Author: danieldcnyc

Courtesy: Kohl’s

The Love Of July

July 15th, we’ve surely reached the midpoint of this glorious, and sometimes infamous month of summer, and for the first time in quite a few summers, we keep having heatwave after heatwave after heatwave, with the humidity refusing to lead up, and here on the east coast, we’re in for the most suppressive, and most suffocating heat we’ve had in awhile this coming weekend, so it’s no better time today for Lauren Conrad and her LC Lauren Conrad Kohl’s collection to feature the best of what July can bring, if you keep your style scope in check with 2 cute pieces out of Lauren’s style space yet.

First, we get on the jumpsuits from LC Lauren Conrad, they come in beautiful blue denim that’s crowned as the knot-front jumpsuit which even on a sweltering hot day like today, the stylist jumpsuit stays cute and pretty while keeping the ladies cool by the poolside, the beachside, on the boardwalk, or up in the rooftop when the moment calls for a party with all the booze you want.

Now if you’re into staying indoors, and doing just a few errands staying in the air conditioning as much as possible, then Lauren puts her attention to this ensemble of a prairie tank and tickling plaid topper paired with blue skinny jeans that keeps the surroundings cool, and barely breaks a sweat either in a typical day in New York City, or even a hectic day in Los Angeles.

Daniel Quintanilla

Courtesy: Valorie Darling

Always Look Your Best

The best thing about our iPhone cameras is that we can always take the worst moment in our lives and turn it into the best thing ever to hit our social space, with at least a thousand likes, and plenty of filters to glorify the experience, but there’s always some room to take it a step further, and it’s not adding more filters and wide angles to our iPhone this time around, this is about calling on a professional photographer to get those once in a lifetime moments to keep forever, which is why today is the day that Lauren Conrad brings in Valorie Darling who happens to not only be Lauren’s friend, but someone who can give you tips on professional picture posing.

With all that Valorie Darling has to offer in her services, and all the great wealth of information coming from “Asking For A Friend” on Wednesday, Valorie’s first piece of advice is investing in professional hair and makeup so not only do you have your best look, but the most elevated look of yourself, be color conscious by going with lighter colors that complement your tones, you have the option of turning on your good side, coordinate outfits without completely matching, and have some helpers on hand when doing a family portrait.

What’s extremely helpful is getting in as close as possible for any ole shot you do and not feel like you’re on the sidelines, try finding space in organic ways, create angles and dimensions with your hands and feet as much as possible, and be confident in finding as many photo opportunities as possible.

Daniel Quintanilla

Courtesy: D’Orazio & Associates

The Goodies Of Doing Good

Ciara wore Harry Kotlar diamond earrings to the Sports Humanitarian Awards on Tuesday evening in Los Angeles, California.

Helen’s brother Aria sends small diamonds from his small diamond cutting factory in Israel. Harry sells these stones in the Los Angeles diamond district.

He eventually leaves the clothing company to focuson selling cut stones.

Harry supplies diamonds to manufacturers and dealers, closing each deal with the same personalized service and charm he showed while working for the textile company.

The market responds favorably to Harry’s products and exceptional service. Clients feel confident in his wares, and this leads to orders for larger stones.

Harry graciously entertains their requests and starts supplying .30 to .50 carat stones this year.

Members of the Kotlar clan joined the company.

Basha Kotlar Wiener and Louis Wiener shared Harry Kotlar’s dedication to customer relations, and are instrumental to maintaining the company’s steady growth.

The Kotlar business flourishes even further.

Harry begins to secure his legacy of creating luxury through impeccable service and attention to every facet.

The company launches a host of innovative services, including the Concierge, Passport, and Kotlar Luxury Experience.

These continue the philosophy of personalized luxury established by Harry over six decades ago.

Daniel Quintanilla

Courtesy: D’Orazio & Associates

Survey Says……..

Martha Hunt wore a vibrant yellow Styland suit on while competing on “Celebrity Family Feud” alongside her fellow Victoria’s Secret Angels which aired on Tuesday evening. 

Styland specializes in ladies ready-to-wear garments focusing on tailored suiting. 

A good quality tailoring for women wasn’t so easy to find, especially if it was a modern cut, so we created a line for those women who need to wear formal and cocktail attire with a twist.  

STYLAND targets the modern woman who has an eye for exclusive and beautiful design that is both luxurious and functional in work and formal settings.

The philosophy of the brand and collection is to create beautiful and timeless pieces made of quality materials that will last a lifetime with minimal care.

Our aim is to re-establish a sense of respect for tailoring and timeless silhouettes.

We excel in balancing the technology of today with the practice of traditional pattern making, all the construction of the products are of high quality including silk lining.

The fabrics used by STYLAND are imported exclusively from certified suppliers from Italy, UK and Japan.

The production of the collection is managed in-house with a keen eye on all the aspects of the production process, therefore each product can be customized by request or made-sur-measure if required.

All products are handcrafted using Premium Quality fabrics imported from certified suppliers, mindful of the fact that natural resources cannot be utilized, abused and damaged indiscriminately. 

STYLAND decided to embark on a path to make a concrete contribution towards protecting the planet, well-being and progress are only possible under these conditions.

Daniel Quintanilla

Courtesy: D’Orazio & Associates

Circle Of Colors

Tiffany Haddish stood out from the “The Lion King” cast accessorizing with Anabela Chan laboratory-grown earrings and ring on Tuesday evening in Los Angeles, California. 

Anabela Chan is a London based award-winning jewelry designer and artist, who arrived at jewelry from a prestigious background in architecture, fashion and art. 

This year, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Anne Hathaway, Julia Roberts, Lupita Nyong’o and Taylor Swift amongst other global superstars and Royalties have all graced red carpet events wearing her enchanting, statement pieces.  

With awards from Vogue Talents and The British Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council, Anabela was named by Harpers Bazaar UK as ’The Jewelry Designer you need to know now’ and the FT How To Spend It naming her London gallery-like boutique one of the city’s best kept secrets. 

With no marketing and strictly discovered through word of mouth, her unique jewels and objets d’art are presented at some of the most exclusive boutiques in the world including Harrods and Christie’s London, Land Crawford Hong Kong, Luisa Via Roma Florence and Moda Operandi New York.

Originally trained as an architect and a specialist in print and embroidery design, Anabela worked with Architect Lord Richard Rogers and Fashion Designer Alexander McQueen in London for 7 years before returning to jewellery to launch her eponymous label in 2013.  

Anabela opened her first stand alone boutique in London Piccadilly’s Ham Yard Hotel in November 2014.

Daniel Quintanilla

Courtesy: Lauren Conrad Instagram

Learning By Doing

There’s always the notion that if you want to be an actor, you gotta go to acting school, or if you want to be a good journalist, you gotta go to journalism school, or anything like fashion, TV, or filming, but it’s been proven once again that one can learn something just by doing one thing, you pick up the device, and you go ahead and use it, that’s where you learn your mistakes and pick up a few things so you can get better, Valorie Darling was one of those lucky ones who learned by observation after being an actor and dancer for so long, it’s what brought Valorie to photography in her talk today with Lauren Conrad on “Asking For A Friend”.

Valorie decided early on that her passion was behind the camera, and being the one who operates the camera of course, Valorie went over terms like terms, filters, grid, and apertures when she tries to capture the moment of a given image or situation before snapping the capture button on the camera where the magic gets finalized, you never know what you can achieve when you put a DSLR camera in your hands.

Whether it’s capturing a wedding, a child, or a Christmas Card, it’s very important to capture the moment naturally, because a forced moment can lead to disaster and a lost opportunity, so remember to capture the experience as it unfolds right before your eyes, not any other way.

Daniel Quintanilla

Courtesy: D’Orazio & Associates

Euphoria Of Glam

Zendaya wore celeb-fave Djula hoop earrings while attending fashion shows in Paris, France on July 2nd, 2019. 

With his interesting and seductive collections Alexandre Corrot makes all his campaigns become an authentic work of art.

Unlike traditional jewelry, the spirit of Djula remains the same as when the «Glam Rock» trend was launched 20 years ago.

Djula is known for sourcing all of its diamonds and gemstones from non conflict areas.

Our ethical policy and core values reflect on how we make sure that no children are used as workforce and how all of our gemstones are sourced.

Gold : Djula exclusively uses 18 carat gold for its jewelry.

Diamonds purity : The diamonds used on micro-paving are G VS1 SI quality (Slightly Included).

The pear shaped diamonds, marquise or baguette diamonds are VS2 quality (Very Slightly Included).

The diamonds setting is always a claw hand-made setting.

Having a visionary mentality and always thinking ahead of his time it’s how Alexandre Corrot, Djula’s designer and artistic director, revolutionized the jewelry industry with his creativity and his style.

He broke the traditional jewelry idea by launching a glam-rock trend known as the « barbed wire » collection.

It’s not a coincidence that Alexandre Corrot is so found of the “Art Nouveau” as it was a great part of art in the 20’s.

He has an adventurous and delicate style and this is how his obsession for sleek and graphic lines were shown in all of his collections.

He played a big part in converting the jewelry sector from its typical look allowing it to become more urban.

Djula is well known in the jewelry industry due to its very large number of collections : more than twenty collections holding twenty-eight different pieces of jewelry in each collection.

Two to three new collections are constantly being launched every year in the summer and winter, all inspired on current trends and fashion.

Daniel Quintanilla

Courtesy: Kohl’s

It’s Fun To Sleep With You

It’s always the greatest feeling in the world when you climb into bed every night, and fall asleep so peacefully, that you have the best night’s rest ever, waking up refreshed, and ready to take on the world, it’s even more exciting when you someone to share it with, not just your loved one, but 6 of your closest friends who are influencers in their own right, Lauren Conrad today invited special ladies to sleep in her LC Lauren Conrad Sleep Collection, coming from all walks of life in the most diverse way.

Not just anybody can sleep in Lauren’s LC Lauren Conrad Sleep Collection, the honor can only be bestowed first on Christina Jones who believes in celebrating special occasions in pajamas that are monochromatic and colorful, Ellie Rohrer likes her sweet peach set with a slogan of “I Need Sleep”, and Sarah starts her morning off with fresh air, light weight robe, and cozy pajamas.

Next, it’s Laramie Otto who likes tea, a good book, and cozy sleepwear to settle into before she’s fast asleep at night, Amanda Brezovsky heats up the summer with a cute short set mixed and matched with patterns for a sweet printed look, and Allison Marbella adds a soft, lightweight robe to her pair of pajamas with a contrasting shade that makes you excited to start the day.

Daniel Quintanilla

Courtesy: D’Orazio & Associates

The Essence Of A First Lady

Michelle Obama wore celeb-fav Djula hoop earrings on Saturday at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana. 

With his interesting and seductive collections Alexandre Corrot makes all his campaigns become an authentic work of art.

Unlike traditional jewelry, the spirit of Djula remains the same as when the «Glam Rock» trend was launched 20 years ago.

Djula is known for sourcing all of its diamonds and gemstones from non conflict areas.

Our ethical policy and core values reflect on how we make sure that no children are used as workforce and how all of our gemstones are sourced.

Having a visionary mentality and always thinking ahead of his time it’s how Alexandre Corrot, Djula’s designer and artistic director, revolutionized the jewelry industry with his creativity and his style.

He broke the traditional jewelry idea by launching a glam-rock trend known as the « barbed wire » collection.

It’s not a coincidence that Alexandre Corrot is so found of the “Art Nouveau” as it was a great part of art in the 20’s.

He has an adventurous and delicate style and this is how his obsession for sleek and graphic lines were shown in all of his collections.

He played a big part in converting the jewelry sector from its typical look allowing it to become more urban.

Djula is well known in the jewelry industry due to its very large number of collections : more than twenty collections holding twenty-eight different pieces of jewelry in each collection.

Two to three new collections are constantly being launched every year in the summer and winter, all inspired on current trends and fashion.

Daniel Quintanilla

Courtesy: D’Orazio & Associates

Rocks Of Queen Bea

Beyonce dazzled in Vhernier Verso 18K rose gold earrings worth $10,650 in “The Lion King” cast photo in Los Angeles today.

Characterised by soft curves, extraordinarily bold dimensions, and mesmerising plays of colour, the Vhernier style is distinctive, instantly recognisable, mirroring Italian design, art and architecture.

A powerful inspiration filtered by the rigorous yet understated spirit of Milan. 

The jewels of the brand may be impressive in size, but never brash. The shapes are designed with the wearer’s body and the surrounding space in mind.

An understated attitude is a constant factor in Vhernier design: this is visible in its rings and bracelets that hold, rather than exhibit, sumptuous pavé diamonds and wonderful stones. 

Among the first Maisons to adopt rose gold, a discreet hue that suits every skin tone, Vhernier has experimented with the charm of natural materials such as ebony, jet, kogolong, and titanium, with which some of its most famous creations have been crafted.  

Each shape is forged by the exceptional skill of Vhernier’s master craftsmen.

There are a number of techniques Vhernier is most recognized for such as the Trasparenze (transparencies): mother-of-pearl and gemstones in dazzlingly bright colours masterfully layered with perfect cabochons of rock crystal create extraordinary plays of colour. 

The Pavé: velvety, compact and glowing with superb luminosity, our pavé offers a standard of excellence which is used as a point of reference in jewellery design.

The Sorpresa: bracelets made with extreme precision and superior goldsmith engineering, the epitome of the Vhernier understatement.

Daniel Quintanilla