ever to have been asked to write creatively for a Sotheby's jewelry auction. Her opening essay and anecdotes appeared throughout the catalog of their record-breaking forty-nine million dollar Magnificent Jewelry sale in December 2007.
In May 2008, her first book, Brooches: Timeless Adornment, was published by Rizzoli. She maintains an active jewelry blog, www.jewelhistory.com
where she discusses the latest trends in jewelry and their historical significance, as well as the use of jewelry in film, television, and on the red carpet. You can also catch up with Lori's global observations in worlds of jewelry, art, and luxury on her Twitter page at www.Twitter.com/LuxArtRocks. Lori is happily at work on her second book.
Lori has become a regular guest contributor on Martha Stewart Radio's Morning Living and on February 8, 2010 she made her television debut on MARTHA on NBC.
Photograph by Michael Lionstar, copyright 2010
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