Sterling Silver Jewelry is a great gift idea Jewelry has always been an object of immense fascination for women. The quest for newness in jewelry is one that has been ongoing for ages together as craftsmen strive to create innovations in design, material and styles to satisfy the embellishment needs of women and decorate their beauty. Jewelry was originally made using precious metals and rare gems. This attribute made people yearn to possess such masterpieces that were rare and unique. Jewelry’s worth was based on the metal, the stones used and the craftsmanship. These factors made jewelry an unattainable aspiration to many and a luxury that only the elite could afford. In recent years there has been a paradigm shift. The use of sterling silver has made jewelry a dream come true to those who have been just gaping at the windows of jewelry shops. Silver has been used as a metal for jewelry for long, but silver as such is too soft a metal, and pure silver is seldom used for making jewelry. Sterling silver, however, is a harder alloy lending itself for exquisite craftsmanship. Sterling silver is 92.5 percent of silver and the remaining an alloy that is predominantly copper. Sterling silver offers just the right material properties like malleability and flexural strength and allows itself to be crafted into intricate designs. Another great advantage is that sterling silver can be gold plated or plated with rhodium to make it look like platinum, giving it the appearance of one of the most expensive metals at the price of silver. One more unbeatable feature about sterling silver is that the metal can be given an antique finish to add a touch of nostalgia and a classic look to jewelry. Sterling silver jewelry has now swept the market and one can find an endless collection of beautifully crafted rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, pedants and jewelry sets. Among the most popular of choices is the cubic zirconia studded sterling silver jewelry. Cubic Zirconia or CZ as it is popularly known, so closely resembles a diamond that only the well trained eye can tell the difference between the two. The combination of platinum like sterling silver finished jewelry studded with flawless diamond CZ is truly ethereal and regal. Though sterling silver came as a cost effective replacement for expensive jewelry, it has found the rich, the elite and the celebrities too building up huge and varied collections of sterling silver jewelry, which otherwise would have not been possible. Today, sterling silver jewelry designs are celebrity inspired and designer inspired. There is not a single intricate craftsmanship that is not possible to imitate with this wonderful metal. Sterling silver jewelry can now be shopped with just the click of a mouse and right from the comforts of one’s home. There are many jewelry sites that offer wide collection of unique jewelry at rates that are down to earth. Gregory Krakovsky is a sterling silver jewelry expert. On his website www.bluewella.com you can find all sorts of sterling silver products.
Britney Spears has a new fragrance that she says can "make any woman feel beautiful!"
Spears took to her Twitter account to show her excitement and post a pic. The pop star wrote: "Just got the imaging for my new fragrance Radiance and thought I’d share it with all my tweethearts."
She described the fragrance, saying, “I love the feminine scent of my new perfume Radiance. It has the power to make any woman feel beautiful."
Chelsea Clinton is a covered-up cover girl on the new issue of Women's Wear Daily, out today. How did the bride-to-be's hairdo and makeup look beneath the big, straw hat? And which A-list dress designer's showroom was she heading to?
The former first daughter had her hair pulled back "in an aisle-worthy updo" and her makeup was perfectly applied, says WWD. The mag says that at the time, Chelsea was meeting her mother, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, at Vera Wang's Manhattan showroom for what was believed to be a Tuesday afternoon appointment.
Wang is said to be designing Chelsea's wedding gown and dresses for her bridesmaids and flower girls, reports WWD.
Check out the sexy new pics of 'Avatar' actress Zoe Saldana modeling a brand new product line from Calvin Klein Underwear.
Zoe is featured in the women’s Fall 2010 Calvin Klein Underwear global advertising campaign that includes the company's Envy range, a new line of lingerie designed to create a more revealing silhouette.
Calvin Klein touts the product as "a revolutionary new way for female consumers to more easily shop for bras and the type of coverage [they] are looking for." The Coverage Level System is organized into three distinct levels of cup coverage designed to simplify bra shopping.
Attention fashionistas! If you have a passion for fashion, CBS might be looking for you!
The network is launching a nationwide search on their website CBS.com to find Fashion's No.1 fan. The winner will receive two round-trip airline tickets to New York City during Mercedes-Benz Fall Fashion Week, two tickets to a fashion week runway show, exclusive seats to Fashion’s Night Out: The Show at Lincoln Center, a year's worth of Maybelline cosmetics and a $500 Macy’s gift card among many other prizes.
Style savvy men and women can enter by uploading a 30 to 90 second video of themselves explaining why they love fashion to CBS's website. The top 10 finalists will be announced Tuesday, August 24 on CBS.com, and people can vote for their favorite videos up until August 31 to determine the top 5 finalists.
It's a fashion face-off for style-savvy celebs! From Jennifer Garner and Taraji P. Henson's flowing fashions to actresses Claire Danes and Kate Bosworth's lacy looks, see which stars are stepping out in a similar fashion.
Click the pics and vote on which styled star you prefer.

Kate Hudson has teamed up with Almay to promote their message of natural beauty, and ET has the behind-the-scenes footage of the actress' Almay commercial shoot.
"Almay is known for its fresh, effortless approach to beauty," says Hudson. "I share that philosophy and I'm honored to be partnering with a brand that believes cosmetics should bring out the natural beauty inside every woman. At the end of the day we all want to have fun and feel beautiful - that's what Almay is all about."
The green-eyed actress says she's a big fan of "bright eyes" and loves Almay's Intense i-Color Collection. In addition to being the Global Brand Ambassador, Hudson also represented the brand at the Almay Rainforest Concert on Thursday, May 13th at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Proceeds from the concert benefited The Rainforest Foundation.
With only weeks until school is back in session, "Sonny with a Chance" star Demi Lovato is telling all about the D-Signed fashion line hitting Target this August.
D-Signed, inspired by Demi's Disney Channel TV character Sonny Munroe, is meant for 8 to 12-year-old girls. The Disney Channel star says of her fashion sense, "I like mixing and matching things ... I really like mixing colors. They always say, 'Don't wear brown and black together,' but I totally do that."