vintage glam

if you’re a lover of all things vintage then you may want to book a ticket to antwerp in april to see some truly remarkable pieces of jewellery.

the diamond divas exhibition will feature items worn by some of the history’s most iconic women and include the fascinating stories behind when the pieces were worn.

on display will be the rarely seen "moon of baroda", which was lent to marilyn monroe to promote the film gentlemen prefer blondes. the enormous canary yellow diamond necklace last went on public display in 1944 and was only exhibited once before that in 1926.

also appearing will be a tiara worn by madonna when she married guy ritchie at skibo castle in scotland. the piece was made around 1910 and includes 765 old cut diamonds weighing 78 carats, and two further diamonds together weighing 2.50 carats.

the exhibition is on at the province of antwerp’s diamond museum from april 11 to june 8. you can book tickets online. eurostar has information on how to get there.

IMAGES: PHOTO 20TH CENTURY FOX/COLLECTION SUNSET BOULEVARD. MOON OF BARODA © HEIWADO & CO


design overhaul

at the beijing olympic games, which open in august, the medals won’t only be made from metal, for the first time ever they’ll comprise another material – jade.

if you click here you can see what they have in mind.

i'm all for a design overhaul. in my mind olympic medals have always been in danger of looking like cheap tat.

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