Stylish Nikki Reed

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Nikki Reed has a "great sense of style."

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 actress recently collaborated with renowned jeweler Pascal Mouawad to create her own collection Mattlin Era and Pascal revealed he was immediately impressed with Nikki's creative vision.

Speaking at the launch at Fred Segal on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, he exclusively told BANG Showbiz, "It was a wonderful experience. Nikki is an artist. When she was younger she used to make jewelry with her mother who was also an artist. Her uncles were artists and painters, her grandmother used to lay ceramic tiles so Nikki has a great sense of style and it was a great collaboration."

Pascal - who has also worked with Nicole Richie on her accessories line House of Harlow - said he and his team gave Nikki advice when she needed it but the main vision for the collection was hers.

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Angelina Jolie to Create Jewelry line

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Actress Angelina Jolie has teamed with Robert Procop to create a new jewelry line. Jolie has designed a collection with statement stones for Robert Procop Exceptional Jewels and wore one of the pieces - a faceted black spinel necklace bezel set in rose gold - to the Berlin premiere of her film Salt earlier this year.

"Angelina has very classic style. These are pieces she wears herself," Robert, a former Asprey's chief executive who has designed for the actress for 10 years, told WWD.

Pieces from the collection - which will be priced individually - will be sold privately through the designer's network of clients, with all proceeds going to the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, a charity co-founded by Jolie that aims to help children who are the victims of war and natural disasters.

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Italy Deems Julianne Moore Ads Indecent

Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Celebrities, Editorials, Models, News, Jewelry,

For a city known for its Renaissance paintings that feature plenty of women wearing little clothing in a continent that seems to wonder why many Americans fear nudity, it may come as a shock to many that Venice, Italy has banned the above Bulgari ad, starring actress Julianne Moore from its scheduled billboard duties.

“An advertisement showing a nude woman on a divan is not appropriate for St Mark’s Square,” Mayor Giorgio Orsoni said.

While Moore may not have clothes on, the smiling, playful lion cubs seem to diffuse the expected sexual charge of the photo. That, of course, wasn’t enough for the folks who oversee what is posted around their city…

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Nicky Hilton to Launch Jewelry Line

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Moving on from her handbag designing, Nicky Hilton has created a costume jewelry collection.

The 26-year-old heiress, who has previously designed handbags and had her own clothing line, has fulfilled a long-held ambition by teaming up with Titan Brands for the “affordable” range.

“I’m a crazy jewelry collector. I’ve always known since I was a teenager that I wanted to do a line. Whenever I bought something, whether at a flea market in Paris or a bazaar in India, I’ve been collecting pieces.”

Nicky claims she has been approached by “tons and tons” of different firms but only agreed a deal when she met Chad C. Haggar, Titan Brands’ CEO.: “He really shared my vision of high quality without the high price tags.”

The line is divided into three collections, Art Deco - which is inspired by jewelry worn by her mother and grandmother - the classic Deco pieces in Spike, and Snakes, which is described as “contemporary edgy.” Priced wholesale from $35 to $480, the range will be sold exclusively through Endless.com from the autumn, before Nicky embarks on plans to expand though department and specialty stores.

Jewelry Designer Rachel Bilson

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It was only a matter of time before the ever-so-stylish Rachel Bilson delved into the jewelry world. What better way to start than with designing a diamond bracelet?

The 28-year-old actress created the jewelery to benefit the Diamond Empowerment Fund, a non-profit organization that supports education in Africa, and will donate a portion of sales revenue to the cause. Rachel was inspired to help after visiting Botswana and South Africa last month to learn about improvements made in the diamond mining industry there and wanted to do all she could to promote the cause.

The bracelet is made up of brown leather cords, with a gold charm framing a dainty round diamond. The accessory retails for $100, with $20 from the sale of each piece going to the Diamond Empowerment Fund to build student housing at the CIDA City Campus, a university in Johannesburg which is the country’s first to be virtually free. The jewelery is being sold exclusively through InStyle.com.

This is not Rachel’s first venture into design - she also has her own clothing range Edie Rose, but admits she struggles with some of the processes: “I can’t draw at all, so I won’t be doing any sketches, but I am learning to sew. I think it’s important to know more about the whole process of making clothes.”

Kate Moss Covets Jewelry, Gets Sir Philip Green to Pay

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Kate Moss was so taken with a fellow guest’s bracelet at a recent wedding she bought it off her straightaway.

The supermodel became smitten with jewelery designer Ann Dexter-Jones’ accessory during a mutual friend’s nuptials and insisted she wanted it immediately. So Kate’s friend and boss - billionaire retailer and head of Topshop Sir Philip Green - offered Ann a large sum of money for the bracelet.

“She was so crazy to wear it so Sir Philip Green insisted Kate have it immediately and bought it for her right off my wrist.”

But Ann - who designed the black onyx, black diamond, solid gold and silver bauble, as part of her new jewelery line - wasn’t too upset because as well as the money, Kate also gave her another bracelet to wear. She told the New York Post, “And Kate gave me her Chanel bracelet as a gift, so that my wrist wasn’t bare.”

Ann’s line, Ann Dexter-Jones, debuts this week.

Young Grandma Jade Jagger

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Model-turned-designer Jade Jagger says she’s ready to be a grandmother.

The 38-year-old fashion designer, who is in a relationship with DJ Dan Williams, admits it is strange that while many of her friends are settling down to have children, she feels she has passed that stage after having daughters Assisi, now 17, and Amba, 13, so young.

“It’s more likely that I’ll be a grandmother in the next few years than a mum again. I was a very young mum, I’d be happy to be a grandmother.”

Jade is currently focusing on her new Jade Jagger boutique in London and says she is planning to get the girls - her children with ex-partner Piers Jackson - involved.

“My daughters will be my Saturday girls. It’s going to be fun - hard work, but I’m used to it.”

Despite her own wild youth, Jade - who was expelled from school at 16 - insists she is a strict parent: “I don’t think they’re as wild as I was but because of everything I went through, I think I understand them. I’m quite strict with them - I make them do their homework and I’m completely on the case with GCSEs, explaining why it’s important to get good grades.”