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We can’t stop thinking about Kate Middleton’s blue and gold enamel earrings

Kate Middleton’s blue and gold enamel earrings that she sported on a recent royal engagement are firmly on our jewelry wish list.

Kate Middleton is always taking our breath away with her exquisite, timeless styles. From her classic black cigarette pants, to her fun Le Chameau wellies that she sports on a rainy day, the Princess always looks perfect from head to toe.

One of the biggest parts of putting together an outfit is, no doubt, the accessories. Sometimes, it can be hard to find the perfect pair of earrings or the perfect necklace to pair with your outfit, especially

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800-Year-Old Gold Hoard with Stunning Earrings Unearthed in Germany

Earring front and back – Archaeological State Office of Schleswig-Holstein

Hoard Alert! The metal detectives of Europe struck gold once again—this time in Germany as bejeweled earrings and silver coins were turned up in Schleswig-Holstein.

The jewelry was all of gold and probably made by the Byzantines. The rings, earrings, and a brooch, all studded with gems, were deliberately buried along with 30 coins minted under the Danish King Valdemar II.

This helps date the burying of the hoard to around 1240 CE.

Schleswig-Holstein was called Hedeby at the time the riches were brought there. The area was part of

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After Sending ‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’ Out on Loan, the Mauritshuis Has Hung an AI Facsimile in Its Place. Fans Are Not Happy

The Hague’s Mauritshuis museum may have loaned out its greatest treasure, Girl With a Pearl Earring (c. 1665), to a once-in-a-lifetime Johannes Vermeer exhibition up the coast, but that doesn’t mean the room that usually holds the masterpiece is empty. Currently on view in that gallery, in fact, are five interpretations of Vermeer’s instructable portrait, all created by art fans.

Well, sort of. One of the imitation Vermeers was actually generated by AI—and its inclusion in the state museum has caused quite a stir.

The piece, called A Girl With Glowing Earringswas submitted by German AI artist Julian van

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Educated Chola’s Xanax jewelry battles mental health stigma

“I felt anxious before I came here today,” Rosa Valdes said as she arranged her Educated Chola T-shirts, totes and mugs inside the Cafe Girasol coffee shop in Boyle Heights. “Just because I took anti-anxiety medication, it doesn’t mean it’s gone.”

While friend and colleague Beth Guerra, a brand strategist she met at the Los Angeles Economic Equity Accelerator & Fellowship program at Cal State LA, offers support and helps soothe her nerves for a photo shoot, Valdes takes a deep breath and forges ahead.

Valdes is used to living with anxiety. In 2018, the 33-year-old entrepreneur was diagnosed with

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It Was No Pearl Earring, Friends

Johannes Vermeer, “Girl with a Pearl Earring” (1664-67) (image courtesy Mauritshuis, The Hague)

Fans and scholars might be surprised to learn that the earring in Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” (1664–67) may have been an imitation gem. The work is one of the Dutch artist’s most iconic paintings and was inspired by a 1995 historical novel that was adapted into a 2003 film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth. This discovery is one of many explored by the Rijksmuseum’s Vermeer retrospective, which opened on February 10.

Vermeer bringing together new research and 28 paintings, many of which institutions

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Meghan Markle wears Queen Elizabeth’s gifted earrings at funeral

Meghan Markle may have skipped the traditional mourning veil for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral Monday, but she still included a touching tribute to the late monarch in her look.

Along with her black cape dress and matching wide-brimmed hat, the Duchess of Sussex, 41, wore a pair of pearl-and-diamond drop earrings gifted to her by the Queen in honor of their first solo outing together in 2018.

A smaller version of the Queen Mary’s Button Earrings the royal worn nearly almost every day, the pair reportedly came straight from Her Majesty’s personal jewelry collection.

Markle also wore the special set

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Erika Jayne Reacts to $750,000 Drama Earrings

Jewelry drama! Erika Jayne spoke out about the scandal surrounding her $750,000 earrings, which she lost in a June lawsuit involving her ex-husband Tom Girardi‘s embezzlement case.

Amid rumors that the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star’s diamonds are up for auction, the 51-year-old reality star claimed that they’re “not.”

“They’re on appeal,” she explained to Us Weekly at BravoCon on Friday, October 14, adding, “We’ll see what happens.”

Erika Jayne lost the jewels when Judge Barry Russell ruled in June that “settlement funds from the trust account created for a class action handled by Thomas’ firm Girardi Keese

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