Jersey Shore Style

The second season of MTV's Jersey Shore premieres tonight, bringing bigger poufs, tighter abs and deeper tans. Whether you (admit to)watching the show or not, the seven Italian-Americans on the Jersey Shore have become influences on pop culture and fashion, even garnering a front page article in the New York Times Sunday Style section.

Snooki, one of the favorite cast members on the show, was featured with an interview with her father. He doesn't understand what draws people to his daughter, but one fan says Snooki is so appealing because of her "delicious artlessness". She isn't the only one. Snooki has 300,000 followers on Twitter and by the end of last season, the show had 4.8 million viewers.

The cast members' unique style and catch phrases are spawning a deluge of Jersey Shore merchandise, including exclusive hair products, T-shirts and jewelry. Take a sneak peek at one of our Jersey Shore designs, a silvertone dog tag, hand silk-screened with "Jersey Shore Princess" with a Swarovski crystal accent and a pink glitter heart charm. Coming soon!

Providence Trend Report

The hottest trends in Rhode Island right now range from crazy patterns to bright colors for summertime. In Craftland, for example, the really bright colors like red, yellow, green, purple, and blue fill up the store. As far as jewelry, charm bracelets, antique necklaces, and dangle earrings are everywhere, with heart-shaped key charms being a major hit for the charm bracelets. Floral dresses, striped skirts, and printed t-shirts are also top wears for the summer. Simple is no longer in. For every outfit whether it be a dress, pair of jeans and a t-shirt, or skirt, make sure there is something to make it stand out. Add a big belt or a colorful necklace to complete the look. Make a statement with bold colors, different designs, or handmade items. Looking unique is the new trend.
Katie Stone, born in Atlanta, Georgia is interning at Gloria Duchin for the week. She is currently a rising senior at Harrison High School and has plans to study international business in college.

Totally Tribal

The last few weeks have been uninspiring for trends, but finally something new has arrived that we can sink our teeth into. Aftrican-style tribal patterns in bright and bold colors with a hand-crafted feel.

Celebs like Nicky Hilton, Heidi Klum and Katy Perry have been spotted taking a walk on the wild side with tribal short sets, bags and necklaces. (courtesy of Star Magazine)

This is a trend we think will likely continue to grow and stay strong through 2011. For the winter season, add some ethnic flair to your tree by decorating with our hand silk-screened African animals collection, our leopards ornament shown below.

Adopt-A-Pet Update

This week our newest Adopt-a-Pet gift is featured in Life & Style magazine. It is an adorable GUND stuffed puppy with our Golden Retriever stamp necklace. The puppy barks when you squeeze him and you can personalize the necklace with engraving. The puppy and necklace come wrapped in a red gift bag with paw print tissue ready to send for Graduation, Father's Day, Birthdays or just because. Available exclusively at www.adoptapetgifts.com

We also had a guest entry up on the Halo Pet food blog last week about the entire Adopt a Pet Gifts line. You can read it here and learn more about what we're doing with Halo and the US Postal Service to help pets in need.

Think Pink

Hollywood's hottest are stepping out in pink this spring going brighter and bolder than ever before. Kristen Stewart, Katie Cassidy and Kristen Cavallari were all spotted at red carpet events in hot pink. From In Touch magazine, designer Gaby Basora says the shade is confident and flattering on everyone. You can get your own hot pink summer fashions like the Rachel Rachel Roy twisted lace skirt shown below or the Rebecca Taylor strapless party dress.

Accessorize your pink spring look with our assortment of hot pink epoxy keyrings. Our silvertone shoe, cherries and lips keyrings are accented with glitter or CRYSTALLIZED Swarovski elements. Available NOW for under $10.

Command Attention

Going green has new meaning this spring and summer with military and camouflage fashion coming back in style. Both Balmain's Christophe Decarnin and Marc Jacobs collections for Spring/Summer 2010 showed military looks on the runway, and the celebs have jumped right into fatigues and field jackets.

Who's wearing it? Gewn Stefani, Rachel Bilson, Rihanna, and Kate Moss to name a few, reports People magazine and WhoWhatWear.com.

We've spotted a similar trend in our collections as well. One of our always top performing ornaments is a pewter military photo frame with CRYSTALLIZED Swarovski elements. (shown below) For more information or to order, please visit http://www.gloriaduchin.com/

Pets on Parade

On March 28, Macy's annual flower show in Manhattan opened with a parade of pets. The four-legged parade goers were dressed in their spring finest, from a cat in a mouse hat to a pig in a burberry coat.

From the New York Times

If you and your furry friends missed the parade, you can still dress your pet up in our Adopt-a-Pet ID tags and buy some jewelry for yourself! All of our gifts are MADE IN THE USA, lead and cadmium free so you can keep your loved ones safe and healthy. www.adoptapetgifts.com