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| Easily my favorite picture from NYFW! I LOVE that this guy is wearing a brooch! Photo by YoungJun Koo. |
New York Fashion Week has already come and gone and because of my schedule of getting kids back to school I wasn’t able to keep up with anything more than the street style photos by YoungJun Koo, one of my favorite street style photographers, who works for New York Magazine. I loved these photos he took of people and their jewelry, especially the young man in a crisp white shirt and a brooch!
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| A better shot of the brooch. Love that and the sunglasses too. Photo by YoungJun Koo. |
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| The Fendi bag I could leave behind but I do love all the jewelry this gal is wearing! Photo by YoungJun Koo. |
My interest in jewelry, both fine and costume, has really blossomed in the past few years, most recently helped along by the Van Cleef & Arpels lectures at the Cooper-Hewitt in June and the New York Antique Jewelry & Watch Show in July, so I decided to start an Instagram account to relish in all things sparkly and glamorous on the jewelry front. Find me @everythingjustjewelry. I already have two jewelry shows lined up to attend this fall so I hope to be posting gorgeous things to Instagram regularly! I really am loving the vibe of jewelry shows—both the range of people who attend and exhibit and of course all the lovely things to see and learn about!
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| A brooch from the Tower of London. |
This brooch is featured in my first Instagram picture, in honor of London Fashion Week. I had originally written about it back in 2013, as part of my welcome to little Prince George of Cambridge. I also wrote about the Imperial State Crown, which this brooch takes its inspiration from.
Leave me a comment about where I can find you on Instagram and I will come follow you. And if you have any tips for a newbie like me, let me know what they are!
10 comments:
Jill,
That guy is jacking my style. I was wearing almost the same outfit to tailgate at the Bears game yesterday.
My apologies for missing the Leslie Hindman VCA auction preview. I had a jampacked Saturday last week and had to skidaddle out of town Sunday am. My bids likely would have been a bit low anyway.
Hi GSL, please tell me you wore a brooch to the Bears game. I would love it! Re the Leslie Hindman auction, I know you are a busy guy but it never hurts to ask! xx
Jill! This is fortuitous. I visited your blog out of the blue last night (not blogging anymore - life too crazy with two babes) and was going to leave a comment on your jewellery post below (since I'm a vintage costume jewellery nut I am especially obsessed with 1970s Cadoro tassel necklaces!) before sleep won out. I was also wondering if you were on Instagram, which has now become my social media platform of choice as it's quick and easy - and now you are! So please find me at Kelly_Grungequeen and I will happily follow you! /Kelly xo
:-) This guy is great, as is his styling.
I remember the brooch and your posts.
Already following you on Insta! Great to see and read you there now, too.
I'm @happyface313 there as well.
Have a wonderful week xo :_)
Jill, I am gsl1964 on IG.
I love the brooch and sunglasses too.
I'm @valleyoftheshoes on Instagram!
My I.g name is my blog name :)
It will be fun to see your posts on IG! I'm @fashionshouldbefun
OXOX
Dawn Lucy
I was always against IG as I didn't like the square format (now relaxed) and didn't want to post from a mobile device. About six months ago, I was having a drink with a well known blogger who very gently prodded me to look into it. Fortunately I had already signed up in the beginning so I had my name. I figured out the workflow as a DSLR shooter, which involves Lighroom and synching to LR Mobile on an Ipad that I bought just for this. Since this is a bit of work, I try and process a bunch of photos at once and then post two a day. And storing hashtags and brands in Evernote so I can just cut and paste.
I have to say I under-estimated the power and breadth of IG and also the quality of the work on it if you follow the right people. I particularly under-estimated the power of hashtags and their use as a giant searchable photo database.
Some tips:
-Don't get all excited and over-post. A couple of photos once a day else you will annoy your followers. But do try and post every day.
-Search out those people and companies you want to follow, in fashion, jewelry, etc.
-You can compartmentalize your life by having multiple accounts, maybe you want to have an account to share photos of your family with relatives, just start a second account (you will need a separate email for each but nobody sees your email).
-Do extensive research on the best hashtags for what you are posting. I find when you want to spend a lot of time looking for hashtags, easier to use a desktop program like gramfeed where you can work like a civilized person with a real keyboard.
Getting noticed by the companies and people you want means tag the brand, tag the brand!
Thank you to everyone for leaving me their Instagram handles. I have followed you all! And Denton, thank you for your list of tips! I know I will refer to it often. At this point I am keeping my IG account strictly about jewelry! Although I may have to post the occasional cat or dog photo. Ha. Thank you so much for your help! xx
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