"O" my! The Hottest fall trends

Hello, we're back! Thanks to everyone who emailed after the last post, happily our hurricane repairs are going well and the house is coming back together. Our first priority was to make sure every order is filled and shipped and our fall collections and upcoming holiday jewelry launches are going according to schedule, and I am thrilled everything is going well.

Everyone loves our fall collection, the Embrace look is a must-have and has gotten great press. Our friends are the first ones to "Embrace" the best fall looks for 2011 and it's no surprise that people who write about the trends include robertachiarella.com for our hot and trendy necklaces.

Your fall look should 'sing the blues' and we've got some great choices for you! The Rockstar necklace is my favorite, a perfect style for fall with great colored resin pieces. Sit by the fire and the polished lightweight resin stones just glow!

I think the best fall looks embrace the season, and so put away the brightly colored summer outfits and tops and choose colors that are subdued and not flashy. That does not mean boring, I love lavender and honeydew and burgundy, midnight blue looks great this time of year and if you can wear it, dark orange hues can give you a wonderful seasonal appearance. Jewelry should complement the softer colors of your clothes and be a bit brighter to provide that 'wow' factor.

Take a look at O, the Oprah magazine on the newsstands right now. They chose our LaStrada Bib Necklace and the Dolcetti Necklace as the perfect accent pieces for a great fall look. You can get these for a super price on the website. The Superstar Earrings, in great fall colors, are featured in Glamour, you have to own these sparkly, beautiful Swarovski Elements earrings. We've got a wonderful blue, a cool grey and a great black for you to choose from, you can take $10 off with the FALL10 promo code and maybe buy more than one!

We're always available to answer questions, or you can send me a pic and we'll help you choose the right accessory in the perfect color to complement your wardrobe. Fall is a cool season but your look should stay hot, and we're here to help! Ciao. . .

Welcome Summer!

It's here- Memorial Day weekend! The unofficial beginning of summer has finally arrived and that's a good thing. After the winter of 2010-2011 with monumental snow and bone-crushing cold, I almost didn't remember what shorts and flip-flops looked like, so the thought of lounging around in summer attire is nice.

We'll be enjoying New York City, where it's Fleet Week, our wonderful military men and women come into town in their planes, on their boats and get a taste of New York City hospitality. You'll see New Yorkers walk right up to soldiers, marines and shake their hands, pat them on the back, because we all appreciate what these young men and women do. The United States is protected and defended by a volunteer army, our own citizens, our own families have patriotic (and brave) individuals who volunteer. It makes me proud, and gives me a good reason to go to our local treasure, the Douglaston-Little Neck Memorial Day Parade. The weather should be good and it's a great way to appreciate all our armed forces do for us by honoring our troops, especially those who died in wars.

Summer, Memorial Day, the end of May and the Solstice, we don't need much of a reason to have a big sale, so we've got a great selection of jewels at an incredible 60% off the original price for the weekend.  Go out and buy a nice summer dress or top and plan to wear it in style with the La Strada Bib Necklace. It'll probably never be more affordable, and has been featured in magazines and on TV. If you like a simple and elegant piece for your hair, check out the pave hair stick which I just love. This one's a close out and when the last one is sold, that's it. We get so many orders for weddings, the hair stick is just the right accessory.



La Strada Necklace



No weddings? Still need an excuse to get some jewelry, hmm. Well, it was graduation day for lots of students, and New York City schools will graduate their high-schoolers in just a couple of weeks. Here at the jewelry studio, we've had our own little graduation too. I participate in internship programs with FIT in New York and have been so lucky to get wonderful students who come in and learn and work, learn and work with us. Going to college isn't easy, and internships are part of getting that edge, the experience of being in a real business doing what you went to college for, fashion!

Thanks, Abie Angelillo and Candice Roselli, their help has been amazing and I hope you've learned a thing or two as well. Candice excelled in adobe photo shop and will take her skills to her new career once she's come down to earth after she graduates. She should get off to a good start, with a professional resume and some direction we enjoyed providing. 

It is a way to give back and that's why I support FIT and it's programs. I was privileged to talk to the Direct and Interactive Marketing Club, where students really want to listen and learn. It's a pleasure to share my experiences in buliding a business from a dream (and a severence package) and work for yourself. There is no better way to create jobs than to join the workforce in private enterprise and start a business. If you take that risk you will get rewarded many times over. You make your future, no unions, no guarantee of a pension but plenty of excitement and lots of happiness if you get it right and find success. Our interns learned this every day, and our customers know it too- they deal with me, the owner, with our great staff, they buy from a first-class website or in a high-end store or boutique. It is the American Dream, made possible by our constitution and the service of our troops. Happy Summer! Ciao.