Musings & Features
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The New Year Edit: January’s Dose Of Vitamins And Minerals
Posted on January 16 2019
The New Year Edit:January’s Dose of Vitamins and Minerals Darling All JANUARY 2019 - here we are right at the beginning of a brand-new sparkling year full of gumption and gusto for the “New Year, New You”! We aren’t going to lie but the Baroque Rocks team, whilst...
The Christmas Edit: All Wrapped Up
Posted on December 05 2018
The Christmas Edit:All Wrapped Up Darling All It's December and the fevered Christmas cacophony has reached Baroque Rocks’ bejewelled shores!!! The gems are glistening, the excitement dazzling and parties are now in beautiful blinging swing!! Are you thoroughly flummoxed on the gifting generously front and short of time? Then look...
The Loose Change Edit: First Class Fancies Under £150
Posted on December 03 2018
The Loose Change Edit:First Class Fancies Under £150 Darling All Stop look glisten: our First-Class Fancies are certainly not Mr Kipling’s cakes nor are they pointless gewgaws!! What they are though, are exceedingly good jewels at exceedingly good prices!! You will no doubt agree that there is no greater...
The Rockstar Edit: Singular Statements
Posted on November 21 2018
The Rockstar Edit:"Singular Statements" Darling All LISTEN UP!! We have a few things in our trousseau that very much “spiffs up the rags” as Neneh Cherry stated in this month’s Vogue, albeit she was referring to her prized Chanel handbag! We though, are referring to our Rockstar’s bounty! Our rock...
The Brooch Edit: Pin Ups
Posted on November 14 2018
“The Brooch Edit":Pin Ups Darling All Pssst did you know that Brooches are fashionable again? Are you kicking yourself that in a fit of Marie Kondo exorcism you threw out Great Aunt Mildred’s toot together with the Yardley smelling jewel box, which no doubt was crammed with brooches??? Fear not,...
The Ring Edit: Sensational Seventies Schmucks
Posted on November 07 2018
“The Ring Edit:"Sensational Seventies Schmucks Darling All Showcasing some sensational Seventies Schmucks! You will be forgiven if you presume that Baroque Rocks has finally gone off its rocker, hurling brutish insults at anyone who reads these musings!! We have not, we assure you!! For those of you with a smattering of...
The Pendant Edit: Game Reserve
Posted on October 31 2018
“The Pendant Edit": Game Reserve Darling All Welcome to our bijoux game reserve, where we will act as your guide to jaw droppingly exquisite and extraordinary wildlife! Spotted in the menagerie:1) A dazzling diamond eyed lion with a richly ripped lapis lazuli chest! King of the beasts!2) A...
The Gentlemen Edit: The Gold Standard
Posted on October 24 2018
“The Gentlemen Edit: The Gold Standard” Darling All “Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.” Christopher Columbus Fast forward a few centuries and paradise is well and truly met with these...
The Necklace Edit: The Gold Standard
Posted on October 17 2018
“The Necklace Edit: The Gold Standard” Darling All Monarch of Metals Oh, to be associated with perfection, enlightenment and immortality! No this is not some new age nonsense, as what we are discussing is Gold Glorious Gold! The Monarch of Metals! Wear it and it may well...
The Bracelet Edit: The Gold Standard
Posted on October 10 2018
“The Bracelet Edit: The Gold Standard” Darling All Spotlight on Gold: the only metal for millennials! Mind you, it has been the ONLY metal for six millennia, from the incept of civilisation as we know it!! An inimitable fashion, one that never faded. Gold purely and simply has us...
The Earring Edit: The Gold Standard
Posted on October 03 2018
“The Earring Edit: The Gold Standard” Darling All Gold Glorious Gold: did you know that photographing gold is notoriously hard – it’s something about its lustre and luminescence that bewitches and beguiles even the camera and its Le Carré-esque micro lens! So, do forgive the brilliance that dazzles the...
In the Glow
Posted on September 17 2018
"Who Owns What": A Guide to the Jewellery Monopoly Board Darling AllAugust’s heatwave is behind us, where we were so parched we practically panted for rain, rosé and aircon (in any order), whilst happily salivating at the prospect of the Knightsbridge super car season that saw the Gold Ferrari...
Vintage Revival
Posted on August 01 2018
Darling All London is currently basking in a heatwave and suddenly, for some of us, we are rudely jilted from our rosé infused glasses and realise that we have nine weeks of our “Whispering Angels”* running amok over the summer holidays. So instead of Alka-Seltzers to alleviate the effects, what...
“Just for one day, we could be heroes..”
Posted on June 04 2018
Darling All “Just for one day, we could be heroes Forever and ever, what do you say?” David Bowie: Heroes 1977 On Sunday 17th June 2018, Fathers can be heroes just for one day. Did you know that it took FOUR US Presidents to make Father’s Day an official jollification! ...
Baroque Rocks Updated Privacy Policy & GDPR 25th May 2018
Posted on May 22 2018
Darling All Baroque Rocks values your privacy and wants you to understand the choices and control you have over your data that is held by us. We have updated our Privacy Policy to make it easier for you to understand those choices and to give you that control over your...
Newsflash: GDPR 25th May 2018
Posted on April 30 2018
Darling All Ooooh an acronym: GDPR and no it doesn’t stand for Gold, Diamonds, Peridots or Rubies but it does stand for the new EU Data Protection Guidelines which comes into force on 25th May 2018!! If you find Baroque Rocks’ missives bedazzling, enlightening and entertaining and we really hope...
Easter: Be a Bejewelled Eostre Goddess
Posted on March 25 2018
Darling All Lent is almost over and Easter beckons! Time to ruffle those feathers, lick those lascivious lips and shake your slimmed down Shakira hips! And whilst you dream of Easter eggs and chicks you may blunder back into that old Plutarchian question: “what came first the chicken or the...
Mothering Sunday
Posted on March 04 2018
Darling All Baroque Rocks has a spring in its step as Spring is most definitely in the air! We can feel her swirling in our bones, and no that is not the gout! She is fighting an ardent battle though, against the Beast from the East cum that Stormtrooper Emma! This meeting...
Valentines Day: An Open Letter
Posted on February 02 2018
Chaps Baroque Rocks, being a company with everyone’s best interests at heart, thought we would provide you with a gentle nudge (an open letter of sorts) that Valentine’s day is around the corner. The 14th of February can be a day laced with potential perils and you certainly don’t want...
The London Mummy: 18 Small Businesses To Support in 2018
Posted on January 18 2018
Thank you to the London Mummy blog for mentioning Baroque Rocks as one of 18 Small Businesses To Support in 2018.
http://www.thelondonmummy.com/18-small-businesses-support-2018/
A Sparkling Christmas
Posted on November 30 2017
Dear All The fevered Christmas cacophony has reached Baroque Rocks’ bejewelled shores!!! The excitement is palpable and the jewels are glistening! Short of time and ideas for presents for that “sparkling someone” then look no further! With a click of your perfectly manicured mitt, we dare you to peek...