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- Tracy Martin, Collectables Expert
- Juliet Hutton-Squire, Editor
- Minnie Marx, Actress
- What's in My Jewellery Box?
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- Tracy Martin
- Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
- Collectables Expert,
Author & Journalist
- What's your style chunky or
dainty?
- Definitely Chunky, statement
pieces are so on trend at the moment
- Modern or vintage?
- Mostly
modern but I do have some fabulous vintage pieces as well
- Do you collect anything in
particular?
- I
adore Butler & Wilson, Lulu Guinness and just anything that is a little
different and quirky
- How many pieces in your
jewellery box? 1 -1 0, 10 - 30, more than 30
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Gosh loads,
definitely more than 30 but probably less than 100. I'm only 38 years
old so have, hopefully many years of collecting ahead of me yet
- Who is your favourite
jewellery designer/brand?
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Difficult as I love my Butler & Wilson necklaces and bracelets. However
there are so many great designers in jewellery out there that I don't
really have a favourite, just love them all
- What piece of jewellery
couldn't you live without?
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My
Great
Grandmother's Art Deco flapper girl glass beaded necklace, black and
pink and so of the time I would never be able to find another
- Is that your most worn piece?
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No,
because I worry about
losing it, my most worn piece is the Butler & Wilson multi-coloured
beaded necklace and when I cruise on ships I tend to wear my glitzy
1950's Austrian crystals which belonged to my Nan
- What has been your best ever
jewellery bargain?
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Most of mine are bargains as my Mum is also a jewellery nut and buys
most of them for me as pressies. Although a recent purchase at auction
was a vintage Butler & Wilson heart necklace which only cost £30.
- What piece was the most
expensive?
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Most of my necklaces are in the £100 bracket but the most expensive is a
gorgeous diamond and ruby vintage watch which cost £590 from a
collectors' fair
- What's on your jewellery wish
list?
- At the moment it's a Holly Fulton
Art Deco style chunky necklace; at around £300 I will own one - I have
to own one.
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To find out more about Tracy
visit her website
www.collectablesexpert.co.uk
Above top row:
Butler & Wilson multi coloured beaded necklace
www.butlerandwilson.co.uk.
The lovely Tracy Martin. Middle row from left: Beaded Art Deco necklace
which belonged to Tracy's Grandmother, Tracy's Art Deco watch bracelet
shown both closed and open. Another favourite, Matisse enamelled
pendant. Bottom row from left: Lulu Guinness 20th
Anniversary charm bracelet £250
www.luluguinness.com, Holly Fulton Deco style necklace &
skyscraper earrings image
www.vogue.co.uk, Holly
Fulton Chrysler building Deco necklace £245
www.brownsfashion.com,
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Juliet
Hutton-Squire
Editor, Adorn London
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1.
- What's your style chunky or dainty?
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Both, I love statement pieces and then usually just wear the one piece. I
do also like dainty but then it would need to be a really fine
choker chain with a pendant no bigger than a 5p! I wear two delicate
eternity rings on my wedding finger - timeless and classic but then I
have carte blanche on my right hand but only ever wear one statement
ring at a time. I am full of contrasts!
- Modern or vintage?
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Gosh both, I love contemporary styling but my favourite pastime is to
scour car boot sales and charity shops for the perfect find.
- Do you collect anything in particular?
- It
would have to be vintage clip-on earrings
- How many pieces in your jewellery box? 1 -1 0, 10
- 30, more than 30
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Confession time – more than 30. I have been fortunate enough to travel
extensively and pick up treasures en route. My jewellery is not very
expensive but each piece has a story.
- Who is your favourite jewellery designer/brand?
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I love the creativity of Marni, the earthiness of Pippa Small, the
imagination of Victoire de Castellane from the House of Dior and the
industrial glamour of Mawi.
- What piece of jewellery couldn't you live without?
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Statement rings
- Is a statement ring your most worn piece?
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No, my most worn piece is a pair of vintage diamante crystal cascading
earrings that a friend gave me for my birthday years ago. I wore them
with a graphic Holly Fulton dress the other night but have also worn
them with a floor length gown.
- What has been your best ever jewellery bargain?
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My 1960’s signed Italian clip-on earrings for £2
- What piece was the most expensive?
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My wedding rings
- What's on your jewellery wish list?
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A baby Astley Clarke ring and the Mawi Rose printed pearl and bow
bracelet from the India Rose collection
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"I have a glass
fronted cabinet in my bedroom full of my jewels..the beads hang on a
dowel and then I have a lot of little boxes filled with sparkly
treasures."
Adorn London is the ultimate showcase of jewellery trends and style from
High Street to Haute Couture
www.adorn-london.com
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Above: Juliet's wish list,
Baby Astley Clarke ring £1,795
www.astleyclarke.com
Mawi Pearl & Bow bracelet £230
www.mawi.co.uk |
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- Minnie Marx
- Barcelona, Spain
- Actress
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- What's your style chunky or
dainty?
- Dainty (I
think, but I like chunky sometimes…)
- Modern or vintage?
- Modern
(with a hint of vintage)
- Do you collect anything in
particular?
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Lea
Stein,
Christopher
Clarke
and anything art deco, glitz
I
also like
- How many pieces in your
jewellery box? 1 -1 0, 10 - 30, more than 30
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500
I
think – my god,
I
must be nuts!
- Who is your favourite
jewellery designer/brand?
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Christopher
Clarke
(Lea
Stein
comes right alter him)
- What piece of jewellery
couldn't you live without?
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My diamond ring
I
got for my birthday from my
Italian
friends
- Is that your most worn piece?
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No,
Christopher
Clarke
earrings are things I
wear most
(I
only wear clips, no holes in my earlobes. Would you buy something
with a hole in it?)
- What has been your best ever
jewellery bargain?
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A sapphire
&
platinum bracelet
I
bought from a friend who sold it to me when his mother died.
- What piece was the most
expensive?
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The
sapphire
bracelet
- What's on your jewellery wish
list?
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I am perfectly happy with my jewellery treasures, but
I
wouldn´t mind some vintage
Lea
Stein
ítems. And if I
see anything crazy which leaps at me and tickles my fancy,
I
will consider
if
I
can afford to buy it and probably
will
buy it…
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Top:- Actress
Minnie Marx wearing a Lea Stein Ric the terrier brooch
Above top
row from left:- Enamelled winged earrings, enamelled clamper
bracelet and pearl & bead necklace (a gift from Minnie's husband) all by
Christopher Clarke
2nd Row:-
Liquorice Allsort necklace bought on a trip to Switzerland, enamel
flower earrings by Christopher Clarke
3rd Row:- Multi coloured
square beaded necklace bought in an atelier in Switzerland, Christopher
Clarke orchid drop earrings, diamond ring, a birthday gift from Italian
friends
Bottom Row:-
Diamanté tiara bought years ago from an auction in Valencia and worn in
the film Savage Grace, the true story of the Baekeland family (Leo
Baekeland was the inventor of bakelite). A scene from Savage Grace with
Julianne Moore
Many thanks to Minnie for
her precious time and help with this interview.
The Christopher Clarke
shop & workshop in Amsterdam is no longer trading
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Above: Minnie's wish list,
more vintage Lea Stein pieces |
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What's in My Jewellery
Box?
I'm often asked
by customers what kind of jewellery I wear so I thought it was time to
satisfy everyone's curiosity. Well, first and foremost it has to be big
and chunky. I don't do stud earrings and delicate pendants unless
they're diamonds! My jewellery of choice has to be larger than life, the
kind of pieces people stop to stare at. Old or new, cheap or expensive,
designer or boot sale, I don't care. It just has to scream 'Wear me!'
Whispers or barely audible pleas just don't get heard.
If I had to chose just one
favourite piece I'd struggle. At the moment it's a cross between my big
Marc Jacobs bow ring (unfortunately a bit too big) and the big sage
green & black ball necklace but then I probably wear the big chain
necklace (or my Rottweiler necklace as I call it) more than anything
else. I very occasionally part with pieces but only VERY occasionally.
When I buy something new it's usually there to stay. I always make a
point of looking for jewellery additions on every trip I make out of the
country and many pieces hold never to be forgotten memories. I can
remember where I bought every piece I own and in most cases how much I
paid. My daughter Katie has bought me some of my best loved pieces and
Josh, my son has given me some great bargains he's picked up from
charity shops and boot sales. Feast your eyes on some of my favourites
below.
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Top row Left: Cellulose
tulip brooch by Ciléa Paris. Centre: my huge 'suit of armour' choker
with champagne coloured crystals. Right: selection of rings & bangles
(the clear perspex bangle is by Thierry Mugler and was bought on a trip
to Nice, the orange sea anemone ring is a £3 bargain from the National
Portrait Gallery)
Middle row Left: My Rottweler choker (a 25p boostale bargain), a
Deco buckle which my husband had made into a choker for me & a tribal
wood & metal choker I found in an atelier in Arles in the South of
France. Centre: A spiral charity shop bargain which Josh bought me, a
1960's Danish architectural design ring & a huge 1960's choker Katie
found in an Amsterdam Antiques market. Right: A selection of my many
rings.
Bottom row Left:
one of my favourite necklaces (an East London market bargain) & my Marc
Jacobs bow ring, Centre: Italian acrylic ball necklace. Right: My
original Myspace photo taken in 2007
If you'd like to tell me what's in
your jewellery box get in touch
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