David Yurman Creates for Lunar New Year (Yay!), Fumbles Rollout (Eek!)

Last year, I made the suggestion that David Yurman not just embrace Lunar New Year in marketing but produce a singular themed bauble in celebration. Well, heck to the hey, I got everything I wanted and more this year... sort of.

David Yurman Celebrates Lunar New Year, and This Sinophile Rejoices

Can I just tell you, dear reader, how absolutely, positively thrilled I was to stumble upon this graphic (below) on the landing page for DavidYurman.com?

Image Credit: David Yurman

A Tease of New-for-Fall-'13 Pave Phantom for Men

Helping us out, @gregmaczko posted this (see below) to Instagram this evening, giving a glimpse at David Yurman's latest men's collection, which is kind of new, kind of resurrected and features color-change garnet set in black titanium.

Image Credit: @gregmaczko (Instagram)

Are these designs available now online? ...Are you kidding me? Much to my our mutual frustration, not a single piece from the F/W '13-14 men's line has debuted on DavidYurman.com. As evidenced by this 'gram, however, the pieces are available in the Nashville boutique, whose telephone number is 615.298.1190. (Yes, I had that on file.) Give 'em a ring, and surely they'll be happy to Fed-Ex one of these beauties to you.

That's all for now, dear reader. DYguy out.

Exclusive: The Three Distinct Looks of David Yurman Color-Change Garnet

Pictured are the three looks one can expect from DY color-change garnet.

Touted by David Yurman as "one of the rarest gemstones on earth," color-change garnet is sometimes thought to exhibit only two unique looks. I'd argue, however, after wearing this Chevron ring for some weeks now, that the stone boasts three.

The first look is the one shown in the left-most image above, the color profile being that of a Caribbean blue-green. This hue is achieved when the mineral is exposed to indirect natural light (or the direct artificial light produced by bulbs bearing descriptors of "natural," "reveal," or "sunshine"). The second look, which is shown in the middle image, is achieved via bright, midday sunlight. There is no color profile, really, about which to speak, as, under this light, the stone takes on the appearance of a translucent, especially-brilliant black diamond. Color-change garnet's third look, then, is the one shown in the right-most image. (By the way, none of the component images in this triad has been digitally altered.) This warm violet color of look three is achieved in incandescent, household light.

While I can (and do) appreciate all three looks of color-change garnet, I must say my own personal preferred states are the first two. What about you? Tell me: which look do you like best? Sound off; get your comment posting or E-mail writing on!