Diamond Hits On the Runway At Fashion Week; Diamonds, From Mega-Watt Dazzlers to Pave, Turned Up Everywhere.Business/Fashion Editors & Lifestyle Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2000 Fashion designers threw caution to the wind when it came to using diamond accessories with their spring 2001 looks during fashion week in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . From ultra chic and glamorous designers Halston and Randolph Duke came diamond evening shoes and mega-watt diamond necklaces and headbands. Campy and casual designers such as Victor Alfaro, Betsey Johnson Betsey Johnson (born August 10, 1942 in Wethersfield, Connecticut) is a fashion designer best known for her feminine and whimsical designs. She also is known for doing a cartwheel at the end of her fashion shows. and Cynthia Rawley added dazzle daz·zle v. daz·zled, daz·zling, daz·zles v.tr. 1. To dim the vision of, especially to blind with intense light. 2. with groovy groov·y adj. groov·i·er, groov·i·est Slang Very pleasing; wonderful. groov  i·ness n. hoop earrings and
quirky quirk n. 1. A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: "Every man had his own quirks and twists" Harriet Beecher Stowe. 2. diamond pendants and brooches. Highlights of "diamonds on the runway" included: -- Halston's $30,000 a pair diamond evening shoes and limited edition diamond cuff bracelets; -- Diamond.com's 74-carat, pear-shaped diamond pendant paired with a Randolph Duke evening gown and diamond line headbands adorning models' hairstyles; -- Chunky diamond necklaces and dangling earrings on Escada's looks; -- Bunny shaped diamond pendants at Betsey Johnson; -- Elaborate diamond brooches on Victor Alfaro's looks. Diamonds continue to cast their spell on fashion designers around the world, some of whom are launching their first diamond accessory lines, such as Halston with its diamond evening shoes and diamond cuff bracelets. Additional information on these and other fashion designer diamond accessories can be obtained from the Diamond Information Center at 212.210.7920 or at www.adiamondisforever.com. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.092200/bb2 |
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