New in: YSL Arty ring - ain't Laurent without Yves

For those who follow me on Instagram, you may know of my recent purchase of the YSL (Yves Saint Laurent - although now under 'Saint Laurent) Arty ring.  Not knowing my size I ordered them in both a 6 and 7 (my wedding ring size is a 5).  The smaller fits on my left hand, and the larger on my right (although too loose for my ring finger).  I am trying to use  every fibre in my body to resist keeping both, haha!  They are absolutely stunning! I have wanted one for so many years, but hesitated due to its gold colour (and my wedding/e-ring being white gold).  I also have a 'marine/rose gold' on its way too me, and ordered a turquoise in a 6 that will have to go back as it's too small (I found it smaller than the cream, oddly enough, although I did read how these rings vary in sizing depending on what colour it is).  Update: it does, however, fit my left hand, contemplating keeping it *guilty look*

Uhm...please excuse the silly hand shots!

I bought the YSL Arty cream ring (on sale at net-a-porter!) here, and you can find them in other colours here.

For those who own YSL Arty rings, please do share your colours, and whether you wear them often!

xx

TGIF!

This time next week I'll be in London with my sister!

Had better get back to packing...

WOO HOO!!!!!!!!

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GIVEAWAY: Alimonada - 'Brazilian' jewellery made with love - and a heart of gold

Alimonada is a handcrafted jewellery shop based in Brooklyn, NY. Made with stones originally from Espirito Santo, Brazil, it reveals a beautiful geological characteristic and the natural stones found and mined in the state, which has the largest concentration of different types of natural stone in the world.

With a passion for fashion and accessories, Heidi finds pleasure in making things - seeing and selecting the materials and arranging them in her own way.

I was touched that with every purchase, 10% of the sale is donated to "Casa da Graca" (House of Grace), a temporary shelter for local girls from underprivileged families in Brazil.
Check out http://arcolacovenant.org/missions/details/brazil of more details.

Now, to the even more exciting part. Alimonada would like to give away this gorgeous 'three wrap crystal bracelet' to one lucky reader:



All you have to do is:

1) 'like' Alimonada's Facebook page

2) 'like' Brigadeiro's Facebook page

3) leave a comment with your email address below after you have done 1 & 2

OR

for those who wish to keep their email private (or avoid spam), you can leave a comment below, and then email me your email address to: brigadeirosblog at gmail dot com

That's it! Entries close 2nd of May, and I will contact the winner directly (hence step 3 is important).

In addition, Alimonada is also offering a 15% discount with their code 15%off

For the lucky US and Canada residents, there is free shipping to you too!

So check out:

www.alimonada.com

And don't forget to enter!

Good luck to you all!!!

xx

Dries Van Noten cluster necklace - "Gold or Silver with Gold? That is the question".

I have been obsessing over these necklaces since they graced the catwalks.

Given the choice, which would you pick?

1 - All Gold

2 - Gold with Silver

You can 'vote' HERE on my Facebook page, or in a comment below.

pics via style.com and driesvannoten.com

I thought I'd go for the mixed silver & gold (as I thought it would make it more versatile), but am currently thinking the all gold is more striking...

Petroleum Jewellery - by Anna Gram' Design Studio

I have been wanting to share about this incredible range of (more than) jewellery for quite some time:

Originally conceived for the French International Design Biennale 2008, ‘Petroleum Jewellery’, was imagined by the Anna Gram’ Design Studio (Florian Dussopt + Julie Girard) and produced by London-based jewellery designer Niza Huang.

Considered ‘black gold’, petroleum is a precious substance which literally fuels the modern world, though it also has the capacity to destroy it. ‘Petroleum Jewellery’ asks us to think about how precious this substance is and how beautiful it can be, how it needs to be preserved, so our planet is preserved for future generations. The American Petroleum Institute estimated in 1999 the world's oil supply would be depleted between 2062 and 2094 (so, as early 50 years time!).

Each piece of ‘Petroleum Jewellery’, is a breathtaking hand made sculpture, containing a droplet of petroleum magnified by mineral glass, encased inside a delicate silver or gold cocoon, each piece is an intricate composition of either 18ct gold-plated sterling silver or sterling silver, petroleum and mineral glass.

My lucky little sister has the large necklace (in the first picture below), and having seen it in real life, I am infinitely jealous, and am also eyeing the bangle and ring...aren't they all absolutely beautiful (as well as intriguing)?












Designed by ANNA GRAM’ [ florian dussopt + julie girard ] and Niza Huang
Produced by NIZA HUANG
Made in London

This 'Petroleum Jewellery' is available at:

www.nizahuang.com
and will soon be available on www.notjustalabel.com (which I absolutely love)

Anna Gram' also boast some other incredible designs, but I'll save them for a future post...


PS. Important announcement:

The lovely Modediktat convinced me to start a Facebook page, and so I did:

You can click 'HERE' to 'like' me (also found on the sidebar to the left)

Rachel Roy - Beautiful draping...

This is one of my current favourite outfits, having used it three times in the last month or so, as it is so easy to throw on and so comfortable...

Dress: Rachel Roy Viola wrap dress (looks much better on the model, of course) - am grateful for the stretchy waistband
Shoes: Christian Dior Extreme Python sandals
Bag: Chloe lambskin bracelet bag
Bracelet: Tom Binns Faux Real

What first made me fall in love with Rachel Roy's designs were her beautiful drapey pieces...Her debut Spring/Summer 2007 collection of hers is still my favourite, especially the draped yellow strapless dress (which was my first purchase of hers):





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Some other gorgeous pieces of hers I love...






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