The Polished Carat

Dubai-based jewellery designer Susana Martins knows how to catch the eye with her jewellery designs. Trained in the art of jewellery making in Portugal, the designer has quickly found her style with geometric designs and Middle Eastern influences. Manipulating gold and precious gemstones to create original pieces, Martins brings to the jewellery world a modern collection filled with nods to the ancient world. Her Eye collection modernises the superstitious eye to ward off the evil eye with a cheeky, sexy wink, while her Letter Mania collection features bejewelled letters of the alphabet with a genius 3D detail, which reveals the Arabic equivalent of the letter on the side. With a new take on expressing creativity with accessories, the designer invites her clients to interact with her pieces by mixing and matching, and creates for them, upon request, 3D charms with their names or certain words such as love, written in both English and Arabic.

#whatwouldetwear in the movie 'These Old Broads' in #2001?

 A hot pink and gold flecked silk caftan with a green & blue geometric print, V neck & back, long slit in front center, back zip up closure, label reads “Nolan Miller” co designed by #MarkZunino, worn by ET in her last film role as “Beryl Mason” in the scene where she & #DebbieReynolds publicly make up in a thinly veiled account of the famous 1950s scandal involving Eddie Fisher. The movie starred Elizabeth, Debbie, #ShirleyMacLaine & #JoanCollins, written by Debbie's daughter #carriefisher.

The film was Nolan Miller's last costume design project with the sketches done by his protégé Mark Zinino.

#didyouknow Actress #MarleneDietrich’s family owned a jewellery shop on Berlin’s most fashionable thoroughfare,Unter den Linden. Jewellery ran in her blood, and she was an avid collector. Many of her jewels were made by special order fron renowned jewellers including #PaulFlato, #FulcodiVerdura, #Mauboussin and #vancleefarpels. The most noteworthy, and most dramatic, of her jewels that appeared in one of her films also happened to be her favorite: a three-dimensional #ruby and diamond 

Jarretière cuff bracelet made by Van Cleef & Arpels circa #1937. According to Dietrich’s grandson, this striking cuff was made with “all her bits of jewellery” after the actress brought an odd assortment of more than 20 personal pieces of jewellery, including a ruby bracelet and necklace, a pair of diamond earrings, and a diamond necklace, and a handful of brooches into Van Cleef & Arpels. Dietrich’s jewellery was re-set into the stunning Jarretière cuff that exudes Old Hollywood glamour. Marlene Dietrich was regularly photographed with this bracelet, which she also wore in Alfred Hitchcock’s film, Stage Fright (1950).