Frank’s Files: Stacy London’s Jewelry Box

Hello, my name is Frank Everett, and welcome to Frank's Files. It is my pleasure today to welcome style expert, and I recently discovered, jewelry enthusiast, Stacey London. Hello! Thank you. Thank you, Frank, for having me. I mean, how could I not be a jewelry enthusiast? Please, how can you have style without jewelry? You can. Stacey has chosen her favorite pieces from our fine jewel sale, which comes up on April 19th. So what you see here before you is Stacey's Jewel Box. Yes! I think that this is a great representative of a lot of the stuff that I saw in the catalog, because it's so varied. I was so fascinated by how many stones you had that aren't like diamond, emerald, ruby, sapphire. Yeah, I have to say, a lot of your choices really fascinated me. They were not the things that I would have expected you to pick. And one area is just interesting, unusual color. I love when they're mixed with those fine stones. So the turquoise with diamond, and you have the coral with ruby. This is so pretty. And I just love the fact that color in jewelry is such a statement. Okay, I'll definitely try this on. I think this is, look, it even sort of goes with my whole look. Yeah, I love it. And then there are the things that I think that stones have metaphysical qualities, right? And turquoise is very calming. I love the idea of things like coral, rubies, most of the pink stones. Coral is about friendship love. Ruby is about true love. It is also nice to do something with some sentiment. If you're going to give a present like this or get something for yourself, it's kind of lovely that there's a history to it. They really are unique. And you, in particular, like aquamarine. I do. I love aquamarine. This is, by the way, made by Siemens Sheps. So this is a classic New York design by Siemens Sheps. It also comes with its matching earring, which I have on the table. Aquamarines, in general, specifically are for letting go. So if you feel like there's something about your mood or your present circumstances, wear aquamarines if you want to get rid of it. Yeah, this looks great on you. I know. It does really look great on me. I don't know what I have to let go, but I don't want to let go of this bracelet. You keep it on. Keep it on. Okay, let's keep it on. You also chose a lot of pieces by one of my favorite designers, David Webb. Yes. So I'm obsessed with David Webb because I feel like when you see a Webb piece, you know it's a Webb piece. You know it's Webb. And there's lots of animals. And I love animals. Yes. Oh my God. This piece. Fabulous cocktail ring. Fabulous. This is very similar to the zebra bracelet that Diana Vreeland wore, almost religiously. She was one of the earliest proponents of David Webb. Well, I mean, doesn't surprise me. You've got to try this one on. Yes. One of the other reasons that I chose these. I feel like black opals get a really bad rap. They do. Right? With the whole bad luck thing. It's not true. And they're really good for sexual attractiveness. Oh, excellent. Just to be clear. So we need to be selling more opals. You want to sell some opals, right? You want to own some opals. And then I was also really attracted to the fire opal. Beautiful. And fire opals were used by Tiffany very early in the 20th century. Fire opals are great for self-confidence. So if you're shy, this is a great stone for you. I don't think I need that one. So this is the classic 1940s massive emerald cut stone. This will help you channel your inner Joan Crawford. Citrines are actually the stone of money and luck. And they're known as the merchant stone. So it's worth investing in a big citrine if you want money and luck, period. I want both. So I think I better get some citrines. Exactly. You and I are on the same page about something very interesting. Yes. The ladylike watch is coming back. I am so over the oversized boyfriend watch. I'm done with it. Look at this. Art deco. Perfect. But I also love the idea that this becomes an evening piece, like really the cocktail watch. Exactly. This one's just a beautiful diamond floral bracelet until you open it up and reveal the watch. I love it. Yeah. Business in the back and party in the front. Another interesting thing about watches is when we get jeweled watches like this, we're never always sure if it should go in a jewelry auction or a watch auction. This one is part of a collection of watches from Van Cleef & Arpels. I chose that. This will be sold in a watch sale at Sotheby's on May 24th. This is one I threw in for you. This is from Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Company. Look at that together. I mean, that's the best. So this we call the Jackie bangle because Jackie Kennedy wore so many of them. And nobody wanted to wear anything Jackie Kennedy was wearing. Are you kidding me? I can't even believe you have one. Now what you did choose was this ring. I did choose this ring. This one is a little Van Cleef & Arpels ring. It's just a little thing. And this is perfect together because this came originally from the collection of Bunny Melon, who gave Jackie her first bangle. Full circle. I love it. Excellent. Now this is, I know, another one of your favorite pieces. This incredible Smokey Quartz bracelet from Tony Duquette. Yes, Smokey Quartz I do love. And the reason I love it is because it's grounding but uplifting energy. What about this one? You chose this. I mean, come on. This is remarkable. I saw it and it's funny because I thought of a tutu. You did and I told you we call it the ballerina setting. Yeah, which is incredible. We also talked about the fact that I love cushion cut diamonds. Love them. So pretty. And that one you said is very similar. This is a little bit bigger actually than this because it's just set simply with the prongs. Obviously, you see such a huge difference in size. Right. This is a very beautiful cushion. You chose another category. Lots of brooches in here. Yes. The brooch is just the most underrated piece of jewelry going. It's incredible. It's just a little sculpture. Just a little sculpture. Just a little baby sculpture. I love them in multiples. Yes. I don't like just one. To me, that feels old-fashioned. Look here, you chose this pair. I did. So this would be good. Before we finish, I do want to point out some fabulous photographs that I have hanging on the wall. This is a small group of photographs from a much larger collection. The collection of Leland Hurst that is going to be auctioned here at Sotheby's on April 10th. His collection includes a lot of fashion photography. These two are by Irving Penn. And I think you told me you worked with Irving Penn. I did. Yes. When I was an assistant at Vogue, he was the first photographer I ever worked with. And I have to say, he was one of the kindest, most lovely gentlemen. So nice. Well, these are beautiful photographs. This is my favorite. I love it. Absolutely gorgeous. Thank you. Thank you so much for having me. Listen, anytime you want me to do a jewel box, you just let me know. Excellent. Thank you very much. Come see the exhibition opening April 13th. You will see everything from Stacey's jewel box and about 500 more pieces. So come try it all on.