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Who Will Wear The Cursed Diamond To The Oscars?

Filed under: Jewelry, Celebrity Shopping

Another pre-Oscar jewelry preview has been announced. This one is from the Platinum Guild International and will display platinum jewelry designs from 25 jewelers including Neil Lane, Jacob & Co., Erica Courtney and Peter Norman & Co. There will be more than $12 million dollars worth of jewelry will be on display at the event March 2 and 3 at the Mondrian Hotel in Hollywood. Some of the most notable pieces include a $1 million Kothari & Co. ruby ring, a platinum and 51.50 cushion-cut diamond necklace from Jacob & Co., a platinum and diamond Vertu phone worth $44,000 and the famous 67.5 Black Orlov diamond set into a platinum necklace, valued at $2 million. As I mentioned before, the Orlov has quite a legend, including a curse which may or may not have been broken when the original stone was broken into smaller pieces . I can't wait to see who wears this to the awards.

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Brokeback Shirts Sell For Over $100,000

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Filed under: Apparel, Auctions, Celebrity Shopping

We mentioned the heated auction for Jack's shirts from Brokeback Mountain a few weeks ago. The auction closed on February 20 and the shirts sold for $101,100.51. Gay.com has an interview with the winner, collector Tom Gregory. Gregory is the life partner of David Bohnett, founder of GeoCities and the head of the David Bohnett foundation. In the interview, Gregory says he will never separate the shirts and he won't let anyone try them on.

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Eleni's Oscar-Themed Cookies

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Throwing an Oscar party? Eleni's cookies, a New York bakery does a whole series of Oscar-themed cookies each year. There is the Best Picture series with little cowboy boots (Brokeback Mountain), cars (Crash), Olympic rings (Munich), TVs (Good Night and Good Luck) and books (Capote). Even more adorable are the cookies with the faces of the nominees for Best Actors and Actresses. The nominee sets sells for $58.50 each and include three sets of nominees and a set of envelope cookies. I can't even bear to chomp the head of a chocolate Easter bunny, I'm not sure I could bite into the charming face of Heath Ledger.

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Diamond Lounge Oscar Swagfest

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Another stop on the endless pre-Oscar swagfest is the Diamond Lounge 2006 which will be held at the Peterson Automotive museum on March 3 and 4. The lounge features jewelry from Giorgio Visconti and Boucheron Paris, Energetix rhinestone-studded magnet therapy bracelets, Fileena handmade jewelry (shown here), Pink Moon New York handbags and Ting Bling gadget bedazzling service.There will be a spa area that features 24K gold nail polish from Varnish, DermaNew, an at home micro-dermabrasion kit, a lip gloss bar from Lucy B Cosmetics, airbrush tanning from SunFx, and Xtreme Lashes semi-permanent eyelash extensions. The clothing available will include Von Dutch (is this stuff still popular?) and a new clothing line created by singer Macy Gray. Gray will show up to dress the celebs. Not quite as luxe as the Lauder swagfest but free stuff is still free stuff.

Nathalie Dubois and DPA, the hosts of the events, have chosen to spread out the swag love choosing two non-celebs, Pedro Garcia, a soldier wounded by an enemy grenade in November 2005 and Kelly Bolor, a widow whose husband was killed in a downed Black Hawk Helicopter in 2003 to enjoy the gift suites as well.

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Academy Award Jewelry Plans

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As the Oscars approach, jewelers get ready for the big red carpet moments. National Jeweler reports on some of the plans for local jewelers. Kwiat has announced that they will be holding an Oscar suite in conjunction with Kodak from Feb. 27 to March 2. Those who visit the suite will get a look at Kwiat's newest red-carpet designs, including the new collection of one-of-a-kind diamond jewelry inspired by this year's nominees for best actress. Nominees get gift packages that feature a Kodak EasyShare camera with their initials done up in Kwiat diamonds. Erica Courtney also has big plans for the night including a $50,000 red-carpet gown made with Ali Rahimi of Mon Atelier and featuring 100 baroque Tahitian pearls and platinum.

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