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☆ Women Dressing Women, in Jewelry
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Kathleen Beckett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

More than 70 examples of fashions created by women for women are showcased in the exhibition “Women Dressing Women” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City (through March 3). How are their creations different from those of male designers? “Gender is such a personal aspect of identity that influences everyone differently,” Mellissa Huber, the institute’s associate curator and the co-curator of the show, wrote in an email. She noted that while many women “might not wish their work to be perceived through the lens of gender, for some it can be a really important aspect of their professional identity.”The New York Times asked the same question of several female jewelry designers and experts. Here are their thoughts on what it means to be women dressing women — in jewelry.

Persons: ” Mellissa Huber, “ Organizations: Metropolitan Museum, Art’s, New York Times Locations: New York City

☆ What’s the Best Gift You Ever Received? Here’s 6 Replies.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Kathleen Beckett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Best gift ever On his departure from the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, staff members, friends and board members presented him with a textile sculpture by the French artist Simone Pheulpin, who was the subject of an exhibition there in late 2021. “This sculpture is, for me, a talisman,” Mr. Gabet wrote, “both a remembrance of nine years of my professional and personal life, a wonderful and powerful art work, but also the objet d’art which will accompany me for the forthcoming years of my life.”Image The textile sculpture by the French artist Simone Pheulpin that was given to Olivier Gabet. Best gift ever “When I was in elementary school, after moving to Paris from Niger, I was gifted with Amadou Hampâté Bâ’s memoir, ‘Amkoullel, L’Enfant Peul,’ by my father. Like the author, I have Peul (or Fulani) heritage and roots in the Sahel region of West Africa. I felt a deep pull while reading, like a multitude of secrets I had yet to unfold.”

Persons: Simone Pheulpin, Mr, Gabet, “, Olivier Gabet, ‘ Les, Anne Dion, ” Tatiana Kombo Ms, Kombo, Amadou Hampâté Bâ’s, ‘, L’Enfant Organizations: Arts Locations: French, Paris, ’, Niger, Sahel, West Africa

☆ A Watch ‘Made in the U.S.A.’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Kathleen Beckett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The boast was big: Joshua Nathan Shapiro, founder of the watch brand J.N. Shapiro, declared that its Resurgence watch is the first timepiece made in the United States in more than half a century. “There hasn’t been a watch totally made in the U.S. since Hamilton watches closed down in 1969” and moved to Switzerland, Mr. Shapiro said. His company, based in Torrance, Calif., makes 148 of the watch’s 180 components, and most of the others are provided by U.S.-based companies, a tally that Mr. Shapiro said met the Federal Trade Commission’s standard that “all or virtually all” parts of a product must be made in the country before it may use the label Made in the U.S.A. (The label is on the Resurgence’s movement, he said.)

Persons: Joshua Nathan Shapiro, Shapiro, hasn’t Organizations: Hamilton, U.S, Federal Trade Locations: United States, U.S, ”, Switzerland, Torrance , Calif

☆ These Watches Can Be Fruit, Flowers, Fauna or Almost Anything at All
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Kathleen Beckett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

We create our own path.”The OriginsThe path of form watches began at least 500 years ago. “There are records from approximately 1500 with watches made in different shapes,” said Simon Bull, a watch historian and consultant in England. “Basically, form watches start with watches in a ball shape, in a pomander shape, made in metal with piercings.”Nathalie Marielloni, vice curator at the Musée International d’Horlogerie in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, said that, in addition to a watch, the pomander would include some perfume. There also were watches in the form of religious objects, he said. “You get watches in the shape of crosses, you get skulls, memento mori, due to the paranoia that people had about going to heaven or hell.”

Persons: “, ”, Simon Bull, Nathalie Marielloni, Timepieces, Bull, Pierre, Martin Scheult Organizations: Fonds, Metropolitan Museum of Art Locations: England, La Chaux, Switzerland, New York City

☆ It’s Summer. Are You Suddenly Allergic to Your Jewelry?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Kathleen Beckett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“There is no scientific definition of the term ‘hypoallergenic.’ It is a marketing term,” Dr. Barbaud said. “We can hope that ‘hypoallergenic’ jewelry complies with European regulations that limit the release of nickel from objects in close contact with the skin. However, for someone who is already sensitized to metals, particularly nickel, even hypoallergenic jewelry may still cause a reaction.”High-end gold jewelry can present problems, too, because 24-karat, or pure, gold is soft and usually is mixed with some other metals for strength. And the 9-karat or 12-karat gold used in inexpensive jewelry could contain a high percentage of alloy. regulation applies to all jewelry, but the rules are different depending if it is for piercing or for regular jewelry,” said Nina Andersson, chief executive of Blomdahl, a jewelry company founded in 1985 in Halmstad, Sweden, that focuses on jewelry allergies.

Persons: Barbaud, ”, Nina Andersson, Ms, Andersson Organizations: European Union Locations: United States, Halmstad, Sweden

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