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Lily Allen Discusses Her New Jewelry Line

Posted on 28 July 2009 by Tammy Cakes

lily-allen-jewlery-line-2Lily Allen unveiled her new jewelry line on Monday at London’s Claridges Hotel.

The collection is said to be comprised of nine different styles, including coins, medallions, flowers, traffic signs, acid faces, girl charms, fruit, animals and poodles created for fans aged 14 to 40. The range is priced between £30 ($60) and £100 ($100).

Be on the lookout for The Lily Allen Jewelry Collection, on sale this September.

On being asked to be a jewelry designer:

“I was so excited when I was asked to design a jewelery collection. I was in New York and literally went straight out to a bookshop and bought about 40 reference books, on everything from antique jewelery to modern-day bling.”

lily-allen-jewlery-line-6On where her design ideas came from:

“All of the designs stem from anything whether it’s the surroundings of places I’ve been to around the world, objects I’ve seen…anything. The list could go on forever.”

“My grandmother was a proper gypsy, and I have inherited quite a lot of her pieces. We took the idea of coins as the basis and then updated them by putting moons and stars on the faces.”

On her different collection range:

“I had no idea about how to design a coherent collection so I asked my old friend, jewelery designer Solange Azagury-Partridge, what to do. I have always loved her stuff. She told me to design different ranges within the collection.”

“Firstly there’s the coin collection, which is a nod to my gypsy past. I also wanted to do something with fruit and animals, and of course, smiley faces to match my body tattoo.”

Her favorite piece:

“I do love the animals …The pandas are fantastic.”

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Tarina Tarantino’s Whimsical Wizard Of OZ

Posted on 08 July 2009 by Tammy Cakes

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Accessory and jewelry designer Tarina Tarantino has made a big splash this season with her newest Look Book she’s called My Pretty Collection book. The images are inspired by The Wizard Of Oz and feature Kelly Osbourne as Glinda, Holly Owens as Dorothy, Debi Mazar as the Wicked Witch of the West, Lava X as the Cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow, and Tarina herself as the wonderful Wizard of Oz.

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And the story goes…”On an ordinary day, in an ordinary place, something extraordinary happens. It is here in this story that our modern day Dorothy decides to take the journey of self discovery. In her tattered apartment building a curious world comes to life all around her. The ill-tempered but glamorous land lady becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. The sweet next door neighbor, who’s always there to watch over Toto, becomes Glinda the Good Witch. The kids from apartment B are the munchkins, and the strange woman who works at the taco stand becomes her enemy and friends at the same time.

Somewhere over Downtown Los Angeles, a bright rainbow appears beneath a cloudy sky. The stairs become the yellow brick road which will lead Dorothy on her journey to Emerald city. Perhaps we all live in the land of Oz? Sometimes we all just need to leave our ordinary lives, if only for one day, to realize that there is no place like home.”

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