Get a sneak peek at what you can expect to see on Honora TV in 2010! Thank you so much to everyone who has been watching and we look forward to showing you a lot more about Freshwater Pearls and Pearl Jewelry when we return in January.
On behalf of Honora TV Host, Anna Swanson and all of us here at Honora we wish you a very Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! We will see you all again in 2010!
Let us know your favorite episode or tell us what you would like to learn more about next year in the comments section.
Finding the perfect pearl for your personality can be a bit of a challenge, but understanding the variety of shapes can go a long way towards helping you find pearl jewelry that you will love to wear. The beauty of Freshwater Pearls is that they offer the largest selection of naturally occurring pearl shapes and allowing us to make more fashionable pearl designs than ever before.
Let Honora TV Host, Anna Swanson and Honora President, Ralph Rossini show you how versatile Freshwater Jewelry has become with the availability of the widest range of Cultured Pearl shapes in history. From free form baroque shapes, lusterous coin shapes, naturally ringed pearls and all the way to the traditional near-round shapes you know and love, pearl jewelry now has the perfect option for every occasion. This incredible variety has helped make Freshwater Pearl Jewelry the hot fashion item that it is today.
Let us know your favorite pearl shape and why it speaks to you in the comments section. Be sure to tune in next week to Honora.TV for a brand-new episode showing you how to find that perfect pearl color for your skin tone and personality with our CEO, Joel Schechter.
Anna Swanson – Host
Set of 3 Black Freshwater Pearl Stretch Bracelets – HB1103BL
Sterling Silver Black Freshwater Pearl 36″ Necklace – HN1091BL
Sterling Silver Aqua and Freshwater Pearl Dangle Earrings – LE4958AQ
Nicole Scala – Coin Pearls
Set of 3 Santa Fe Freshwater Pearl Stretch Bracelets – HB1298SF
Sterling Silver Santa Fe Freshwater Pearl 36″ Necklace – HN1298SF36
Jennie Weinman – Baroque Pearls
Set of 3 Precious Metals Freshwater Pearl Stretch Bracelets – HB1434MTL
80″ Precious Metals Freshwater Pearl Necklace – HN1434MTL80
Sterling Silver and Gold Freshwater Pearl Dangle Earrings – LE3755GO
Sterling Silver and Precious Metals Freshwater Pearl 18″ and 36″ Necklaces – LN4193MTL18 and LN4193MTL36
We have always loved pushing the boundries of pearl jewelry here at Honora. From the popular fashion items we have created over the years, including Pearl Floaters and Pearl & Leather, to the very introduction of Freshwater Pearls themselves, Honora strives to make pearl jewelry something that everyone can get excited about.
Over the past few years, this passion for a more fashion-forward pearl has led us to develop a way to infuse an unimagined array of pearl colors into Freshwater Pearls. This pearl palette has allowed us to create color combinations that have exceeded even our wildest expectations. While Joel and Ralph have been essential in developing the process through which we infuse our pearls with radiant color, no one in the pearl world has managed to do more with these pearl colors than our very own Larry Lippert.
25 years after Larry started working at Honora, he discovered a flair for putting color combinations together that have never been seen before in pearls. Joel has even gone as far as renaming him “L’array” after the array of pearl colors that Larry uses to create his unique and colorful pearl designs. “The past 5 or 6 years have probably been the most fun and satisfying years I’ve had,” says Larry on his love of working with Honora’s amazing range of pearl colors.
Since Honora learned to infuse Freshwater Pearls in new and astounding colors, Larry had created several of the most successful collections, including Rainforest, Bluestone, Safari, Midnight and Santa Fe. “I really don’t know where it came from, but now, I see color combinations in everything,” says Larry. “I take a lot of kidding about the L’array thing, but in all my years in this business I’ve never been involved in a product that is so fashionable, so much fun and has the value as the freshwater pearls do.”
This love of color is a passion held by everyone here at Honora. Each morning, the women who work here at Honora go into Larry’s office asking to be L’array’d, their term for being dressed in one of his necklaces or bracelets. We are constantly astounded by the color combinations that Larry creates and cannot wait to show you all of the colors to come.
Let us know your favorite color combination or suggest one that we are yet to create in the comments section.
Welcome to Honora TV! We are thrilled to launch this new series on Honora.com to help you get the most out of your pearl jewelry. Starting in November, we will be premiering a new episode of our Pearl Fashion Tips series every week. We will start with some great tips for coordinating your makeup and pearl jewelry from our good friends at Bare Escentuals.
We are so excited about this new video series and look forward to hearing what you think. Our goal with Honora TV is to help you find your personal pearl style while better understanding Cultured Pearls (especially the Freshwater Pearls we specialize in). Our host Anna Swanson, our President Ralph Rossini and everyone at Honora invite you to take a sneak peek at what we have in store for you.
Let us know what you think in the comments section!
For the past 10 years our QVC UK audience has grown to know Ralph as our host for The Honora Collection. He has been working for Honora for over 20 years, originally starting his jewelry career in Honora’s colored-stone division called Kuhns. This extensive gemstone experience has been invaluable towards making Ralph into the expert in Freshwater Pearls that he is today.
Ralph started out in the world of Film and Television and this background has been a major asset helping lead Honora in its advertising campaigns featured in the New York Times as well as magazines such as In Style, Elle and Town & Country. Upon Honora’s company commitment to Freshwater Pearls, Ralph coined our tag line “A Fresh New Look At Pearls.” Ralph remains passionate about film and is a member of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) to this day.
Ralph received a BA in Sociology from SUNY at Stonybrook and was most recently a member of QVC’s Vendor Advisory Board. Along with Honora’s CEO, Joel Schechter, Ralph travels regularly to China to buy from the world’s largest pearl farmers. He also works closely with Senior Merchandise Manager Larry Lippert to help develop the colorful pearl palette that helps set Honora apart from the rest of the pearl world.
His love of Freshwater Pearls as well as his passion for Honora’s unique and colorful approach to jewelry is evident to anyone who has come to know Ralph over the past decade on QVC UK or, more recently, as our second host on QVC in the United States. In between his rigorous travel schedule between the US, UK and China, Ralph spends time at his home in Hoboken, NJ with his son Jason.
If you have question or comment for Ralph, feel free to leave it in the comments section below or email us at community@honora.com.
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