Fall for DY: DYguy's Seasonal Picks for Men -- Pick One: Dino Bone

In the "Fall for DY" five-part feature, DYguy runs through the gentleman's must-haves for fall/winter '13-14. His first pick, which is for the months of October and November, is dino bone, a surprising selection given DY no longer designs with the stone.

From DYguy:  Dino bone, though discontinued, is not just a stone for fall, it is the stone for fall. Its magnificent burnt orange color conjures turning foliage, and nearly all the pieces into which it is set are statement pieces, which I love to don in fall, a time of the year when even nature exhibits a flair for the dramatic. Oh, and just because a DY design is discontinued does not mean one cannot get the look. The DY outlet in Sunrise, FL (954.838.9979) still offers much dino bone (and at reduced prices!).

At Last, a David Yurman F/W '13-14 Men's Collection Preview (Now with Tag Necklaces!)

Late last night Instagram user @burniebear shared these (see below) images, which were captured, it seems, at a DY fall preview event at/for Nordstrom Perimeter in Atlanta, Georgia. Revealed are three bracelets and several rings, mostly band-style, from David Yurman's F/W '13-14 Men's Collection. Revel in the artistry. (My impressions are posted as image captions.)

Of the three designs showcased here,
my initial preference is for the middle one,
though I suppose I should see all in their full glory
before making any verdicts.

Instagram of the Week

I search high and low each week (not really, I just browse images tagged #DavidYurman) in a quest to find what is, in my estimation, the best DY-related Instagram of that seven-day stretch. This week's pick comes from @iamalec07.

It's great to see someone sporting vintage (in a relative sense) men's DY, and of all exotic stones to sport, @iamalec07 is working dino bone, a longtime favorite of mine. What, exactly, is dino bone, you ask? Well, it is not--as an uninformed Yurman salesperson once told me--"carved dinosaur bone." No, I'm fairly certain there are prohibitions against the harvesting of said. The stone called dino bone is actually--and this is according to a custom jeweler--"the result of fossilized bone from dinosaurs in which the cellular structure has been replaced with quartz." But I digress.


Not only is the shot composition here excellent, I love the evocative quality of this Instagram. @iamalec07's devil-may-care, rebel-without-a-cause attitude is, without artifice, so plainly conveyed that one can almost feel the cool of the man behind the lens. Yeah, OK, so I might just be that person who, in my everyday life, rails against the ills of smoking, but I cannot deny I love what smoking and, by extension, the DY brand, to me, represent, and that, my darling readers, is freedom. Freedom? From jewelry that clings, binds, and ties? Oh it's ironic--I'll give you that--but the irony has no bearing on its truth. (And that, being subjective, is undeniable.)