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Wright & Teague $6,000 Platinum Bee Cufflinks

Couture jewelry firm Wright & Teague of Mayfair, London, are offering a stunning and precious pair of pure platinum bee cufflinks for $6,000. All Wright & Teague jewelry is handmade in England in the firm's own workshop and hallmarked by the London Assay Office to authenticate the purity of the precious metals. Founded by Gary Wright and Sheila Teague, who studied at London's Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, the firm's motto is "Glamour with gravitas." "The seeming immutability of precious metals is transformed through a precise, intuitive understanding of craftsmanship driven by the energy of innovative ideas to become an object of serene beauty," they note. Wright & Teague have received many film commissions including creating the historically accurate jewelry worn by Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age.

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Get Brad Pitt's Belstaff Jackets from Benjamin Button

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel, Charity, Men's Style

British outerwear company Belstaff are offering a collection of leather jackets worn by Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. In the movie, co-starring Cate Blanchett, Pitt sports three different Belstaff designs in various scenes. In the first, Pitt wears the iconic Belstaff Panther jacket (above) while riding his vintage Indian motorcycle through Louisiana with Blanchett, giving her the jacket to keep warm at one point; in the second he's seen riding a classic Triumph motorcycle wearing a Royal Air Force-type flying jacket based on an archival design, dubbed the Button Blouson; and in a scene opposite Tilda Swinton he sports a vintage shearling-trimmed jacket which the company has now resurrected.

All three jackets can now be ordered from Belstaff's website or purchased in Belstaff stores, in limited editions. The Panther is priced at $1,205, the Button Blouson $1,295, and the Shearling, $1,995. Belstaff is also donating a portion of sales to Pitt's Hurricane Katrina charity, Make It Right. Belstaff, founded in 1924, was a favorite of Steve McQueen, and has also outfitted Will Smith in I Am Legend, Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible and War of the Worlds, Tom Hanks in The Da Vinci Code, Kevin Spacey in Superman Returns and George Clooney in Leatherheads. Benjamin Button has been nominated for 13 Oscars including Best Costume Design.

[via JustLuxe]

Gallery: Brad Pitt & Belstaff

Pitt & Blanchett (wearing his Belstaff Panther)

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Rose Cut Diamonds In Fashion

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Jewelry, Celebrity Shopping

We saw them on Angelina Jolie at the Golden Globes, we saw them on Felicity Huffman and Cate Blanchett at the SAG Awards, but what exactly are rose cut diamonds? The rose cut is one of the older diamond cuts, it came into being in the 16th century when diamonds were polished using diamond dust. It has a flat bottom and a faceted top that rises to a point, making them dramatically different from the modern brilliant cut which has a flat table on the top, a faceted crown and a pointed pavilion underneath.

The rose cut provided more brilliance than other methods used at the time but fell out of favor once rotary saws and lasers started being used to cut diamonds because the rose cut is more wasteful than other cuts. Still, the rose cut is a sought after look, particularly in vintage or Indian jewelry. They provide more muted fire and brilliance than other blockbuster gems but provide their own mysterious glamour.

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