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Giuseppe Zanotti's Fall Jewelry Line

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We've covered Giuseppe Zanotti's handbag and shoe designs before. He is now in the world of jewelry design. His Fall 2010 line picks up where his studded shoes and bedazzled bags leave off with leather, spikes, crosses and other rock-and-roll friendly designs. Last month at the MTV Music Awards Lady Gaga took Zanotti's Swarovski crystal covered choker and matching cuff for a spin. The pieces shown at right are made of silver-colored galvanized brass, with claw-set mini and maxi Swarovski crystals. The choker is 1,300 euros and the cuff is 600 euros.

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Kate Bosworth Collaborates on JewelMint Monthly Jewelry Club

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Kate Bosworth is the celebrity face behind a new costume jewelry site that uses the "push shopping" concept to attract customers to monthly deals. JewelMint, from social shopping company BeachMint, has a subscription model. Those who pay $29.99 each month can pick out one piece of jewelry designed by Bosworth and her stylist Cher Coulter (if you don't see anything one month you can skip a month). Each subscriber completes a style quiz that helps JewelMint tailor its monthly jewelry selections to each person. The designs will sell for 70 percent off of retail prices. Check out JewelMint for videos with Bosworth and Coulter explaining how it works and showing off more pieces from the collections.

As TechCrunch noted, ShoeDazzle, which is promoted by Kim Kardashian, has a similar model. Will be push shopping be the new private sale with a bunch of brands flooding the marketplace?

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Kim Kardashian's Latest Jewelry Line

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Just how many jewelry lines does one reality television star need? If you are Kim Kardashian the magic number might be three. People says that Kardashian is launching yet another jewelry line, this time with Pascal Mouawad, a man who is no stranger to partnering with celebrities. He also is behind Nicole Ritchie's House of Harlow line and Heidi Klum's line of fine jewelry in addition to creating Victoria's Secret's jewel-covered bras.

Kim Kardashian has already collaborated with her sisters on a jewelry line with Virgins, Saints and Angels and has a line of earrings with Loren Jewels. Her line of costume jewelry, Kim Kardashian's Belle Noel by Pascal Mouawad will launch in January 2011. People, which has sketches of the Honey Hexagon line, reports that the 75-piece line will be sold in department stores, specialty stores and select online stores. Other lines in the collection include Glam Rock, Gold Clusters and Peek-a-Boo. Kardashian has said that the line was inspired by great costume jewelry designs of the 1930s and will include both smaller everyday pieces and more lavish statement jewels. The prices will range from $11-$150.

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Priscilla Presley, Shoshanna Gruss Head To QVC

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Two more celebrities will be debuting jewelry lines on QVC. The home shopping network will be featuring lines by Shoshanna Gruss and Priscilla Presley, two names whose claim to fame began with who they were involved with. Shoshanna Gruss (nee Lonstein), now a popular fashion designer, first came to media attention as the very young girlfriend of Jerry Seinfield years ago. She's launching her Shoshanna's Fashion Jewelry Essentials collection, a collaboration with another QVC-er Judith Ripka. The costume jewelry line includes crystal heavy pieces like dangling drop earrings and sells from $20 to $80. Her line will debut August 10 at 9 a.m. EDT.

Priscilla Presley's line is the Priscilla Presley Collection, a line of bracelets, necklaces, earrings, rings that is said to have a rock and roll edge. Presley, who was first famous for being Elvis Presley's wife and later an actress and author will be offering fashion jewelry pieces that will sell from about $35 to $170. Her line will debut August 9 at 9 a.m. EDT.

Model Christie Brinkley and television host Cat Deeley also have lines on QVC.

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Nicky Hilton Plans Costume Jewelry Line

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Well the hotel idea didn't work out so well and the fashion line seems to be stalled but Nicky Hilton isn't ready to give up on being a designer. FabSugar follows up on a WWD report that has Hilton coming out with a line of costume jewelry this fall. Turns out Paris's little sister has always had a thing for jewelry and has been a collector since she was a teen. She has partnered with Titan Brands on pieces that will be available on Endless.com at first and then spread out to other stores. The collection has themes including Art Deco (inspired by her mother and grandmother's David Webb pieces) and Spike and Snakes.

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Cat Deeley Sells Jewelry On QVC

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"So You Think You Can Dance" host Cat Deeley becomes the latest to join the selling crowds at QVC, showing up on the channel to promote her jewelry. Deeley has created a new line called Cat Deeley Modern Vintage which is now on the QVC website. The pieces range in price from $39 to $200. The designs were influenced by vintage finds from all over the world and include chandelier earrings, multi-strand necklaces and crystal-covered link bracelets.

Other celebs with a QVC line include Donald Trump's wife Melania, Joan Rivers, Marie Osmond and in the home and garden category, Rachael Ray and Paula Deen.

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Margaret Rowe Vintage Couture Jewelry

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Designer Margaret Rowe believes that "vintage couture jewelry is the new precious." Her line of pieces combine vintage costume pieces with modern touches. The main elements in her necklaces are vintage pendants dating from the 1920s through the 1950s. She combines vintage with contemporary elements to create a frame or a 'modern silhouette' for the artpieces. She creates all of her pieces by hand and most are one-of-a-kind creations. She can also transform your vintage heirloom into a more wearable piece of art and can create a unique bespoke piece for you from her own vast vintage collection to your exact specifications. Prices in the collection run from from $250 to $2,000, the piece above which includes a 1940s flower blossom pendant sells for $795. Check out a few designs in the gallery below.

Gallery: Margaret Rowe Vintage Couture

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Arnold Scaasi For HSN

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Fashion designer Arnold Scaasi has designed for five first ladies including Jacqueline Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, and Laura Bush but now he's doing something new, designing a jewelry line for home shoppers. Arnold Scaasi will be launching an exclusive jewelry collection on HSN December 5th that recreates his iconic fashion jewelry collection for a lower price point with all pieces retailing for under $100. The line features hematite, pearls, enamel and gemstones.

This isn't Scaasi first time with jewelry. The elder statesman of fashion designed jewelry from 1958 to 1965 creating bold costume pieces as well as runway jewelry pieces that appeared with his fashion pieces and were worn by glamourous Hollywood ladies. Samples of Scaasi's December collection are in the gallery below.

Gallery: Arnold Scaasi For HSN

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Getty Costume Jewelry Up For Auction

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Usually to purchase the jewels of a Getty you'd need some pretty deep pockets. But Ann Getty's collection doesn't just include precious gemstones, she also has a large collection of costume pieces, some of which are being auctioned over the weekend by Doyle New York. The collection includes pieces by Chanel, Miriam Haskell, Kenneth Jay Lane and others. And because they are costume pieces you'll be spending several hundred dollars for most pieces. The rhinestone necklace shown above is one of the pricier pieces. It was made in France in the 1950s and is estimated to sell for $750-$1,000.

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