Friday, November 21, 2008 26K By Clint Holton P. Potestas
We’re fine at 26.
ON a boring outfit, glittery pieces of jewelry offer salvation. But we’re keeping them “real” as jeans and t-shirts have become the new, little black dress.
Even with her devotion for feminine separates and soft fabrics, the late Vogue chief Diana Vreeland succumbed: “Blue jeans are the most beautiful things since gondola.”
From the series of the latest fine jewelry collection of Just Jewels: Gold and Diamonds by the Gram in Ayala Center, we’ve hand picked 26 pieces that can be paired with almost any fashion staple: from corporate meetings to after-eight soirées.
Brillantitos or bites are small diamonds cut vertically, according to Arlet Aspilla of Just Jewels. But no matter what you call them, ladies, diamonds are forever, especially when they’re in sets: earrings, necklaces, and rings. The old folks advise us to wear them together, but Diana continued: “Too much good taste can be boring.”
We say “K” or karat to measure the fineness of gold. And we say “fabulous” when they’re pasted altogether.
Some good news that Mariah Carey is excited about: charm bracelets are returning with heavier clings in white gold. Chandeliers are back with vengeance: longer and brighter.
Coinciding the 26th anniversary of Sun.Star Publishing Inc., 26 accessories we suggest to the urban women. Hold the brief cases first; Kris Aquino hasn’t called her 26K girls yet.
