Celebrating Silver Treasures of India 6th Anniversary

Saturday 25th July sees the sixth anniversary of Silver Treasures of India jewellery on QVC UK. To mark the occasion we've asked our regular guest and designer Debi Nishimura to explain why Jaipur and its jewellery is so special to her...

In 1986 I was travelling around the world when I fell in love with the city of Jaipur, and my husband too! Jaipur has now been my home for 23 years. It's the capital of the desert state of Rajasthan and boasts the most amazing pink buildings - the place seems like heaven.

Jaipur is the perfect place to explore my jewellery designing dreams as it has the most wonderful artisan-crafted jewellery, created by the most skilled craftsmen. I changed my career from architecture to jewellery design, as it had always been a passion of mine, and my creative juices started to flow.

I designed my very first collection, which was a fusion of western and Indian inspirations. I was so excited and wanted to share my pieces with the world - and that's where QVC came in!

QVC at the UK Jewellery Awards 2009

We're proud to announce that QVC UK has been chosen as the official media partner of the UK Jewellery Awards 2009.

This year the Awards are focusing on Italian design and to tie in with this we'll be bringing you an hour of the most gorgeous Italian gold jewellery in our Italian Gold with the UK Jewellery Awards at 1pm on Tuesday 21st July.

Introducing our new jewellery designer - Lesley Vik Waddell

As part of our celebration of Coutts London Jewellery Week, we're proud to introduce our very latest jewellery designer - Lesley Vik Waddell.

Lesley is considered to be one of the UK's hottest young talents in jewellery design; she's already worked alongside the likes of John Galliano at Christian Dior, Vivienne Westwood and Antonio Beradi.

We caught up with Lesley as she prepared for her first shows coming up on Wednesday 10th June at 11am and 10pm...

Our presenters' Vicenza jewellery picks

                           

Today we're celebrating the very best in Italian style with Vicenza jewellery shows. We begin at 1pm with an hour of stunning silver designs, then from 2pm until 5pm we showcase three hours of gleaming gold pieces.

We caught up with Sara G - who'll be presenting the silver show, Debbie Greenwood - who's out in Vicenza as we speak, and Julia Roberts - who's hosting the Vicenza Gold special with Dale, and we asked them to choose their favourite piece of jewellery from the shows.

Don't forget to tune in for our Vicenza extravaganza from 1pm until 5pm today!

QVC designers reveal their BAFTA jewellery looks

The buzz of the BAFTAs is at an all time high as QVC are the official jewellers for the 2009 award ceremony. We caught up with designers Tamara Beckwith and Tania Bryer as they reveal what they'll be wearing on the red carpet…

Tania Bryer
The BAFTAs is always such a glamorous and exciting occasion so I've chosen a simple yet elegant red Gucci dress to wear on the night. It's full length and has cleans lines making it the perfect outfit to showcase my jewellery selection.

I've chosen my new fabulous sun dial watch to wear. It comes in gold and silver with diamante stones around the face. It is a stand out piece and the BAFTAs is definitely the right occasion to premiere it.

I'll also be wearing my new fab earrings which are big hoops intertwined with diamantes on them. They're big, sparkling and very glam!

 

Tamara Beckwith

On BAFTAs night I'll be wearing a midnight blue dress, so I've opted for the white diamond look. From my own Diamonique collection, I have chosen a new simulated sapphire cushion ring and a drop dead gorgeous simulated marquise diamond necklace.

Lots of my friends wear my range and with the show-off pieces they can pass them off as the real thing! It makes us laugh secretly that people presume it's all real.

   

See all the jewellery from the BAFTA Style Suite on Sunday 26th April at 7pm and catch all the red carpet gossip on Monday 27th April at 8pm.

Behind the scenes at the BAFTA Style Suite

QGossip went behind the scenes at the BAFTA Style Suite where an array of glam jewellery was showcased for the stars. Here we caught up with Lucy Benjamin, a guest at the awards, getting style advice from our very own Glen Campbell…

What are you wearing on the night?

I have two outfits to choose from - a floaty Matthew Williamson number or a very structured black Vivienne Westwood dress. Glen has advised that I go this fab Frank Usher necklace with the Matthew Williamson number. It's a real statement piece and very brave of me! He's also suggested these gorgeous bamboo hoop earrings and decorative snake bangle. If I could get away with wearing both outfits I would!

How do you prepare for an awards ceremony?

I start off with a spray tan a few days before for a natural glow and then on the day I'll have my hair styled and do my make-up myself - I love Benefit products. I start a couple hours before I'm due to leave so that I'm not rushing. If I tend to do too much in advanced I get very anxious, so keeping calm is the key.

Who are you most looking forward to seeing on the night?

I'm really looking forward to seeing June Brown who's up for an award - she's fabulous and such a character. Also, Stephen Fry who I've worked with in the past - he's totally charming, one of the nicest men you could ever meet. 

You can see footage of Lucy Benjamin on the red carpet on Monday 27th April at 8pm.

Shooting our new Diamonique campaign

When it comes to shooting the new advert campaign for one of our top brands, no time or expense is spared!

QGossip was lucky enough to go behind the scenes on the shoot for the new Diamonique promotion and see exactly what goes on...

It all begins with laying out the jewellery that the models are going to wear for the filming (right), which involves sorting out a bewildering jumble of bags, samples and loose pieces from the Diamonique collection.

Jill Franks' Silver Day picks

Silver Day is coming up on Sunday 15th March and Jill Franks has come up with a choice of her favourite silver jewellery to whet the appetites of silver lovers everywhere!

Check out Jill's Silver Day picks on her blog.

Jill: Celeb-spotting at the Ivy Restaurant

Remember a few weeks ago I celebrated my 15th wedding anniversary? Well, two dear friends, Cath and Pete, came to London for a few nights and we met up. My husband and I met them in St Lucia and they were at our wedding. They also got married two days later and we have remained dear friends for life.

My husband is a member of The Ivy Private members' club and we all had a wonderful evening together over dinner. The food was delicious (especially the dessert). We laughed so much and had so much to catch up on. I had a few comments  on my Lola Rose Today's Special Value that I had chosen to wear.

We spotted Louis Walsh arriving for dinner from the USA prior to his Saturday night X-Factor show. Theo Paphitis from Dragons Den arrived in his Rolls Royce and I passed Tom Stoppard on the way to the cloakroom...before we knew it, it was Midnight and we had had an incredible night to remember.

Jill x

Win one of two Elle Jewelry sets with getlippy.com

To celebrate the new collection from Elle Jewelry, launching on QVC at 9pm on Tuesday 6th January 2009, we've teamed up with getlippy.com to give two lucky readers the chance to win a stunning Elle Jewelry set.

Getlippy.com is your daily dose of Company magazine online. And they've just launched a brand new site packed full of beauty secrets, fashion trends and the latest celebrity gossip.

Simply follow the link to their competition page, answer one simple question and you could be a winner. Good luck!