Bauble & Chain

Aside from the occasional mid-pedicure peek, I don’t read fashion magazines. I almost said “women’s magazines,” but I wanted to be a little more selective with my genre-dissing.

Plus, saying I don’t read “women’s magazines” would be disingenuous, as there are a handful of home decorating pubs (as we say in tha biz) that I look forward to every month.

I have noticed, however, that Domino and Blueprint are coyly calling my bluff by dropping in passing references to fashion inbetween wallpaper-hanging tips. They know I think I’m too cool for InStyle, etc., but that I secretly enjoy it when they tell me where to buy, I don’t know, Lotta Jansdotter’s earrings.

Anyway: here’s the post where I let you know what jewelry Domino & Blueprint think upwardly-mobile DIY hipster types should be into. And, yes, I did use those annoying Conde Nast sticker tabs to mark the pages.

Hayden-Harnett Ramone Studded Slim Cuff, Black, $90 (page 32)
Hayden-Harnett
Likelihood I will purchase: 0/5. If I’m buying Hayden-Harnett leather, I’m getting a bag.

Celestina Cuff, $2990 (page 137)
Vivre and Kirna Zabete
Likelihood I will purchase: 0/5. I love it, but it’s too freaking expensive. Come on.

Bridget Snake Earrings, $134 (page 162)
CC SKYE at Active Endeavors
Likelihood I will purchase: 0/5. My ears aren’t pierced, and the snakes remind me of a ring I bought at the Jax Brewery on my eighth grade field trip. I don’t mean that in a good way.

Mesi Jilly Ring, $300 (page 164)
Mesi Jilly at Vivre
Likelihood I will purchase: 3/5. One of the most beautiful rings I’ve seen in a very long time. Love it. But not night now.

WHAT I WISH DOMINO HAD TIPPED ME OFF ABOUT: Cindy Greene’s chunky two-strand yellow necklace on the cover.

Chain Bead Necklace, $6.80 (similar to necklace on page 48)
Forever 21
Likelihood I will purchase: 1/5. There is a Forever 21 close to my office, but it’s a disaster. And this necklace isn’t very tempting.

+ a pair of earrings and a necklace from Banana Republic that I can’t find anywhere on their site;

+ some cute bangles from Leekan Design, an NYC boutique that is Web presence-less;

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Square Outline Ring (similar), $2,040 (page 114)
Priya Himatsingka at Persimmon
Likelihood I will purchase: 0/5. I love it almost as much as the shell ring above…but I can’t see myself forking over the big bucks.

+ a vintage gold feather pin by “Ruby Lola.”

And there you have it.