September 2008 - DebRA’s Annual Butterfly Ball is due to take place on Saturday 25th October in the Crown Plaza Hotel, Glasgow. The charity supports children with skin condition called EB for which there is no known cure.
Lewis Grant is delighted to assist their auction by donating a diamond pendant. We would like to wish DebRA every success in this event.
September 2008 - The Great Scot Awards are due to take place on Saturday 20th September at the Glasgow Hilton Hotel. Now in its 18th year, the Awards raise thousands of pounds for many charities including RNIB and Strathcarron Hospice.
Lewis Grant is happy to donate a diamond pendant to auction to help to raise the much-needed money for these charities.
DIAMONDS AT THE OSCARS!
Feb 2008 - Diamonds and fashion have always been synonymous with Hollywood glamour and the 80th Academy Awards Ceremony, held on Sunday 24th February, did not let us down! Sparkling chandelier style earrings and beautiful diamond bracelets and cuffs were the style of choice for our screen stars. Statement jewellery also featured heavily.
Mum-to-be Nicole Kidman made the most dramatic jewellery statement on Oscars night with a spectacular 1,399-carat diamond necklace designed by American fashion stylist L'Wren Scott. The stunning diamond necklace was custom made for the actress and estimated to be valued at around £3 million pounds.
Dame Helen Mirren dazzled on the red carpet in a vibrant custom-made Georges Chakra garnet red satin gown embellished with Swarovski crystal sleeves. Platinum and diamond drop earrings, diamond stackable bracelets,
and a sparkling cocktail ring finished off the look.
REFURBISHMENT
Lewis Grant 44-45 Argyll Arcade is temporarily closed for refurbishment from Monday 15th October to Saturday 20th October. Our exciting new look store will re-open on Monday 22nd October.
Please contact our store at 40 Argyll Arcade if you have any queries or contact us on 0141 221 1400
GLASGOW 2014 - BACK THE BID
Scotland’s largest city is bidding to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Glasgow has a rich sporting history and is home to some of the world most famous sporting venues.
LEWIS GRANT is proud to support Glasgow’s bid to host the Commonwealth Games. We’re one of over 1.7 million organisations, and individuals, who have already backed the bid.
We’ll find out in November which city is to host the Games, so it’s not too late to show your support.
TEAM FUNDRAISING
Store manager Janice Davidson and team members Niall, Pauline, Angela, Sam and Carrie are participating in the
Co-op Jog Scotland 5k run on Tuesday 19th June at Glasgow Green. This was organised by Carrie to raise funds for the British Red Cross. Good luck to everyone taking part!
BRIDES MORE ASSERTIVE IN CHOOSING ENGAGEMENT RINGS
Women are much more assertive than in the past about choosing the style of diamond engagement ring they receive, according to a recent survey of 10,000 U.S. couples by De Beers' Diamond Trading Company. Thirty percent of the women were assertive in this way, while only 19 percent of the couples fit the traditional model of the man presenting the woman with a surprise gift.
Source: AFNS
FAMED SCULPTOR CREATES DIAMOND-ENCRUSTED SKULL
A diamond-encrusted, life-size platinum skull by Damien Hirst will go on sale for £50 million in London.
"For the Love of God" is covered entirely by 8,601 stones weighing a total of 1,106.18 carats – three times the number on the crown the Queen wears on state occasions! The single biggest expense was the 52 carat pear-shaped stone set into the forehead. It forms part of the exhibition, "Beyond Belief" at the White Cube, Mason's Yard Gallery in London (June 1 – July 7, 2007).
A sale of the skull for £50 million would put Hirst, 41, on a price level with Pablo Picasso and Gustav Klimt, dead artists who produced some of the 20th century's most famous works.
Source: AFNS
THE GOLDEN BATHROOM
It’s no great secret — everyone has to do his or her business, and historically, the public potty was not the preferred place to do it! Once considered a nasty nuisance, today’s public restrooms are starting a trend toward the terrific. These days, it’s possible to admire the artwork and sculpture of artists, and even bond with the gals over cocktails all while hitting the loo.
Here is the plushest of them all! The Golden Bathroom at the 3-D Gold Store in Hong Kong, China. No expense was spared to create this monument to decadence. Every fixture, from the two commodes to the sinks and toilet-roll holders, is made of solid gold! It was inspired by communist leader Vladimir Lenin to give golden toilets to the masses.
24 KARAT GOLD: THE ULTIMATE FACIAL TREATMENT
They say Cleopatra slept in a gold mask every night to maintain her beauty. Today you too can experience the ultimate skin rejuvenating treatment by gilding your face in 24 karat gold! Japanese company UMO recently introduced the pure gold facial that promises to lift and firm skin, reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and create luminous radiant skin. The gold is gently and thoroughly massaged into the skin until it disappears completely.
This luxurious treatment is now available in the US from £200 - £250 per session!
GOLD BAR SOLD FOR A PENNY!
A gold bar worth £1,100 has been sold at an on-line auction for 1p!
The lucky winner was Paul Myring, a retail manager from Bishop Stortford in the UK, who had placed a bet on the unusual on-line betting website Humraz. The site works by getting people to place bets for items and the winner is the person who places the lowest unique, or unmatched, bid. “It is incredible no-one else bid 1p. Every other bidder must have thought it was too obvious,” said Mr Myring.
Other recent gold bar auctions have closed at 52p and £1.85.
Source: WGC
THE DIAMOND GRAND PRIX
Diamonds made a spectacular showing in advance of the 2007 Grand Prix race in Monaco, with Formula One racing champions Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso, both of the McLaren team, showing off diamond-studded racing helmets.
The helmets bore the words “Monaco ’07” written in white diamonds on the side. The stones were by Steinmetz Diamonds, which sponsors the McLaren racing team. The drivers were each given a £7,000 diamond ring with a tire tread motif to keep.
The champions also posed with a model wearing a necklace set with some £25 million worth of diamonds cut from a 316 carat rough that was the largest stone found at De Beers’s Venetia Mine.
Source: AFNS
TEAM FUNDRAISING
Store manager Janice Davidson and team members Niall, Pauline, Angela, Sam and Carrie are participating in the
Co-op Jog Scotland 5k run on Tuesday 19th June at Glasgow Green. This was organised by Carrie to raise funds for the British Red Cross. Good luck to everyone taking part!
216 CARAT DIAMOND DISCOVERED
A 216 carat – a white D-Colour/Flawless - diamond has been discovered at the Letseng Diamond Mine in Lesotho, South Africa. The mine is situated in the Maluti Mountains and is the highest diamond mine in the world. It has been sold in Antwerp for $8.3 million.
It is the second major find at the mine in the space of a year. In August 2006, a 603 carat white diamond (about the size of a tangerine) was found which sold for over $12.4 million!
Source: BCB.
RINGING BLINGING!
Luxury Austrian designer Peter Aloisson has provided us with another variation of his famous mobile phone designs. His last design was the diamond studded Motorola KRZR and this time it is a Motorola V3i - Stainless Steel Gold, embedded with 855 diamonds weighing a total of 3.8 carats and is available for a whopping £5,000!! Alternatively, you could go for the Stainless Steel version, which is available for a mere £2000.
Source: BCB.
£2.4m DIAMOND DRESS
A glittering dress, dripping in 4,000 diamonds, was recently modelled by Tanya Alvarez to launch the Irish Grand National in the luxurious surroundings of the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin. The diamond-encrusted dress was designed by Thomas Heverin of Sligo and was a labour of love for the designer; taking 200 hours to hand sew each of the 4,000 diamonds.
The gossamer-fine frock may be worth a small fortune, but there was little chance of any jewel thief getting to grips with it. Tanya was accompanied by two huge bodyguards wherever she went, who kept a beady eye on her every move!!
Source: Belfast Telegraph.
“DIAMOND-TINI” – IT’S A GEM OF A COCKTAIL
A new cocktail era may be stirring in Japan – or is that shaking?
The "diamond-tini" is a new adult beverage with a hint of lime and chilled Belvedere vodka over a 1.06-carat stone. it tops the Ritz-Carlton beverage menu at a cool 1.8 million yen, or about $18,000!
The hefty price includes drink preparations tableside, a serenade of "Diamonds are Forever" as a cut stone slides to the martini glass bottom, and later a ring mounting by a local jeweller.
Source: smh.com
DIAMOND SHIRT WEIGHS MORE THAN 300 CARATS!
The British singer Skin wore a black shirt studded with more than 300 carats of diamonds during the Milan’s fashion week recently. The shirt’s value was said to be $1.3 million.
The item was designed through a joint venture between the Italian fashion house Gianfranco Ferré and Dalumi Diamonds.
The shirt, which is worn with tuxedo pants and a silk cape, is not for sale at present.
Source - AFNS
FRENCH TENNIS STAR WINS ANTWERP'S DIAMOND RACKET
Amelie Mauresmo, the reigning Wimbledon champion, took away more than just a tournament, when she won the Antwerp Diamond Games tournament for the third time in a row. This time she also walked away with a diamond-studded racket worth $1.3 million.
To win the coveted trophy, Mauresmo beat the local favorite Kim Clijsters 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in the tournament final. She was noble in victory. “I, too, am a bit disappointed, because everyone wanted Kim to win. Sorry,” she told the crowd.
The 8.8-pound gold racket trophy features 1,702 diamonds. It was made to awarded to win three titles in any five-year span. Mauresmo managed to do it in 2005, 2006 and now in 2007.
Source - AFNS
OSCAR CEREMONY ACTRESS WEARS $500,000 DIAMOND SHOES
Dreamgirls star Anika Noni Rose wore designer Stuart Weitzman's Diamond Dream Shoe to the 79th Academy Awards on Sunday. The actress, who will perform Best Song nominee "Patience" at the Oscars, was selected as Weitzman's personal model at this year's award show for her "grace and charm."
Weitzman has created a silver evening shoe with a stiletto heel, adorned with 1,420 individual brilliant cut Kwiat diamonds, set in platinum circles, exclusively for Rose. The shoe is valued at $500,000.
Source: World Entertainment News Network
MOVIE STAR LINDSAY LOHAN GIVEN $1 MILLION WORTH OF DIAMONDS
Movie star Lindsay Lohan reportedly has received a gift of $1 million worth of diamond jewelry from her new boyfriend Scott Storch.
According to the unconfirmed report, Lohan was seen at a mansion wearing a diamond necklace, earrings and a three-stone diamond ring.
Storch is a music producer who reportedly has made more than $70 million in the business.
Source - AFNS
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