Sozai Designs (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
I am often, as a jewelry designer, asked which other jewelry designers do I really like. Here is my list in no particular order of preference: 1. Boucheron 2. Cartier 3. Mikimoto 4. Joel Arthur Rosenthal ( JAR ) 5. Van Cleef & Aarpels
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
A local filmmaker has "been telling friends I'm so avant-garde that I went bankrupt nine months before the country did." Meanwhile, just as some wearers of sparkle plenty were celebrating Boucheron's 150th anniversary last week, the classical (and lavishly...
Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
After a year of selling in Europe, Boucheron today plans to open its first online store in the U.S.
Sybarites (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Parisian jewelers Boucheron who are celebrating their one hundred and fiftieth anniversary this year have commissioned Harumi Klossowska to design a necklace for them. Harumi Klossowska is the daughter of the famed French artist Balthus and his second wife Setsuko Ideta. The necklace features two intertwined snakes which are inlaid with emeralds, sapphires, turquoise scales [...]
about-electronics.eu (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
Crave: To celebrate its 150th anniversary, House of Boucheron, the posh French creator of jewelry, watches, and fragrances, is sharing the swankness with a set of Vertu bejeweled cell phones bearing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Crave RSS (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Vertu's Dangerous is a pink-gold phone with paved cabochon, white and yellow diamonds, rubies, and sapphires. Is it calling you, Paris Hilton? (Credit: House of Boucheron) To celebrate its 150th anniversary, House of Boucheron , the posh French creator of jewelry, watches, and fragrances, is sharing the swankness with a ...
The Mobile Phone Review (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Vertu, known with its luxurious mobile phones, together with jewelry house Boucheron announced addition to its line - Vertu Signature. Dedicated to 150th anniversary of the famous jewelry house, respectively, each phone very generously is decorated with precious stones and metals. In line are included several unique models: Vertu Magic, Vertu Dangerous, Vertu Mysterious, Vertu Audacious and
Luxist (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Filed under: Gadgets As we saw a couple months ago , to celebrate Boucheron's 150th anniversary , the jeweler is partnering with other companies to create some amazing pieces. Two years ago Boucheron and luxury phone maker Vertu created extravagant bejeweled snake phones . The seven signature phones each contain 388 mechanical parts and each has a removable jeweled charm. Each has a gold case and...
Show & Talk - New York Fashion Week Blog - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Not every luminary confined himself to Marc Jacobs –related events last night. A few famous folks went all the way down to the South Street Seaport for Boucheron's 150th-anniversary party at Spiegelworld. Nicole Richie strutted to and fro on the dock, snapping pictures of Brooklyn and her slight male companion. As she declined to do interviews, an almost-empty Champagne glass dangled discreetly from...
Pocket-lint (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Dripping with jewels Vertu and the House of Boucheron have teamed up for some uber-swank phones for the 150th anniversary of the designer jewellery brand. ... Read Vertu and Boucheron team up for luxury phones on Pocket-lint now
Chip Chick (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
About 2 years ago Boucheron collaborated with Vertu to make an incredibly expensive phone that dripped with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds. At the time only two versions of the phone were being made one styled after a Cobra and the other a Python. Boucheron obviously loved the collaboration so much, they are doing it again to [...]
Sybarites (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
The snake is a Boucheron icon and is featured on many of their items ranging from necklaces to brooches to Vertu phones. The latest Boucheron item featuring a snake is the snake double ring, the double ring is becoming a more and more popular type of jewelry. The ring gives the impression of a snake [...]
Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
PARIS — B de Boucheron, a new women’s scent due out this fall, celebrates the 150th anniversary of Boucheron being in the jewelry business and its first fragrance’s 20th birthday. “We really decided to make a strong statement this year,” said Jean-Christophe Bedos, chief executive officer of the Place Vendôme jewelry house, which worked on the project with Boucheron’s fragrance licensee YSL Beauté,...
Sybarites (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
The Boucheron Tourbillon Bestiaire continues Boucheron’s tradition of including animals in their designs. The Tourbillon Bestiaire features a frog made of rubies with a flower made of rubies and multicolored tsavorites a total of 282 stones are used and have a total weight of 7.7 carats. The case is made of white gold with a [...]
Luxist (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
Filed under: Timepieces Jeweler Boucheron has put snakes on phones, now they are putting frogs on watches. The Boucheron Bestiaire is a limited edition of just eight pieces. The 18K white gold watch measures 42mm and is water resistant to 50 meters. The dial is white mother-of-pearl and the movement is a manual-wind Tourbillon with 17 jewels, beating at 21,600 bph. It is available in two versions,...
