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The Rivals Edit: Darling Beryl Buds of May!!!
Posted on June 01 2026
Written by Baroque Rocks The Rivals Edit: Darling Beryl Buds of May!!! Darling All, Well Magpies, whilst the masses marauded and elbowed their way down Sloane Street and the King’s Road to the floral fantasia that was the other weeks’ Chelsea Flower Show (stout umbrellas were necessary to...
The Class Act Edit: Coruscating Collegiate Core!!!
Posted on April 27 2026
Written by Baroque Rocks The Class Act Edit: Coruscating Collegiate Core!!! Darling All, My goodness Magpies how doth tempus blooming fugit? We are quite literally at the exuberant end of the Easter egg scoffing season that is April and the sartorial set are already busy ushering in collegiate...
The Spring Edit: Sonic Sylvan Sparklers!!!
Posted on March 26 2026
Written by Baroque Rocks The Spring Edit: Sonic Sylvan Sparklers!!! Darling All, Magpies, the sun is shining and Baroque Rocks is fresh out of hibernation and dancing into enrichment time!! OH YES!! This season, Spring has arrived in a reverie of rhythm, radiance and rare rocks! Set to...
The Thoroughbred Edit: ‘Bling’ it On!!!
Posted on January 27 2026
The Thoroughbred Edit:'Bling' it On!!! Darling All Happy New Year, dear Magpies — and in the Year of the Horse, we’re cantering at Cheltenham Gold Cup pace through January. Whilst we’ve touched on Gold and Silver in our recent Knowledge Drops, think of these precious metals as your trusty steeds...
Gold Glorious Geopolitical Gold: Backing The Glow Part III!!!
Posted on January 13 2026
Written by Baroque Rocks Gold Glorious Geopolitical Gold:Backing The Glow Part III!!! Darling All, Disclaimer: Please note this is not investment advice.But you will need a large cup of caffeine! Well hello Magpies!! Since our October 2025 update, where Gold hit USD $4,060, we are in absolute “aurum” of...
Silver Linings: Silver's Sallying Surge!
Posted on January 13 2026
Written by Baroque Rocks Silver Linings:Silver's Sallying Surge!!! Darling All, Disclaimer: Please note this is not investment advice.But you will need a large cup of caffeine! As we welcome in the New Year, Magpies, Silver continues to sally forth at $89.00 per ounce as at time of writing (13th...
The Intelligent Investor Edit: The Scintillating Sybarite Sequel!!!
Posted on November 30 2025
The Intelligent Investor Edit:The Scintillating Sybarite Sequel!!! Darling All Well, our maven Magpies, you’ve had the “Stocking Filler Edit” and now we are onto the scintillating sybarite sequel with rocks that will be the ‘fête accompli’ this Christmas! As ever Baroque Rocks is here to restore buoyant, glittering spirits and...
The Gentlemen's Stocking Edit: All Filler No Killer!!!
Posted on November 20 2025
The Gentlemen's Stocking Edit:All Filler No Killer!!! Darling All If you thought Baroque Rocks could ever forget the menfolk, perish the very thought!! We realised, though that most of our Magpie missives are for the fairer ones of the human species, so what better moment than Christmas to redress...
The Stocking Edit: All Filler No Killer!!!
Posted on November 18 2025
The Stocking Edit:All Filler No Killer!!! Darling All We are shimmy, shimmy, shimmying swiftly through November and you’ve guessed it yes, it’s time for the Stocking Filler Edit!! The Christmas Lights are up and shops are awash with sparkling silver sequins, talk about bejewelled lead design in a...
The Autumnal Edit: Dazzle When The Clocks Go Back!!!
Posted on November 04 2025
The Autumnal Edit:Dazzle When The Clocks Go Back!!! Darling All With the clocks having gone back, and the nights growing longer, Baroque Rocks steps into Autumn with assured brilliance! Our spectrum collection of kaleidoscopic pieces embraces the season’s penchant for cosy layers and polished tailoring, delivering a high–low...
Silver Linings: Silver's Surge Steals The Spotlight!
Posted on October 16 2025
Written by Baroque Rocks Silver Linings: Silver's Surge Steals The Spotlight! Darling All, Disclaimer: Please note this is not investment advice.But you will need a large cup of caffeine! Following Baroque Rocks’ recent Knowledge Drop on Gold’s glittering ascent – now brushing the headline stealing USD $4,000 mark...
Gold Glorious Geopolitical Gold: Backing The Glow Part II!!!
Posted on October 09 2025
Written by Baroque Rocks Gold Glorious Geopolitical Gold: Backing The Glow Part II!!! Darling All, Disclaimer: Please note this is not investment advice.But you will need a large cup of caffeine! Calling all Magpies and Goldbugs, Baroque Rocks has literally been a broken record on the rise of Gold...
The Sizzling Silver Edit: The Fix!!!
Posted on July 19 2025
The Sizzling Silver Edit:The Fix!!! Darling All A brief but brilliant sparkle alert from Baroque Rocks to say we’ve just got our bejewelled mitts on some proper “cache and carry”!! As the Gold rush continues ad infinitum, we are shining the spotlight on a different kind of radiance...
The Gilded Guide to Gold Finishes: In Plain English!!!
Posted on July 03 2025
Written by Baroque Rocks The Gilded Guide to Gold Finishes:In Plain English Darling All At Baroque Rocks, we thought it high time for a little “Knowledge Drop!” As Gold prices have risen enormously the quest to get the ‘Gold fix’ without the steep investment of buying actual GOLD means...
The Summertime Madness Edit: Heatwave Glam!!!
Posted on June 22 2025
The Summertime Madness Edit:Heatwave Glam!!! Darling AllWell Magpies summertime madness has descended and currently showcasing in cinemas near you is…… “Karate Kid: The Legends”!!! So, let’s karate-kick the ‘boring borings’ to the curb (no this isn’t the famed duck billed platypus, we are talking flopcore jewellery here) and ignite...
Gold Glorious Geopolitical Gold: Backing The Glow!!!
Posted on April 29 2025
Written by Baroque Rocks Gold Glorious Geopolitical Gold: Backing The Glow!!! Darling All, Disclaimer: Please note this is not investment advice.But you will need a large cup of caffeine! Baroque Rocks has not written a “Knowledge” piece for a while, but on Monday 10th February 2025, Gold hit a historic...
The Bling Mid-Winter Edit: Maximalism!!!
Posted on February 05 2025
The Bling Mid-Winter Edit:Maximalism!!! Darling All Well “HELLO February” said with somewhat frozen but bejewelled jazz hands!! Baroque Rocks is as ever blinging in the new year 2025 with oodles of gold which will of course pair perfectly with Pantone’s choice of chroma this year! Oh yes!!! Brown...
The Intelligent Investor Edit: The Scintillating Sybarite Sequel!!!
Posted on December 09 2024
The Intelligent Investor Edit:The Scintillating Sybarite Sequel!!! Darling All Well our maven magpies, you’ve had the “Stocking Filler Edit” and now we are onto the scintillating sybarite sequel with rocks that will be the ‘fête accompli’ this Christmas! As ever Baroque Rocks is here to set the shining example which...
The Stocking Edit: All Filler No Killer!!!
Posted on November 28 2024
The Stocking Edit:All Filler No Killer!!! Darling All We are shimmy, shimmy, shimmying swiftly through November and you’ve guessed it yes, it’s time for the Stocking Filler Edit!! The Christmas Lights are up and shops are awash with sparkling silver sequins, talk about bejewelled lead design in a must try metallic season!! ...
The Chic Reset Edit: Dazzling Detoxifiers and Trop Stylé Bounty!!!
Posted on November 08 2024
The Chic Reset Edit:Dazzling Detoxifiers and Trop Stylé Bounty!!! Darling All Well hello November, we decided to gloss over October due to a saccharine induced half term Halloween hangover, not to mention that apparatchik red rag to a bull so called budget and so instead we focus on fabulousness and...
The Avant Garde and Everyday Edit: Baroque Rocks does “corp-core”!!!
Posted on September 26 2024
The Avant Garde and Everyday Edit:Baroque Rocks does "corp-core"!!! Darling AllHello Magpies: Baroque Rocks is back after somewhat of a hiatus, call it a studious sabbatical whilst lucubrating the 13+ subject range!!! Facts of fascination punctuated the assiduous cramming such as the meaning of a zygote and our favourite...
Heart's Desire Edit: February's Fanciful Flutterings!!!
Posted on February 06 2024
Hello Magpies: February’s fanciful flutterings are here!!! The house of Baroque Rocks isn’t one for trends, but ‘Pro Lovem’* the runways have Hearts on repeat!! And just like the month we are in this Edit shall be short and sweet assuaging winter blues with a dazzling dose of heartfelt rock-solid convictions!!!
The Intelligent Investor Edit: The Scintillating Sybarite Sequel!!!
Posted on November 28 2023
The Intelligent Investor Edit:The Scintillating Sybarite Sequel!!! Darling All Well our maven magpies, you’ve had the “Stocking Filler Edit” and now we are onto the scintillating sybarite sequel with rocks that will be the ‘fête accompli’ this Christmas! As ever Baroque Rocks is here to set the shining example which...
The Stocking Edit: All Filler No Killer!!!
Posted on November 22 2023
The Stocking Edit:All Filler No Killer!!! Darling All Big old flashy feather in the hat to Baroque Rocks as we are delivering our Stocking Edit early and by early, we mean a few weeks before December!!! So, our maven magpies forget the halls and bedeck one’s good self!! We have...
The Mellow Yellow Edit: With a Dash of True Party Blue!!!
Posted on November 10 2023
The Mellow Yellow Edit:With a Dash of True Party Blue!!! Darling All Talk about charting the Autumnal season as November has arrived with a splash!! And what better way to soak up this wet windy weather but with a little mellow yellow indulgence: we are talking Citrines, little luscious...
The Supercharging Edit: Sunshine Jewels!!!
Posted on October 18 2023
The Supercharging Edit:Sunshine Jewels!!! Darling All At the time of writing, we are experiencing supercharging sunshine for October which is nicely nostalgic as Baroque Rocks skived off over the summer to swan around in the Caribbean cool whilst bronzed in Fake Bake, wafting Incognito (best ‘Mustiq-o’ spray ever)...
It's Reigning Jewels Edit: Hallelujah!!!
Posted on May 04 2023
It's Reigning Jewels Edit:Hallelujah!!! Darling All Roughly this time last year Blighty was commemorating our late Queen’s Jubilee with a party at the Palace which of course went Platinum and here we are in monarchical May gearing up to a coruscating Coronation of his Majesty King Charles III. A...
The Deal Edit: I Can Buy Myself Flowers!!!
Posted on February 10 2023
The Deal Edit:I Can Buy Myself Flowers!!! Darling All Welcome to Baroque Rocks’ first edit of 2023 where we are vying for a vibrant vintage year in sublimely sparkling style! The drear of winter is shortly to be replaced with blue skies and Baroque Rocks is as ever on hand...
Maximalist Edit: The Scintillating Sybarite Sequel!!!
Posted on December 19 2022
Maximalist Edit:The Scintillating Sybarite Sequel!!! Darling All The scintillating sybarite sequel is upon us with rocks that will be the lodestar into Christmas and beyond! Forget navel gazing and don ‘dis’ dazzling Diamond decolletage heart necklace!! It’s a 20 pointer and seriously the groove is in the heart with this...
The Stocking Edit: All Killer No Filler!!!
Posted on December 06 2022
The Stocking Edit:All Killer No Filler!!! Darling All Well hello December…………. Yes, it’s that time of year where we save you that frightful fluster and with some good coruscating Christmas cheer bring you glittering wonders to signify the end of another year! Now Magpies forget the halls and...
I'm a Celebrity Carat Edit: November's Sessions
Posted on November 20 2022
I'm a Celebrity Carat Edit:November's Sessions Darling All Goodness, November is proving to be like scenes plucked from The Tempest: incessant rain; the shipwreck of crypto cretins, punctuated with hilarious respite from the Bushtucker brilliance on the box! Our theme therefore for this edit will be “I’m a...
The Big Bold & Experimental Style of British Modernism: The Rapaport Podcast Edit!
Posted on July 10 2022
The Big Bold & Experimental Style of British Modernism:The Rapaport Podcast Edit! Darling All Gosh its hotting up in Blighty with the political excitements and the fact that July is engulfing this small island in a magnificent mini heatwave!!! And to further turn up the recalescence, Rapaport, under the esteemed...
The Spring Awakenings: Make It Reign!
Posted on May 17 2022
The Spring Awakenings:Make It Reign! Darling All With the vernal verve in full flourish and optimism percolating, there is a giddy sense of celebration in the air! Jubilee preparations are in full swing and do we have a medley of monarchical marvels for you magpies! But before we have you all champing at...
The Love Generation Edit: The Beat Goes On!
Posted on January 31 2022
The Love Generation Edit:The Beat Goes On! Darling All Well, we closed out the first month of the year with the most incredible newsworthy effort where Baroque Rocks’ bounteous baubles bounced onto the fabled Pink Pages!! Yes, that holy grail of the written journalist word where we appeared both...
The Retro Refresh Edit: Hello 2022!!!
Posted on January 18 2022
The Retro Refresh:Hello 2022! Darling All We closed 2021 with a complete Covid coshing, and we heartily apologise for the in-absentia Christmas greetings etc, so literally floored were we that even the most delectable jewels failed to titillate the tastebuds! But we are back so HAPPY, HAPPY NEW...
The Stocking Edit: All Killer No Filler!!!
Posted on November 30 2021
The StockingEdit:All Killer No Filler! Darling All Well hello December…………. Yes, it’s that time of year where we save you that frightful fluster and with some good coruscating Christmas cheer bring you glittering wonders to signify the end of a tough old year! Scads of sparklers for the...
The Jewel Delight Edit: Panglossian Pleasures!
Posted on November 30 2021
The Jewel Delight Edit:Panglossian Pleasures! Darling All We can’t quite believe that we are almost at the end of November with the #outout mood in full swing. We assure you we haven’t been resting on our clinquant cache of jewels, but very much have been swinging from the chandeliers,...
The True North Edit: New Season Style!
Posted on September 15 2021
The True North Edit:New Season Style! Darling All September is serving up some spectacular wins from the teen tennis star that bears the same name as Baroque Rocks’ illustrious founder!! Aiming high we thought we’d showcase a few Sapphire sensations, being this month’s birthstone, along with a few bangin’ bougie...
The Hotter Than August Edit: Raunchy Recalescence!
Posted on August 15 2021
The Hotter Than August Edit:Raunchy Recalescence! Darling All Apparently, August’s African plume is drifting towards Blighty!! And just so that one can sizzle in immense style we have some hot to trot treats – no threads needed!!! Top of our Green List is August’s birthstone the seductive Peridot, a...
The ‘Aquadisiac’ Allure Edit: Hedonistic Holiday Style
Posted on July 18 2021
The 'Aqudisiac' Allure Edit:Hedonistic Holiday Style Darling All Oh, hello July, thank you for finally shining through post your recent tantruming deluge, though we are afraid we haven’t taken much notice save that school’s out and we have to navigate the complex PCR landscape between Blighty, ‘Beetha’ and Bali. Except Bali...
The Dapper Don's Edit: Quixotic Pearly Kings!!!
Posted on June 10 2021
The Dapper Don's Edit:Quixotic Pearly Kings!!! Darling All Well Hello Summer!! Jubilant June sunshine has us all aglow and agog as to whether we are “tilting at windmills” with new variants and thereby forced to sell the family silver for a trip to Center Parcs instead of the much anticipated, Sangria-soaked...
The Pink Edit: Captivating Catnip!!!
Posted on May 10 2021
The Pink Edit:Captivating Catnip!!! Darling All All hail the darling buds of May, the month of merriment with its two bank holidays colliding with a smidgeon more freedom in the Roadmap stakes! Spring is in full bloom with the Goddess Maia presiding over the green shoots of verdant vitality...
Diamond Delectations Edit: And Licensed Libations!!!
Posted on March 31 2021
Diamond Delectations EditAnd Licensed Libations!!! Darling All Tee-ing off April nicely was an early Easter which by the time this goes to print will have hopped it along with the cheap choco!! But what is truly egg-exciting, is that not only may we once again delight in sporting pleasures, legally...
The #Roadmap Edit: Happy Days!!!
Posted on March 11 2021
The #Roadmap EditHappy Days!!! Darling All Lifting us out of lockdown in a lithe limbo is the rocking #Roadmap that sees March “just move on up”!!!! A bit like that crux point where winter abdicates its crown to let Spring skitter in with a bouquet of delights such...
Desert Island Rocks: Fantasy Resort Wear
Posted on February 04 2021
Desert Island RocksFantasy Resort Wear Darling All Wishing you a happy, healthy new year and rather like HMRC’s benevolent extension we too have followed suit with a suitably late January cum early February edit! Languishing in London Lockdown once again and to rally the endorphins we decided to...
The Stocking Edit: All Killer No Filler!!!
Posted on December 02 2020
The Stocking EditAll Killer No Filler!!! Darling All “Another Christmas is around the corner….Turn on the Lights Turn on the Lights” It’s December and Baroque Rocks is roaring into the Christmas Spirit thanks to the release of the most cracking Christmas album “The Pianoman at Christmas” An uplifting treasure...
Baroque Rocks & PAUL SMITH
Posted on November 26 2020
A Bejewelled Announcement:Baroque Rocks & PAUL SMITH Darling All Sir Paul Smith, is one of Britain’s most distinguished designers, renowned for his inimitable flair which marries the contemporary with the traditional, laced with marvellous eccentricity!! With five decades of iconic fashion brilliance, a “True Brit,” Paul Smith,...
The Sparkling Hibernation Edit Lockdown 'Looms'
Posted on November 13 2020
The Sparkling Hibernation EditLockdown 'Looms' Darling All November sees us back in our lairs and thus we reiterate our Covid-caveat: which aims to provide a light literary escapism whilst administering the desirable dosage of dazzlers and a blast of brilliant beats!!!! Having deftly swept under the carpet: the political tantrums...
The Ice Vice Baby Edit: Smokin' & Drinkin'
Posted on October 15 2020
The Ice Vice Baby EditSmokin' & Drinkin' Darling All As we welcome in October, we decided to centre this edit on the 10pm curfew and what glorious things one can get up to before Boris’ bedtime edict!! But first, please answer us this: Are you unusually aged? There is...
The Sporting Page Edit: Glittering Games
Posted on September 18 2020
The Sporting Page EditGlittering Games Darling All On a corner of a charming Chelsea street stands a wonderous watering hole called the Sporting Page where ‘Woodhousian’ jolly jewels guzzle gin and glug gatters*!! Having driven by said establishment recently, it gave us the idea to write a September socially distancing...