Academy Award looks

Wow, we did it! Check out the 'Today Show' videos and you'll see Academy Award looks for less, with some beautiful dresses, shoes and (of course) roberta chiarella jewelry!

Princess Drop Necklace

I'm so honored to work on this again this year, we have some great pieces on the clip, with a dead-ringer necklace, the 'Princess Drop Necklace' being my favorite. It's available right now and ready to ship (free shipping on this one!) to you, filled with swarovski elements crystals .

The crystals are sparkly and you'll love it. Also check out the linear crystal earrings, recently featured in People StyleWatch as well as on the 'Today Show'. These are some of our nicest earrings, and you can find so many other great pieces on the site as well, don't forget it is the last days of the winter sale. Ciao!

And the winner is.. .. ..

Wow, it's Academy Awards night! We're home in front of the television, watching to see what goes on. I hope 'the artist' wins big, this was one of the most inspiring movies I've seen and I can relate! If you haven't seen this one, go out and do so.

You know that for me the red carpet is almost as important as the show. Take a look at some of the great earrings at robertachiarella.com, many were inspired by runway looks and this year will be no different. Harry Winston may supply a starlet's jewelry on loan for the night (after all who would pay one million dollars for a necklace?) but the rest of us look at the styling and the design of 'the look'.

As is customary I have my sketchbook (and my ipad) ready so I can try and translate a winning look to our factory. Sometimes I have sketches and designs in my portfolio that get the last 'kick' from the impression I get when I see that perfect look on the red carpet. Swarovski Elements nearly always has the right stone, we have the ability to put together a piece of fashion jewelry literally overnight and the academy awards show has the star-power to give us inspiration.

 Enjoy the show, compare notes about the movies you enjoyed this year and admire the actors and actresses. Program your calendar to check the Today Show later in the week, we'll have some 'oscar looks for less' jewelry on display so you can look like a red carpet actress next weekend. Ciao!

RC2 is NEW

It seems quiet here in New York City on this Sunday morning, the pups are snoozing and it's a nice fall day. After the last two weeks, it's a welcome relief. Our newest collection for the RC2 Trend Collection (our super trendy line for fall) has been launched and seems to be a hit with our Fashionista customers. 



I am happy to see that the La Strada bracelet is already half-way sold out, and we've already reordered from the factory. This is a great piece, available in 2 colors and is so great for your fall wardrobe. We've also got a great Bib Necklace, and many other great fall pieces on the website. The Crystal Coin Cascade Necklace is also very popular, it was featured on The Today Show as part of the "Emmy Award Look for Less" segment, hosted by our dear friend Jill Martin.

Our jewelry is featured in InStyle this week, the Award winning CZ Stud earrings are right in there for everyone to admire. If you're on the E-mail list, you will have gotten a promo code to get a discount this week, so that'll help you buy lots of our great items. 



Joe Chiarella and Chicklet wait out the Tornado in NYC

I'd hoped to put up some pics from Fashion Week in Lincoln Center, but you may know that New York was hit with a couple of tornados (yes, in NYC!!!) which headed right towards the family home in Queens. That caused a few days of no power, and one of the computers gave up it's life in the power failure.

My brother had to evacuate with Chicklet, who had a great time eating at a sidewalk cafe in Manhattan while they fixed the power lines. Hopefully we'll get the pics out of the hard disk, once my brother puts down the chain saw that he's been cutting down branches with and gets back to the computer. Fortunately nobody was hurt in the storm, so we are all grateful. The house was not damaged, so the shipping boxes, gift wrap and assorted necessities for robertachiarella.com weren't harmed.

So, you can see why I am happy it's a quiet day. We've got a bunch of orders to pack and ship tomorrow, you can't underestimate the power of a super sale, the CHA CHA CHA bracelet (featured in BRIDES) is going to be discontinued soon so we're giving an incredible discount to make sure these great bracelets find nice homes!

Next on the list is getting ready for HSN, we've got a great new collection to show on TV coming up soon.

We've got to get the jewelry ready, then hit the hair stylist, manicure, dress shoppe and shoe store before the trip down to Florida. See you on TV! Ciao.