Vicente Agor Precious Jewelry

the first day of spring.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:00:00 +0000

A little color for the first day of spring.

black and white breakout.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:15:00 +0000

This spring, we love the idea of pattern mix and crisp black and white.

swing state.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:01:00 +0000

Our 18kt gold, black onyx and mother of pearl mosaic stripe earrings.

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the trend of the evening.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:09:00 +0000

The Oscars. We know others are talking, tweeting and blogging about clothing silhouettes and fine jewelry trends, but as far as we're concerned, THE trend of last night's Academy Awards Red Carpet was obvious.

Arms Akimbo.

Congratulations to the talented presenters, nominees and winners.

Ps. Our favorite look of the night was the sleek ivory dress by Tom Ford worn by Gwyneth Paltrow. In our opinion, that's how you combine modern and fine jewelry. Stunning.

Images via JustJared.

breaking the ice.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:35:00 +0000

Many thanks to MJSA Journal for their feature article on the inspiration and creative process behind our 18kt gold, aquamarine, and diamond pendant necklace from the Antarctica collection. My dad was the inspiration for the collection, so it was extra special that they featured him in the article. (Dad is thrilled!)

A mention in the Letter from the Editor on how we deal with stress was a nice surprise too.

vicente and chanel.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:05:00 +0000

Had a ridiculously good time playing with the Chanel Make-up Confidential font this weekend. Try it for yourself here, and send someone a love letter.

chestnuts roasting.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:32:00 +0000

Warm holiday wishes from us to you.

sarah michelle gellar & self magazine cover

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:21:00 +0000

There's Team Edward and Team Jacob, but we've always been cheerleaders for Team Buffy. And now that the television show, "Ringer" has captured our attention, we can say that we are simply Team Sarah Michelle Gellar. So naturally, we were doing herkies when the lovely actress wore our Fountain Splash earrings on the cover of the December 2011 issue of Self Magazine. RAH!

world gold council 2011.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:36:00 +0000

Thankful.

discarded to divine.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:43:00 +0000

Jewelry we designed in conjunction with the program, "Discarded to Divine" will be on exhibit at the de Young Museum in San Francisco tonight. Clothing, accessories and jewelry designers were asked to contribute and create one of a kind items made from materials found in the discarded bins at the St. Vincent de Paul Society Help Desk. The stipulation was that all designs had to be inspired by works of art shown at the de Young Museum. We converted cufflinks, tie tacks into earrings inspired by Gauguin's “Tahitian Women on the Beach” and Oceanic tribal art. We even transformed a pair of earrings from the lost and found, into a necklace that was inspired by Van Gogh’s “Starry Night Over The Rhone.”

Here is the finished necklace along with two other earrings we made for the benefit.

The donated jewelry will be sold at a gala auction on April 28, 2011 to benefit the good works of St. Vincent de Paul Society, known for providing a helping hand to the homeless and working poor. For ticket information to attend the gala auction, please click here.

hospitality design.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:48:00 +0000

“Hospitality Design,” an influential interior design trade magazine, dedicated its January/February 2011 issue to the idea of inspiration. Editors interviewed designers and artists from the creative fields of photography, stage design, fashion, food, architecture and fine jewelry to provide its readers with a little spark and stimuli. Influential interviewees included fashion designer Chris Benz and David Revere McFadden, chief curator of the Museum of Arts and Design, NY.

I'm incredibly happy that portions of my interview were included in this feature and that our 18kt gold, aquamarine and diamond pendant necklace made the cover of the magazine. The digital version of the magazine can be found here. The article begins on page 69.

warmest holiday wishes from patu.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 23:17:00 +0000

All of our special orders have shipped and all of our letters and packages have been received. And so, the final and official numbers are in ... Patu received more Christmas/holiday cards than we did, and we of course, love it! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our favorite supermodel!

Patu is wearing an 18kt gold diamond pendant from our Palais Bulles collection. Photography by our da kine pal, Michelle Lee of pets-in-focus.com

dear santa from stylemakertv.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 04:57:00 +0000

It's always a great feeling whenever our fine jewelry is featured in a holiday gift guide. This season we were on the gift guides of Gwyneth Paltrow and More.com. (slide 11) Our silhouette pendants even made People.com. The gracious Monica of idazzle.com featured our diamond and silk cord bracelets on her gift obsession list. And the always elegant Diana Jarrett of Color-n-Ice featured our multi-gem earrings on her "Lust Have List for Holiday Gifts."

Avoiding the middleman, StylemakerTV decided a direct letter to Santa (sent via Twitter, of course!) was the best course of action. On her wishlist to the Jolly One, she asked for our 18kt gold, diamond and pink tourmaline "Fes" ring from our Moroccan Garden collection.

Santa, are you listening? StylemakerTV is a gracious arbiter of style and we can vouch that she is verrry verrry nice.

Read the wonderful StylemakerTV wish list here.

bruce springsteen santa claus is coming to town play

max's trunk show.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 21:19:00 +0000

Our trunk show and special event with our friends and retail partner, Max's continues for the remainder of this weekend, December 3 - December 5. This year, we are raising awareness and funds for organ transplantation. Twenty percent of the proceeds from sales of Vicente Agor Precious Jewelry during the three day event will be donated to Life Source. LifeSource is the non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives through organ and tissue donation in the Upper Midewest. Additionally, proceeds will go to the University Transplant Assistance Fund at the Univestity of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview and the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital to help defray costs incurred by transplant recipients.

Last night, Max's hosted a gala reception and brought all three organizations together to the store. Despite the snow, the community came out and supported this wonderful cause. I was given the opportunity to relate my personal double transplant experience. My thanks and gratitude goes out to all of the people who attended last night and to those coming to the store this weekend.

Click here to see the invitation in action.

sister sledge | we are family play

luxist.com and our snow globe ring.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 07:40:00 +0000

Luxist.com has become the go-to source on the web for highlighting the best in luxury goods, travel and lifestyle. We are thrilled to have our one of a kind Snow Globe ring from the Antarctica collection featured on this celebrated site.

We used a naturally occurring rock crystal within a rock crystal as the center stone in this ring. In other words, the crystal growing inside the clear rock crystal dome was not artificially inserted. Rather, the stone was cut for us by artisans in the Idar-Oberstein region to highlight what we felt was a snow globe and glacier effect inside the stone. Idar-Oberstein is a region in Germany known throughout the world by jewelry connoisseurs for their skill in gem cutting and carving.

Please click here for the article on Luxist.

foreigner | cold as ice play

happy thanksgiving.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:55:00 +0000

Photograph of Patu by the talented Michelle Lee of Pets-in-focus.com

sly and the family stone | thank you play

instyle.com - we're obsessed!

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 07:06:00 +0000

The daily editorial, “We’re Obsessed! – If Money Were No Object” on InStyle.com is one of favorite browser stops. We are flying high because our 18kt gold “Diamond Bubbles” chandelier earrings are today's obsession. The micro-pave diamond earrings are from our Palais Bulles (Palace of Bubbles) collection which was inspired by the organic and curivilinear shapes of Pierre Cardin’s villa in Côte d'Azur, near Cannes.

Many thanks to Marion Fasel, the contributing editor of InStyle, Fine Jewelry and Watches, who loves the gypset seventies style groove as much as we do. Her generosity of spirit and kind words made us soar today.

peaches and herb | shake your groove thing play

brides.com fall weddings.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:26:00 +0000

In a special report on fall weddings, Brides.com showcased the warmth and glamour of gold jewelry and accessories. We are very excited that the editors of this illustrious website chose our 18kt gold and diamond "Dew Drop" bracelet as a must-have for the fall season.

To view the editorial on Brides.com, please click here. Our bracelet can be found on slide 7 0f 13.

essential mozart | the marriage of figaro play

entourage.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:17:00 +0000

Are you a fan of the HBO series, "Entourage?" If you thought Carla Gugino looked extra striking on-air the other night, we’d like to think it was because she was wearing our hand-cut 18kt hoop earrings from the Moroccan Garden collection. Our special thanks to Broken English Jewelry.

Niña Bonita | Maia play

goodie 2 shoes.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:03:00 +0000

A trunk show featuring our gold and precious jewelry this week at the fabulous Goodie 2 Shoes in spectacular Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Please come by the store!

David Bowie | "Golden Years" (live) play

the dog (and cat) days of summer.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:20:00 +0000

It’s Labor Day weekend; the traditional end of summer here in the United States. A few of our customers, fellow designers, friends, and retailers shared some photographs of their favorite pals on a lazy sunny day.

My original intention was to post this in early August, but a totally crashed computer and numerous lost files meant a delay of a few weeks. But even if we posted this in the middle of winter, you have to know that the loved ones pictured here, bring a ray of sunshine and a warm smile to someone everyday.

The Mills Brothers - "Lazy Bones" play

our newest collection.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:38:00 +0000

wedding day jewelry.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:04:00 +0000

So glad that we could help you with a little gemstone jewelry for your special day!!

aol's shelter pop.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Fri, 07 May 2010 23:25:00 +0000

Our dog Patu takes center stage in AOL's ShelterPop.com feature, "My Living Room is My..." The design and decorating website asked 13 creatives for a glimpse into their worlds and how their living rooms served as multi-purpose rooms. Although we used the living room to spread out our inspiration and mood boards, Patu obviously used the living room as his bedroom. He jumped into every shot while the photographs were being taken!

See the full article and slide show here. We are slide 4 of 13.

world gold council 2010.

noreply@blogger.com (vicente) — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:46:00 +0000

For the fifth consecutive year, the World Gold Council has honored Vicente Agor Precious Jewelry. Edited by a Blue Ribbon Panel of industry experts, our 18kt gold fine jewelry was chosen to be a part of the esteemed World Gold Council juried collection of new gold fine jewelry designs for 2010.

Naturally, we are thrilled and grateful for this honor!

Mark Rothko's "Yellow and Gold" 1956. Image from here.