Bling Fest

It's been a while since I have done a daily bling post - been busy, busy, busy with my day job this winter and just exhausted at night. Such is life I suppose, and no real excuse, but for my loyal BBB readers craving some bling - this post's for you!

I thought I'd break down some of my favorite pieces for Spring - so check it!

These Hexagon Hoops are the perfect compliment to any 70s inspired, wide legged denim look. Good job, Kim Kardashian, we are loving your Belle Noel jewelry line including these gorgeous simple hoops for only $20 at Singer22.com

The original "celeb-socialite-jewelry designer", Nicole Richie, never disappoints with House of Harlow. Her aztec pieces for Spring/Summer 2011 feature a lot of turquoise and black - I'd wear this pendent on a fresh all white look.

Two things I love? Bright colors and wrap bracelets you can pile up your wrist. This Tory Burch piece embodies both with a girly flair. Perfect for the office, Sunday brunch , a tennis match - whatever!

Did I mention I love neons? Tory Burch is certainly bringing the fun with this other lust-worthy piece from her Spring line. Bright pink, yellow and turqouise beading and rubber knot "charms" makes this necklace unique, fresh and a perfect bathing suit compliment!

Fashionably Yours,

H

Daily Bling - Saturday, January 29th

Kim Kardashian in Lorraine Schwartz

Red carpet season is in full swing! The SAG awards are tomorrow and I'm hoping to see some fun, bold, trendy jewelry on the red carpet. The SAG awards are definitely the more "casual" of the four biggies (GG, Oscars, Grammy and SAG) so it would only make sense our favorite stars and starlets mix it up and go less traditional with the jewels. My favorite designer who gets this look just right for the red carpet? Lorraine Schwartz. Schwartz is a favorite of young hollywood and her looks have been seen on the likes of Beyonce, Blake Lively, Lea Michelle and Angelina Jolie (who could forget those gorg. emerald earrings she did for her at the Oscars two years ago)! So how could I not pick a daily bling for SAG weekend from the unique and gorgeous design of Lorraine Schwartz!

As always, I will be live tweeting my thoughts and commentary on the fashion tomorrow evening beginning at 6 pm. You can follow my tweets @hollyberness and make sure to look out for my best dressed recap on Monday!

Kim Kardashian's New Jewelry Collection Available NOW!

Belle Noel, Kim Kardashian's new jewelry line, is now available for pre-sale online at Singer-22! I think about Belle Noel, Kim's middle-of-the-road priced costume jewelry line (more expensive than her Bebe collection, but much cheaper than her Loren Jewels collection) as Kim's answer to the highly successful Nicole Richie's House of Harlow line. Our prediction for the line? Plenty of in-stores at Kitson and probably footwear and bags to follow.

We have to say, the Kardashians do know style, and the new Belle Noel Collection doesn't disappoint! My favorite piece in the new collection is the Honey Hexagon and Black Leather necklace ($95), which can be viewed below on Kim herself. Its sort of a harder, cooler, younger version of a John Hardy or Yurman design.

Kim's Belle Noel Collection is available for pre-order now at Singer-22.com, so run over there and check it out!

Fashionably Yours,

H

Who Wore It Better? Kim Kardashian vs. Me?

Okay, I couldn't resist this. My favorite reality celeb and one of my personal style icons - none other than THE Kim Kardashian also decided to be Little Red Riding Hood for Halloween this year! Who knew I'd be on the same page with Kim this Halloween? I am certainly glad to be "keeping up" with this Kardashian!

But it does beg me to ask - who wore it better? Either way, I am just happy to be in such good fashion company!

Emmy's Red Carpet Recap

Overall I was pretty disappointed in the Emmy's Red Carpet looks this evening. Don't get me wrong, everyone looked stunning but just slightly boring. I mean all that black and navy... yawn!

There were a few ladies that stood out for me and because there were not too many "overall" looks I liked and this is an accessories blog afterall I break down my FAV. accessories looks from the show below. What do you think? Who was your fav?

1) Lea Michele in Lorraine Schwartz Statement Necklace and Oscar de la Renta Gown

2) Anna Paquin in Alexander McQueen and vintage bangles

* the dress I could do without but the modern mix of gold and stone bangles on both arms is hot and current look that you don't always see on the red carpet

3) Kim Kardashian in Lorraine Schwartz Woven Cuff and Marchesa Gown

5) Eva Longoria Parker in Loren Jewels Ruby Earrings and Robert Rodriquez Gown

Daily Bling - Thursday, August 5

Just in time for my new found obsession with statement earrings, Kim Kardashian unveils her new line of earrings for Loren Jewels called "Kim Kollection" (yes that's collection with a K). Although pricing is not yet available on the website, we hear that the pieces will be at the fine designer jewelry price point ranging from about 10 - 40K.

My favorite in the "Kollection"? These diamond and ruby stunners above. Featuring nearly 19 carats of diamonds and 20 carats of rubies I'm pretty certain these will be out of our price range but lust-worthy none-the-less.

What do you think of Kim's new collection? Would you spend 10K for earrings designed by Kim K?

Daily Bling - Tuesday, May 18

My favorite reality show sisters - The Kardashians - debuted their new line of jewelry under the Virgins, Saints and Angels collection at Kitson in Los Angeles this week and as you can imagine we were very, very excited to check out the line. Their new line is said to be inspired by the girl's Armenian hertige with every piece symbolic in some way.

Overall, we are sad to say we are less than impressed with the line. The collection has a very gothic feel which we def. like but the pieces are a bit overpriced for costume jewelry and there are only two real stand outs in the line of about 12 pieces that we are lusting over. One is naturally, today's daily bling, the Beaded Magdelena Necklace shown above. The black bead and chain necklace is adorned with a Swarovski crystals and looks super chic on the adorable Kourtney Kardashian, below.

The other AWESOME piece in the collection is most definitely Double Point Cuff but at $345 its out of the question for us. You can check out their entire jewelry collection at Kitson online including today's daily bling which retails at $198.

We normally die for the Kardashian girls style which is why it saddens us to say that we think we can only give this new collection a B+. However we'd love to hear your thoughts on the Kardashian's new jewelry line. What do you think?

Get Shoes like Kim Kardashian

Truth be told, I am sorta a sucker for Kim Kardashian. Make it the whole Kardashian clan actually. I just like them okay, don't judge! Anyway, needless to say I decided to join ShoeDazzle, the shoe society Kim backs which is basically a shoe of the month club. I trust Kim's style and decided to use my blog as an excuse of why I had to join and "test" the shoes. I am pleasantly surprised to say my whim was a good one because I got my first pair of shoe's today and they are super, super cute!

ShoeDazzle is really easy to join and a great concept if you ask me. You simply go to their website, answer a few questions about your personal style (a touch I must say I both appreciated and thought was fun), and get a selection of about 4 -5 shoe styles to choose from a month. It's only $39 dollars a month to join and you can skip a month and not pay the charge if you don't feel inclined to choose a shoe or cancel at any time. So, I thought why not right?

The shoe I picked this month are called the Stevie, above. They are described as a gladiator/thong and although the leather is faux they are surprisingly super soft and comfortable! I love the little wooden wedge and zipper back detailing - they look surprising high end. I needed a new pair of gold gladiators anyway and for less than $40 I figured I couldn't go wrong!

And for some reason (and I don't know if they do this every month or just your first) they also sent me a free graphic scarf! They came packaged in a really nice high-end shoe box that even included a shoe bag.

So, in conclusion so far so good with ShoeDazzle! I'lll let you know my thoughts on next month's purchase and if I decide to continue my membership upon rocking my new cute Stevie's around town! Thanks Kim K - I just KNEW I could trust your style :)

The Daily Bling - Tuesday, February 23rd

It must be said that there are two things that I cannot resist when it comes to jewelry: 1) small gold necklaces 2) personalization. So its pretty clear to see why I am dying over the Zoe Chicco Personalized Yellow Gold Initial Necklace. I love yellow gold because it look so rich against nearly every skintone. One of my favorite everyday looks is to layer a bunch of small gold necklaces. Currently I am wearing a tiny diamond star, a little yellow elephant with pink and green crystals and a yellow disk with diamond "H". I would love to add a second H to my collection - this one above - because the font of the letter is just dainty and sweet enough that it would look demure and classy on it own OR really funky layered with my other menagerie of yellow gold chains.

I also think personalized necklaces like this make a terrific gift for a mom, sister or best friend. I love the idea of gifting a new mom an intial necklace with her new baby's initial and could totally see Kourtney Kardashian wearing a little "m" to honor her newborn, Mason. (too bad we aren't friends or else that's what I would scoop up for her!)

The Zoe Chicco Personalized Yellow Gold Initial Necklace is $250 and is available at www.maxandchloe.com on either a 15 or 17 inch chain.

Fashionably Yours,

H

The Daily Bling - Sunday, February 21st

Sunday's Daily Bling is in honor of everyone's favorite reality tv sisters - the Kardashian girls! Tonight is the season finale of Keeping Up With The Kardashians on E! Network (10 pm EST) and I thought what better way to pay homage to the crazy season its been by featuring a HAWT piece of jewel fit for Kim, Khloe, Kourtney and even Kris.

If you watch the show as much as I do, you probably know one of the signature pieces the girls sport are oversized, blinged out hoops. Adriana Orsini's Pave Hoop Earrings 2 1/4 inch are fit for the Kardashian klan for that reason. I loved these so much when I found them on SaksFifthAvenue.com today (Adriana Orsini is exclusive to Saks) that I may just have to scoop these up this week. In case you don't know much about Adriana Orsini, her line of jewelry is a terrific, affordable alternative if you are looking for a diamond-like look that looks believable and is really stylish on trend. Wearing her line is a great way to BLING up any outfit or help you test run a look you may end up wanting to invest in in diamonds eventually.

We could totally see the Kardashian's wearing these on the red carpet or just hanging out in Dash in Calabasas.

Adriana Orsini Pave Hoop Earrings 2 1/4 inch (crystal and rhodium plated) are available exclusively at www.SaksFifthAvenue.com and retail for $200.

Fashionably Yours,

H