50 Vera Wang Bridal Gowns Give Away by Oprah Winfrey

50 Vera Wang Bridal Gowns Give Away

Oprah Winfrey

You, you, and you are getting a wedding gown!

Oprah Winfrey is an American television host, actress, producer, and philanthropist, best known for her self-titled, multi-award winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and Oprah gave away Vera Wang wedding gowns to 50 brides-to-be on her show, making a crowd stir into a frenzy with such a move.

Wang was a guest on the Sept. 17 episode, talking about wedding dress trends and her celebrity brides -- including Chelsea Clinton -- when Winfrey asked the soon-to-be-brides in the audience to stand and announced, "Miss Vera Wang is coming to your rescue."

Vera Wang

Wang showed off 11 wedding gowns from White by Vera, her new collection for David's Bridal, and the women were told they could chose their favorite. They also each received a $250 gift card to Kohl's, where Wang's Simply Vera line is sold; a $4,000 gift card for Marriott Hotels and Resorts; and two United Airlines travel vouchers. It was more then generous and the really warm surprise for the future brides.



White by Vera, available at 150 David's Bridal stores nationwide beginning February 2011, will include wedding gowns ranging from classic ballroom styles to modern slim-cut silhouettes.



And, for those without Clinton-sized bank accounts, all wedding gowns will be priced between $600 and $1,500. Sizes will range from 0 to 14, and the line will expand to offer bridesmaids dresses and shoes next summer. Additional sizes will be offered with the Fall 2011 collection.

Wedding gowns by Vera Wang

"These dresses will be available to so many more brides than I've been able to ever reach before," Wang told Winfrey. "So it's a whole new world for us and bridal, with all the same aesthetics and design philosophy."

Diamond Jewelry Trends in 2010

Fashionable and Tantalizing – Diamond jewelry Trends 2010

Diamond jewelry trend 2009

Ladies adore jewelry. They’re passionate about it. A large selection of fashionable jewelry is really a prized possession for them. It’s a forever buddy for ladies. New 12 months brings in trendy versions to match the existing style. Fashionable jewelry is in vogue and designers from across the globe are predicting the new year diamond jewelry trends the year 2010. Allow us use a appear at some upcoming developments for style diamond jewelry in the year 2010.


Platinum is really a valuable metal, so is gold jewelry. Even when platinum costs are at an all time high, need is not showing any indicators of sluggishness. Even though several other metals for example silver, platinum, brass are in use for ornamental adornment objective but none of those is even close to the popularity of gold.
The matching sets from the bold items are going to become hit in the upcoming 12 months. Bright colours are out of style. Buy unique, exceptional pieces.

Diamond jewelry trend 2010

Light color jewelry may be the anticipated diamond jewelry trend for the year 2010. Look forward to bead bracelets in black, white, gray and blue.


Skyrocketing platinum prices will give method to gemstones. It appears fairly with its colorful designs and patterns. A huge variety is obtainable: crystal, coral and turquoise and so on. It arrives in various colors and affordable cost that permits you to alter it often.
Different Kinds Of Diamond jewelry

Trendy pendant

You will find several kinds of diamond jewelry like Beaded, Handcrafted, Austrian Crystal and many a lot more, which you are able to wear to look stunning.


Beaded : Beads are in demand and obtaining well-known nowadays. They are obtainable in numerous designs and styles. These are excellent method to impress your beloved types.


Handcrafted : Handcrafted jewelry looks spectacular and their styles are fabulous. So you’ve quite different choices. The boldness and color of this kind of diamond jewelry makes it different and exclusive. Most of the ladies opt for this simply because it is trendy and fashionable.


Austrian Crystal : Crystal jewelry is obtainable in diverse colours and styles. These items have various radiant characteristics like a crystal ring which signifies self confidence and boldness, grace and elegance. They are obtainable in all designs from pendant to earrings.

Jewelry Insurance:Picking The Best Jewelery Insurance

A lot of people own at least one piece of expensive jewelery for instance a diamond engagement ring, wedding ring or possibly a precious stone necklace, maybe handed down from a family member. It's important that these really expensive jewelery items are properly protected under a specialist high value home jewelry insurance plan, as their true worth may well be more than the highest insured limits, provided by a regular home contents insurance policy.

Jewelry Insurance

It isn't unusual to listen to reports of engagement rings vanishing down the kitchen sink, drain or even the toilet! Additionally it is not uncommon to then realize that there is limited jewelery insurance protection, for this sort of situation.

Choose a professional jewelery insurance policy

Without the safeguard of a professional high value home insurance scheme you may not be covered for the total cost of your treasured jewelery items and would subsequently acquire only part payment for their real replacement price tag. With regards to the precise circumstances of your respective loss, you might find that you are not even insured for this unfortunate incident.

Even though normal home contents insurance cover offers the opportunity of insuring distinct jewelry pieces, there is typically a maximum value that is generally insured by this sort of policy. You cannot assume all insurance plans offer "new for old" cover. You will probably find that you will only be offered a proportionate amount of the replacement price of your jewelery piece, as opposed to the total amount, determined by its current worth. Additionally it is beneficial to review the jewelry insurance policy conditions, to make certain that you will be totally covered for all forms of risks, which includes those outside of your property. Ultimately, you ought to check that you have no onerous jewelry insurance policy conditions which could stop you from making a successful claim.

Arrange a specialist valuation for your priceless jewelry pieces

It really is highly recommended that you should receive an expert valuation for each item of jewelery and make certain you are given written proof of its current market value. Many respected jewelery will offer you this sort of service. Needless to say, it is necessary to not forget to arrange for your really expensive jewelery items to be revalued every few years and when necessary arrange for the jewelry insurance value to be revised accordingly. Additionally it is worth having pictures of each and every jewelry item, which could be really helpful if perhaps they were suddenly lost or stolen.

A professional high value home insurance product offers the best cover

Placing your jewellery cover with a more expert, high value home insurance product, will provide the reassurance that you'll be totally reimbursed for their current cost, should the unbearable take place, and suddenly your much-loved jewelery items are lost, stolen or destroyed.

A professional high value home jewelry insurance product protects your jewelry pieces on a world wide "All Risks" basis. Despite the fact that, unavoidably, there are particular policy conditions that must be accepted, this sort of specialist policy will give you a far greater level of cover when compared to a normal home contents insurance product. As an example, jewelry items do not necessarily need to be replaced on a like for like basis, as the total cash replacement valuation is generally available without deduction.

Denise Judge has over 18 years experience in insurance and is currently the MD of an independent Insurance Brokers, based in Islington, North London. She has previously worked as an underwriter, a claims adviser, a property surveyor and a loss adjuster.

Most Expensive Engagement Ring In The World Ever

Who want to be engaged with these most expensive engagement rings in the world? Perhaps you are in a short period of time would have engaged or married, I just wrote this for sharing about your engagement ring, may be as a reference for You as prospective brides. But, this is not just usual ring. This all rings very special and of course sold in very special price, in other word most expensive engagement rings in the world.

Most Expensive Wedding Rings – When it comes to romance, wedding or engagement rings speak volumes. Here are the top ten most expensive engagement rings to let you know how the celebrities showered love symbolically for their ladylove.Paris Hilton dominates at $4,700,000.


#1 Paris Hilton: $4.7 million

Paris Hilton’s 24-Carat emerald-cut diamond ring added extra zing to Paris Latis’s vow to wed. With an approximate value of 4.7 million dollars, the much-hyped sparkling ring grabbed the first position on the list.






#2 Donald Trump: $3 million


When Donald Trump gifted a gigantic 15-Carat diamond, worth over 3 million dollars to Melania Knauss for their engagement in 2004, the billionaire advertised that it was the most expensive engagement ring ever in history.

#3 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: $2.6 million

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s 40-carat diamond ring, auctioned for 2.6 million dollars in the year 1996, makes it the third most expensive engagement ring in history.

#4 Michael Douglas: $2 million

Michael Douglas knows the heart winning tricks. He asked for Catherine Zeta-Jone’s hand in marriage, gifting her 10-carat marquise cut antique diamond engagement ring, estimated value of over 2 million dollars.

#5 Tom Cruise: $1.5 million

It was in a desire to wed Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise showered all his feelings and love, presenting his lady love an extraordinary Edwardian Style oval shaped diamond ring, assumed to have cost around 1.5 million dollars.

#6 Jennifer Lopez -  Ben Affleck: $1.2 million

If it is Jennifer Lopez, how can Ben Affleck stay miser? Ben Affleck beautified the list when he made headlines by dropping over 1.2 million dollars on Jenifer Lopez’s engagement ring. The ring exhibited a jaw dropping 6.1 carat Harry Winston, pink diamond.

#7 Prince Charles: $1 million

When Prince Charles offered his heartfelt feelings to Camilla Parker on bended knee, he was seen holding a square cut diamond ring, worth an estimated 1 million dollars. Yes, that’s why they say love exceeds all estimates!




#8 Charlie Sheen: $550,000

In Brooke Mueller’s wedding, her fiancé Charlie Sheen placed a huge radiant cut, yellow diamond engagement ring worth $550,000 on her finger when the couple stepped into the engagement.

#9 Eva Longoria: $500,000

When Tony Parker decided to propose to Eva Longoria, he appointed famed jeweler Jean Dousset to create an original emerald cut diamond ring with an estimated value of over 500,000 dollars.






#10 Jennifer Garner: $500,000

It is Ben Affleck, who had proved several times that when it comes to romance he is a big spendthrift. He won Jennifer Garner’s heart, spending 500,000 dollars on an engagement ring.






Plus 6 most expensive Engagement Rings...

6. Yellow Diamond : $400,000


This ring with Yellow diamond is a very melancholy collection. Baseball star Johnny Damon, actor Charlie Sheen and Eddie Murphy wearing this ring in their engagement day. Equipped with a 5.11 carats of diamond, this ring worth $ 400,000.



5. Asscher Cut Diamond: $520.000

The ring was first developed in 1902, but the design was not perfect. Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon use this ring when married to actor Ryan Phillipe. The beauty of this ring is completed with 10.19 carats of diamonds. This ring is sold for $520,000.


4. Secret Kiss of the Rose: $525,000

Soccer star David Beckham put a diamond ring to Victoria Beckham in their wedding. Look at this ring, in the middle of the ring, there’s a 0.8 carat pink diamond surrounded by 4.15 carat of white diamonds that makes it very luxurious. This beautiful ring can be redeemed with a $525,000.





3. Internally Flawless: $1.3 million

This Platinum diamond type ring is a collection of Elizabeth Taylor Jewelry House, Los Angeles. In the middle of this ring is 5.98 carats of oval diamond and surrounded by ten 3.96 carat of round diamond, forming a flower. Prepare fund of $ 1.3 million to bring this ring home.




2. Tiffany Oval Diamond: $ 1.46 million and $800.000

Are you the people who love royal and glamorous things?? If Yes, then the Tiffany diamond is very suitable for you. Mounted on the left things is 14.79 carats of oval diamonds for $1.46 million and the ring on the right is 12.3 carats of shaped pillows diamond for $800,000.



1. De Beers Platinum: $1.83 million


Diamond in this ring is very luxurious and has a perfect sparkle. A diamond stone weighing 9 carats make this ring the most expensive engagement ring in the world. With the perfection of this ring. It’s worth if sold at fantastic prices $ 1.83 million.

Fall fashion gets back to the '50s

Brigitte Bardot

Fashion is having a bit of an identity crisis this fall. The military-tough, almost street-warrior vibe is still going strong with cargo pants, utility jackets and tailored coats, while fur (both real and faux) is aggressively adorning almost everything from boots to anorak collars. But on the flip side is the season's 1950s aesthetic, inspired by the ladylike look of that decade.

Call it a yearning for simpler times, when women wore skirts that hit below the knee and the only boxy thing was a pillbox hat. Fall collections from Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs look to this woman, with skirts that fit at the waist and fall full to the shin. Cozy sweaters in pastels and neutrals wrapped around the bodice of a floral cocktail dress inject some sex appeal and conjure up images of Brigitte Bardot's and Sophia Loren's effortlessly alluring style.

"Fashion is always influenced by some time or another," says fashion stylist Jen Rade. "It always jumps around, from the '90s to the '50s to the '60s, and I think that right now people are generally feeling like they want to go back to a simpler time."

Sophia Loren

The sentiment is manifesting itself in the form of below-the-knee circle skirts with waists that hit truly at the waist, for a sleek and clean line through the hips and torso. Sweaters contour to the body, showing off curves but not necessarily skin.

"I personally find it sexy when someone doesn't show a lot of skin, but rather the curves and shape of the body," says Rade, who implements this technique flawlessly on her client Angelina Jolie. She warns that to wear this season's longer skirts, you must balance the overall look with something smaller or fitted on top and perhaps accentuate the waist with a bow belt.

Also consider tempering a shin-length skirt with a flimsy silk camisole and lightweight cardigan. Fuzzy sweaters can be layered over cocktail-length floral skirts and dresses to push summer pieces into the cooler months. Leopard-print accents will add charm to a solid gray or black sweater or a tweed dress.

DIAMONDS, EMERALDS WORTH $1M STOLEN FROM HONG KONG FAIR

Hong Kong Police have arrested two men suspected of stealing $1 million worth of jewelry on the opening day of the Hong Kong Jewellery and Gem Fair, Independent Online reported. The suspects allegedly replaced a seven-carat diamond valued at $450,000 with a fake stone, as well as reportedly stealing a $500,000 emerald necklace from another booth. In two other incidents, pearls worth $25,000 were stolen.   In other news from Asia's biggest gem and jewelry event, DiamondWorld.net reported that Tony's Auction World – diamond tradersbased in Hong Kong – will be auctioning off 100,000 carats of diamonds on September 17 in the ballroom of the Hong Kong Marriot, adjacent to the venue of the Jewellery and Gem Fair. Lots will be on display at Booth #5E 02-12 and #5F 01-11 through September 16. Meanwhile, KARP Jewellery is using the Hong Kong exhibition to launch four collections of high-end diamond jewelry. The FengHuang collection features a selection of natural fancy colored diamonds, while the Grandeur collection uses fine diamonds in classic designs. The Tria collection uses solitaire diamonds for its "Treasure. The Moment" theme, and the Karp cluster features fine diamonds set in a patent-pending cluster design. Karp hopes to put out additional registered diamond designs in the future.

Wedding ring - jewelry accidentally goes to church rummage sale

Dick Reisinger was just trying to hide his wife's best jewelry in a place where burglars wouldn't think to look.

Dick and Katie Reisinger still smiling after giving away precious jewelry

He chose a puzzle box on a bedroom shelf.

Katie Reisinger was just trying to help out a church rummage sale by donating some household items.

Among the things she bagged up was the very same puzzle box.

She had no idea she was giving away her wedding ring and other precious jewelry.

"Needless to say, I have been a basket case," she said.

"It's a disaster, Jim, to say the least," Dick told me. "Sometimes you write articles about what some dumb people do."

The Reisingers aren't dumb. They got tangled up in a comedy of errors that they don't find funny at all. They're hoping someone got the jigsaw puzzle home from the rummage sale, found the jewelry inside and will return it to them.

Their story starts in mid-August as they prepared for a weeklong trip to California for a granddaughter's wedding. Worried about the possibility of a burglary at their Brown Deer home while gone, Katie asked Dick to think of a good hiding place for the jewelry. She handed him a small leather container holding the wedding ring, two other diamond rings, a silver ring with a turquoise stone, a gold bracelet and a pair of earrings.

"I thought no one would ever go and look in a puzzle box," Dick said.

He had no idea how right he was about that.

A couple days after they returned home from the West Coast, a neighbor came over to remind them of the upcoming rummage sale on Aug. 27 and 28 at Brown Deer United Methodist Church, 5736 W. Brown Deer Road, to benefit the church's day-care center.

Katie pulled together a stack of books, some glassware and four puzzle boxes.

I should mention that Dick and Katie have been married nearly 60 years. They raised three sons. They have communicated as a couple a million times about things great and small. But not this time. Dick forgot to mention that he had put the jewelry in the box with 1,000 puzzle pieces. And Katie did not tell him what she was donating to the rummage sale.

I don't get the sense that they blame each other for what happened here. It wouldn't help anyway. They're in this together. The promise we make is for better or worse.

"We have never, ever lost anything like that. We normally sit down and discuss things," said Dick, a retired construction company superintendent.

A week went by after the rummage sale. Katie was sorting things on her dresser. She went outside to ask Dick where he had hidden her jewelry.

"He said in the puzzle boxes in the spare bedroom. As I'm walking in the house, I'm thinking, Oh no!" Katie said.

What she said was more like, "Oh my God in heaven," is the way Dick remembers it.

They contacted the rummage sale organizers to see if anyone knew who purchased the puzzles. The church tacked up a notice and mentioned the loss during a couple services. The Reisingers contacted Brown Deer police just in case anyone had found the jewelry, valued at about $6,000. The diamond rings are insured. The couple is unsure about the design of the lost puzzle.

Dick said he won't be swayed from hiding valuables for future trips, but he'll let Katie know the exact spot. And for Katie, the lesson here is to take a close look at anything you're giving away.

"We've been keeping our fingers crossed," she said, "and feeling just terrible."

Rio Tinto Investing $803 Million in Diamond Mine

SYDNEY--Rio Tinto Ltd. will spend $803 million ramping up production from its Argyle diamond mine in Western Australia state's Kimberley region as jewelry demand from burgeoning Asian markets depletes existing gemstone resources.

The company said in a statement Tuesday it would start construction work on an underground mine to complement the existing open pit operation in the first six months of 2011, extending the life of the mine to 2019.

Argyle, in the arid east Kimberley region of northwestern Australia, is one of the world's largest diamond mines and the largest supplier of gem diamonds to the mass market jewelry industry in Japan, southeast Asia and the U.S.

Plans to upgrade the mine were put on the slow track in 2009 in the wake of the global financial crisis, but the company said signs of recovering demand justified the renewed investment.

"This investment...underlines our commitment to, and confidence in, the world diamond industry," Rio Tinto Diamonds and Minerals Chief Executive Harry Kenyon-Slaney said.

De Beers, which is thought to control about 40% of the world's diamond supply, more than doubled production of diamonds in the first six months of the year from a year earlier to 15.4 million carats.

In interim results in July, De Beers said that its pickup in sales had been driven by double-digit growth in demand from emerging markets, particularly China and India.

Argyle alone accounts for around 20% of global diamond supply and more than 90% of the world's production of pink diamonds, a rare variety historically popular in India.

"There's not many other new areas of supply coming on stream and we're seeing increasing marketing in China and India, where people are moving into the middle class and increasing consumer spending," a Rio Tinto spokesman said.

Rio Tinto had long set aside $1.5 billion for the ramp-up work at the mine, with the spending announced Tuesday representing the balance of spending at the site. The mine is targeting 9 million tons of raw production by 2013.

Wedding Traditions Are Dying Out

Wedding traditions such as asking the bride's father for his daughter's hand in marriage are dying out, a study revealed today.

Researchers found the courteous gesture of asking the future father-in-law for his permission is now considered 'too cheesy'.

Another tried and tested wedding day custom which has died out is having Just Married stickers or tin cans on the car, which is now thought of as 'too noisy'.

As for the bride wearing something old, new, borrowed and blue, this tradition too has fallen by the wayside due to it being 'impractical', the study showed.

Dads picking up the bill for their daughters' nuptials is also a thing of the past at many weddings, as is the groom carrying the bride across the threshold because most couples now co-habit before their nuptials.

But it's not all bad news for brides.

Among traditions which are still alive are the groom going down on one knee to ask for his bride's hand in marriage, and big bouquets of flowers for both mums.

The trend emerged in a study of 5,000 married adults by The Wedding Inbox, an online wedding directory which helps couples prepare for the big day.

Yesterday spokesman Mitesh Lad said: 'It's a sign of the times that some wedding traditions are dying out, especially the bride's father picking up the bill.
'Weddings are more flamboyant and lavish than ever before so subsequently they cost a lot more. Therefore many couples and even in-laws all have to chip in to help pay for the big day.

THE CHANGING FACE OF WEDDING TRADITIONS

	1960s (%)	2000's (%)
Bride's father was asked for his permission	47	15
Something old, new, borrowed, blue	64	39
Glass of sherry before heading to the altar	10	4
The bride's mother sat next to groom's father	33	18
Father walks the bride down the aisle	54	59
Father of the bride paid for wedding	44	17
Threw confetti	74	54
Bride changed into 'going away suit'	51	7
Had 'Just Married' on car	20	11
Cans tied to back of car	22	6
Went on immediate honeymoon	47	16
Bouquet of flowers was thrown	23	24
Best man speeches	57	78
Bridal chorus	8	5
Emotional first dance	23	47
Cut the cake	71	73
Donned a white wedding dress	52	50
Guest book signed	11	43
A favour to guests	8	48
Bouquet of flowers for mother and mother in law	15	40
Gathered for photos	69	72
Partner went down on one knee to propose	10	38
Carried partner over the threshold	68	13

'It's a shame that some old wedding rituals aren't popular anymore - tying tin cans to a car and covering it in shaving foam is synonymous with a newlywed couple heading off to their honeymoon destination and embarking on married life together.
'With many British families now spread across the country and even the globe, some grooms may not know their prospective father-in-laws that well before they get married, so it's understandable that many wouldn't be comfortable asking for their daughter's hand in marriage.'

The research probed the changing face of the wedding from the proposal to the honeymoon.

It emerged that just one in six grooms now asks his father-in-law to be for permission to marry his daughter, compared to one in two in the 1960s.

Just over one in three brides now wears something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. 

In the 1960s more than six out of ten stuck to the old good luck custom.

The study also found less than one in five fathers now picks up the bill for the big day, due to the fact they can't afford it or because their daughter is able to stand on her own feet financially. 

Forty or so years ago four out of ten dads footed the entire cost. Now more than four out of ten couples share the cost between both families.

The increase in the number of couples embarking on 'mini-moons' - short breaks taken weeks after the ceremony - has killed off the days of newlyweds clambering into a car bedecked in tin cans and heading to the airport.

Along with that has gone the bride's 'going away suit'. Even confetti, which now has to be bio-degradable, is a thing of the past.

Arranging the table plan is now more of a headache than ever before due to feuds between broken or extended families.

Numbers of guests have also soared. In the 1960s the average wedding was witnessed by 54 people. Now couples can expect to have to find room for 82 or more.

Mitesh Lad added: 'Some deemed wedding day activities as old-fashioned, while some respondents were concerned about throwing confetti because it has to be environmentally friendly.

'Asking a bride's father for permission was 'cheesy' and writing 'Just Married' on a rear window of a car was 'messy'.

'It's stressful enough planning the big day without having to worry about wearing something borrowed or blue, it simply may not be a priority for wives to be.

'But some things will take a while to die out - like throwing a bouquet and getting down on one knee.'