J
ewelry expert and tastemaker, Beth Bernstein combined
her unique talent and experience to create a visually
stunning homage to today's rising jewelry stars. Her coffee table book, Jewelry's Shining Stars, was published by
Fine Point Press and released in September 2013 with a
forward by industry icon, Stephen Webster.
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Bernstein says she came to appreciate just how much
jewelry means to people during the writing of her
recent memoir, My Charmed Life: Rocky Romances,
Precious Family Connections And Searching For A
Band of Gold (Penguin, 2012). The memoir connects
her most significant moments and relationships in her
life to key pieces of jewelry. She kept that foremost in
her mind while selecting the designers in Jewelry's
Shining Stars. "These designers have a story to tell,"
says Bernstein. "They are adding to jewelry's timeline.
Creating history in the present."
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"I have a real passion for coffee tables books, especially
those on the history of jewelry and antiques," says
Bernstein, "but my favorite part of the industry is discovering new talent." This marriage of interests created
Jewelry's Shining Stars. Her earlier careers as a stylist
and a jewelry designer gives her a credible and instinctual sense of talent…and her many years as a jewelry
writer and historian led her to the designers to watch.
