Sales have arrived and as every year they create contradictory feelings. We love sales because they allow us to buy at much better prices both our “capricios” and big pieces of wardrobe, and we hate sales because they mean disorder, people and  lots and lots of caos.
This last part can be eliminated if we buy online. There are no queues at the cashier, there are not three people fighting for a necklace, you don’t have to get up early, you don’t have to wear a scarf and gloves and the price is so good that sometimes you do not need any extra discount…
But what would January be without Sales? So vital, so social, so, basically, fun. But also dangerous, because to know how to buy on Sales is a real art. Some advice?
-Make a list of what you need. Impulses can be fun but they can leave you trembling. Buy with a mixture of head and heart.
-The best days are the first and the last ones.
-Invest in the good pieces. Buy this necklace that you have been wishing for months, the pair of boots that next year will be almost new, the tenth black blazer.
-Make sure you know which pieces are on sale: check that both the original price and the discount price are shown.
-Buy items that are never out of fashion: a strong ring, a necklace of one of the designers that  you like most, a pair of jeans.
-For sure that you still have to get a present for somebody. This is the moment.
Once you know this: prepared, ready, go!

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PICK OF THE WEEK

Earrings with Swarovski crystals, Blanca collectiobn designed by Coral de la croix.

You will like them if you like: fashion jewelry earrings. These ones are gorgeous, full of details. If you like long earrings they measure 6,5 cm!
For women: who follow trends. Prada offered this type of earrings on the fashion show of Spring/Summer 2010
You can wear them with: light and pastel tones. The gold and white of Swarovski crystals illuminate the face.

Why do we choose them: because it is a limited edition, because you can only buy them here and because they make you feel beautiful… the key to every design.

“This is it” has just been released. The film is about the final rehearsals of Mickael Jackson last tour. The box office analysts assure that the film will earn more than 400 million dollars. With such a success, this film will be among the 50 most seen films in the world. Numbers to make your head spin. But, why are so many people going to see the film? To see the amazing dances of Jacko? To relive the Balmain fashion? To sing along Billy Jean? Maybe, but there is another reason,“This is it” will only be on for two weeks.
The ephemeral idea is very strong in the show business, as well as in the fashion industry. It means that what we see is so special that we can neither massify nor adulterate it. The idea of opening  ephemeral stores,  of launching collections for a concise period and to organize sales events for “as long as stocks last” is an inheritance from the art world. Fashion has recuperated it with alliances of H&M with designers such as Lagerfeld and this past November, with Jimmy Choo. The secret of the success? That when they are over, they are over.

All our designs of jewelry and fashion jewelry are part of a limited series…they are limited editions. This means that our designs are manufactured in a certain quantity of necklaces, rings, bracelets and rings. And there is not any more. When those quantities are sold, it is over. We do not want to be everywhere. We want to be where we want to be. It sounds redundant, but this is it, as Michael Jackson would say.

PICK OF THE WEEK

Ring Salvia. Designed by Erika Hartje

Silver plated ring with a mat finishing.

You will like it if you like: the aromatics herbs universe (this rings is inspired by the salvia plant), the accessories with personality but discreet.

For women who: like short distances

You can wear them with: other accessories (this breaks the rule!). With a  streps shirt of a good girl together with a pair of leggings and a pair of Repetto.

What not everybody knows is that in our way we wanted to pay a little  tribute to Surrealism in a year where marvelous exhibitions are held to honor the creativity of this movement. For example, Pompidou in Paris exhibits up to January the 12th “The Subversion of the Images”,  a review of pictures and surrealistic cinema. The MoMA in New York shows this movement with an erotic touch. The exposition is called “The Erotic Object” and you can visit it up to January the 4th.

And the theme of objects is of course very interesting to us. We aimed at designing a piece of fashion jewelry that is fun, that is a surprise, as if it would be a really weir, almost a surreal object. It is all about a double ring.  It is an exclusive design, part of a limited edition, as everything we do.

Who said that one ring can only be for one finger?

Image: Man Ray.  Painted hands. 1935

PICK OF THE WEEK

Silver plated ring with onix
Designed by Barbara Chimenti. Suite collection.

You will like it if you like: Elsa Shiaparelli ‘s dresses, strange and puzzling

objects from  Meret Oppenheim.
For women: who keep a surprise on their fingers.
You can wear it with: nothing else. A ring is worn solo. Mix it with a balloon skirt,

with an up-to-the-ankle trousers, with a T-shirt of organic cotton. With a nice nail polish.
Why do we choose it: because it is an unexpected piece and we like to buy rings.

Image: Salvador Dalí. Teléfono Bogavante. 1937