This beautiful hairpin is something that Anne Hathaway’s character wore on her wedding day and I have to say that I just fell in love with this particular hairpin and that is why it is on the blog … because it is beautiful and you all need to see it!  This hairpin is five faceted with blue jade petals which all surround a white topaz in sterling silver.

The great thing about this hairpin is it is something blue for the bride – you know, something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue – pick up this pin and your blue item is covered and fashionable!

Steven Zale is one of those jewelry designers that are known for their pieces and just like this ring here, his pieces are constantly being worn by all sorts of different celebrities to all sorts of different places.  You know that you are golden when a celebrity starts wearing your stuff … seriously.

So if you want glam, glitz and everything between, Steven is going to be your man!  He is the best and he is one hot designer this season!

One of the greatest things about pearls is the fact that they go with anything at all.  Take this pearl necklace for instance, it looks amazing and you can throw it on with anything!  Whether you are going out on a date and want to look amazing or you are just lounging around at home yet still want to have a little bit of sparkle on your neck!

Pearls this year are all the rave, they seem to be popping up everywhere from the celebrities necks all the way to the runway and if you happen to see this perfect little pearl, you may realize just why.  This necklace is breathtakingly beautiful and I don’t even like pearls!

So if you are looking to fit in this year in the way of jewelry, you should definitely crack out those pearls or get your hands on something like this, they are going fast ladies so you better get ‘em!

The “giardinetto” ring, designed as a bouquet of flowers, was a gift from the actress Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) to the vendor’s grandmother, the actress Mercia Swinburne (1900-1993). The pair became life-long friends after they were introduced by Vivien’s husband, Sir Laurence Olivier.

Mercia and her husband George Relph acted in many performances with the Oliviers, including a number of plays during a six-month tour with the Old Vic Theatre Company of Australia and New Zealand in 1948. The writer George Cotterell in his book Laurence Olivier, London, 1975, records, “The Old Vic touring party comprised ten administrative and technical staff and forty actors, including some of the Oliviers’ closest friends, most notably George Relph and his wife Mercia Swinburne”. Swinburne and Leigh performed alongside one another in The School for Scandal and in the Old Vic’s revered performance of The Skin of Our Teeth. The tour was met with high acclaim.

In the years after the Old Vic tour the two actresses remained in close contact. Not only were several gifts passed between Vivien and Mercia, but also many intimate notes and letters in which they shared their private lives and a trusted friendship.

In his 1969 biography of Vivien Leigh, Alan Dent mentions how “Miss Mercia Swinburne spoke to me eloquently and emotionally of her love for ‘Larry and Vivien’ which was deeply shared with that of her husband, the late George Relph. Both, as I know full well, did capital work with the Oliviers in Shakespeare, Sheridan,…etc, both in England and on an Australian tour…”. Equally, it is clear Leigh regarded Mercia highly. Dent records: “More than once in her later days Vivien was heard to say that the friends she most deeply loved were ‘Victor [Stiebel], Bumble [Dawson] and Mercia [Swinburne].”

The ring is asymmetrically designed with a bouquet of flowers arranged in a facetted diamond vase. It has cushion and pear-shaped diamond flowerhead petals and this delicate composition is enhanced by similarly set ruby and emerald. The diamonds are mounted in silver and the coloured stones are in gold.

The Art of Jewels Sale, to be held by Bonhams, will also feature the jewellery collection of another famous Hollywood actress Deborah Kerr. Deborah Kerr (1921-2007) starred in over 50 films over four decades. Some of her best-loved movies include From Here to Eternity (1953) with Burt Lancaster, The King and I (1956) with Yul Brynner and An Affair to Remember (1957) with Cary Grant. She was also a leading lady to Robert Mitchum, Clark Gable, James Mason, Stewart Granger, David Niven and Spencer Tracy.

For further information on The Art of Jewels Sale, please go to www.bonhams.com/jewels.