Going Green for Earth Day 2008

Since tomorrow is Earth Day I thought that I would go Green.

An important part of going green is recycling and that's why I'm all about buying vintage, especially estate jewelry like this pendant and ring by Grima from Beladora.com.

Add to that this wonderful snake bag from vintage skins. God knows that when a snake, alligator or crocodile has given its life for fashion, it should be appreciated for a long, long time.

Hammer Happenings - Kara Walker Exhibit

Wondering what to do this weekend? Why not check out the Kara Walker exhibit at the Hammer Museum. In an interesting political season Ms. Walker's silhouette works comment on race and gender.

Heidi Klum - Cover Girl Clover

Let's face it, few of us are blessed with the superlative attributes of Heidi Klum. But now that she has her eponymous jewelry line, we can wear a little bit of Heidi bling. Beladora.com has a one of kind diamond clover pendant from the Heidi Klum Collection. This piece is unique because it is the only one made with diamonds on both sides. If you are looking for 16 plus carats on a sexy black silk cord with supermodel provenance, here's just the piece.

Mrs. Seal used some familiar motifs in her designs for Mouawad including the famous Van Cleef & Arpels Alhambra Clover. Unfortunately for the glamazon, she was sued for copyright infringement. I don't know whether or not VCA has much of a case especially since the the clover has been a common motif in jewelry ever since the Victorian Age. We'll see.

Savvy Shopping - Billionairess Style

Here's the perfect shoe for the Russian Billionairess. And...it's on sale! Prada gold crocodile shoe from Bergdorf Goodman marked down from $4800 to $2160. What a steal!

And, for the woman who can pay over $2000 for a pair of shoes, I suggest this diamond necklace from Beladora.com price available upon request.

Financial Times Reports on the Rising Ranks of the Rich

The really rich have been on my mind since last week when I read that David Geffen's yacht is virtually the same size as an Aegis Destroyer, and bigger than any vessel in the US Coast Guard.

Then the Financial Times reports in World's Rich Shrug Off Credit Crunch that around the world, the number of super rich is growing.

There was particularly strong growth of wealthy populations in the emerging economies of China and India, as well as those countries that have access to ­natural resources such as Kazakhstan.
Countries such as Brazil, Canada, Australia and ­Russia also each added more than 8,500 wealthy residents in 2007 on the back of the commodity boom.

The US is still home to most of the world’s truly rich. High net worth individuals make up 1 per cent of the US population, with 3.1m people claiming to be dollar millionaires, and 460 to be billionaires.

“but there is an indication here that the ­plutonomy model retained its strength through 2007"

Well, I for one am glad to read that the market for luxe products is growing and... I've looked up plutonomy so you don't have to.

Plutonomy: The branch of knowledge that deals with the production and distribution of wealth. (from the Greek ploutos wealth and nomos law)