Beth Bernstein Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Bejeweledmag. com is for the antique aficionado, consummate collector of renowned brands or a modern jewelry enthusiast, BeJeweled is your go-to destination for all that glitters. We love a story, a yarn, the legend and the lore behind certain gems. We believe that every piece of jewelry has its own unique tale to tell, whether it be linked to a special moment in history, a celebrity, icon, designer, antique dealer or retail store owner. And we are interested what pieces are significant to you, the women who purchase and wear jewels and passes them along to the next generation. The stories we share about the styles featured throughout the magazine are personal, heartfelt, and often humorous tales of jewels that capture our imagination as we hope they will capture yours, from the famed pieces of Elizabeth Taylor to your fellow jewelry enthusiasts on Instagram.BeJeweled offers straight up advice, served with wit and style know-how. We want to start a conversation so that you feel as if you are listening to a close friend when our respected experts: jewelry designers, notable collectors, well-known authors and historians—share tips, knowledge, unique perspectives and personal experiences.Our distinctive vision is instinctive, down-to earth and somewhat off-the-cuff. We share trade secrets (shush)! and hope to engage you in all you want to know, from the most popular trends to the hottest spots to find the jewels. We always want you to have a good time as you go through our treasure chest of a magazine. And we want you to be-jeweled

IF THESE JEWELS COULD TALK: THE LEGENDS BEHIND CELEBRITY'S GEMS Coffee Table/Historical format. Rakes the reader through 20th century most renowned jewelry, revealing the behind-the-scenes stories and the plot twists and turns in the real lives of celebrities. Whether on or off screen, worn by the famed and the legendary, and designed by the most revered houses, all the gems provide narrative journey that offer fascinating insight into the intriguing worlds of early Hollywood and nobility from the 1920s through today.•Researched the historical information and archival photographs.•Worked with the heritage and archival departments of renowned houses such as Bulgari, Cartier, Van Cleef &Arpels, Verdura and a host of other companies.JEWELRY'S SHINING STARSCoffee table format, this jewelry tome offers an informative, vivid and lively insider’s peek into the imaginations, sensibilities and personalities of 38 designers who are shaping jewelry’s future. Foreword by Stephen Webster.•Curated selection of designers, interviewed and wrote their stories, edited and worked with art director for layout. Coordinated readings/signings for featured designers throughout the US.MY CHARMED LIFE: ROCKY ROMANCES, PRECIOUS FAMILY CONNECTIONS AND SEARCHING FOR A BAND OF GOLDMy memoir reveals my most significant memories that are linked together by jewelry as metaphors for these recollections. In addition to writing the book, Responsible for all promotion and publicity including organizing and appearing at 16 readings at both bookstores (such as several Barnes and Noble locations) as well as jewelry stores. Publisher’s weekly, interviewmag.com, instyle.com newspaper reviews and profile stories ad online reviews of the book.•Appeared on television as an expert in the field of jewelry •Wrote additional articles and blogs for online magazines and websites, including but not limited to babble.com, thefrisky.com,huffingtonpost.com and Accent Magazine.Website: beth-bernstein.com

CONTRIBUTING Antique Jewellery WRITER/EDITORThejewelleryeditor.comJuly 2015-PresentWeekly stories on various times periods, motifs, trends and fun facts and narratives about jewelry throughout the agesEDITOR-AT-LARGELustre Magazine2002 – 2008 (6 years)New YorkRevamped magazine with editor-in-chief, repositioning the publication to a lifestyle/ consumer approach and creating new columns, includingan arts inspiration column.•Editorial planning with EIC.•Coverage of runway shows, films, museum exhibit and celebrity style influencing jewelry trends.•Obtained artwork & rights for stories; including celebrity shots, archival photos, movie stills and all jewelry.•Attended trade shows to scout new talent, see new collections and track trends.-FOUR SEASONS MAGAZINE-ACCENT MAGAZINE: Covering fine jewelry, how to articles, first person essays, trends and historical articles (2004-Present)-DEPARTURES MAGAZINE: Stories on buying jewelry at auction (2004)-JQ MAGAZINE: Designer profiles and trend stories. (2003-2008)-FREELANCE/CONTRIBUTING WRITER-HUFFINGTON POST: Blogging on woman’s issues and jewelry (2012-Present)-BABBLE.COM: First person essays on my relationships with children. (2012-Present)-MORE MAGAZINE: First person essay stories on dating, family and relationships. (2002-2004)-FORUM MAGAZINE: Feature and first person stories on men’s style and relationships. (2004-Present)-HEALTH MAGAZINE: First person essays on health related issues, (2003)-NEWSDAY: Contributing reporter and writer for the Sunday Supplement, “Fanfare” and for the fashion magazine published 3x per year. Wrotefeature stories and selected merchandise for fashion, beauty and jewelry. Wrote bi-monthly newspaper column. (1990-1992)ADDITIONAL:TREND WRITING- JEWELRY: STYLESIGHT.COM

RESTORATION HARDWARE (RH Atelier Division)584 Broadway, New York, NY, (November 2014-Feb 2015)Hired on a yearlong +consultancy to coordinate and bring together innovative independent designers for private label artisan sterling silver jewelry collection.Responsibilities included:-Researching and recruiting appropriate designers for the “RH Atelier” style to work on private label program.-Working with approximately 25 designers on small collections based on the look of their individual brand and re-interpreting it as new creations for the RH Atelier style.-Helping to conceptualize overall look of the jewelry portion of the brand including materials, metals, finishes, silhouettes and gemstones.-Continuing to work with each designer individually, offering design ideas and helping them ‘tweak’ their pieces for RH signature look, without compromising the integrity or authenticity of the designers.-Editing process to 15+ designers that are at present in the program that is set to launch in stores and online 2015/2016.-Liaison between designers and RH creative director.-Shopping trade shows in order to discover untapped talentFMG (FEDERATED MERCHANDISING GROUP/ Macy’s), New York, NY (2002-2008)Conducted trend research and produced trend books for use by design teams for private label fine, sterling silver and fashion jewelry for fivemarkets per year•Conceptualized and designed sterling silver collections for the Alfani private label collection of FMG

•Responsible for all stories related to designers and product for both award-winning magazines.•Interviewing and writing designer profiles.•Extensive designer market coverage.: trend and celebrity stories and three cover/feature stories per year•Blogged for company website, instoremag.com•Involved with the planning of yearly editorial schedule, content and feature stories.-Launched up & coming Designer Section (Generation Next) at Parent Company Smartworkmedia's Smart Show/ Chicago. Served as Creative Director for the section. Acted as a liason between retailers attending show and designers in this section. In 2013, created The Smart Show's Generation Next Sparkle Award for overall best design/branding for emerging designer. Gave seminars and moderated panel discussions on trends and bringing in new designers to stores.

ESTATE OF GRACE FINE JEWELRYOCTOBER 2012-Present•Design: Creating pieces that incorporate authentic antique pieces with contemporary details for one-of-a-kind collection•Sales: Within five months of business, collection is selling eight leading jewelry retail stores. Evolution includes building these relationships andmy brand in these stores as well as expanding to sell in additional top jewelry retail outlets.•Branding and marketing: creating story cards that have the time periods as well as the sentimental or symbolic meaning of each piece.•Initial ideas for logo, website design, tag line and graphics.•Writing of all promotional and press materialsWebsite: estateofgracefinejewelry.comPLAN B JEWELRY CONSULTANTS2002-PRESENTA full service agency providing design direction and consultancy on merchandising marketing ,branding, trend analysis, press kits, promotionalbrochures, business and media and advertising plans.•Working with over 35 established and independent designer brands, department stores and fine jewelry shops in various capacities.•Styling and coordinating private clients and helping them to build a jewelry wardrobe•Antique jewelry sales, research for dealers to retail stores

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S.K.F. INTERNATIONAL, New York, NY (1998-2001/ Consulting to PRESENT)Responsible for the design conception, development and merchandising of sterling silver jewelry division•Under the S.K.F. umbrella, (Serrano & Argento Vivo) as well as the Cynthia Rowley licensee jewelry collection and all private label for specialtybrands, department stores and catalogs including Victoria’s Secret Beauty, Harley Davidson, Ann Taylor Loft, Speigel, Banana Republic, HoltRenfrew, and Nordstrom.

Launching, designing, producing and overseeing the business end of my own collection of original, hand-finished, fashion-oriented sterling silver,14K and 18K gold, semi-precious and precious gems. Accounts: Barneys New York, LA and Japan, Bloomingdales, Nordstrom, Fortunoff, SundanceCatalog and Golden Bear Catalog as well as over 200 better specialty stores and boutiques throughout the US, Canada and Japan. Initiatedand worked on store and catalog private label programs.