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The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsFaberge: The Discovery of the Missing Imperial EggIn this final episode of my exclusive interview with Kieran McCarthy, director of Warstki and curator of Faberge in London: Romance to Revolution at the V&A Museum, we discuss the utterly extraordinary circumstances that led him to discover the long lost "Third Imperial Easter Egg" by Fabergé. It had originally been given by Tsar Alexander III to his wife, Tsarina Maria Feodorovna, for Easter in 1887. Kieran describes what is thought to have happened to the egg from the time it was confiscated and taken from the Imperial Cabinet by the Bolsheviks in 1917, to being acquired by Wartski for a...2021-12-0835 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsFABERGE IN LONDON AT THE V&A. EPISODE TWOIn the second part of my exclusive interview with Kieran McCarthy - organised in collaboration with the V&A Museum and recorded in London in October 2021 - we discuss Faberge's firm entry into English society with, firstly an office in London and then a standalone store. The boutique at 173 Bond Street became the home away from home for the Russian emigré community, many of whom had escaped their motherland in the early 1900s. Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich, grandson of Emperor Nicholas I would salute the portraits of the Tsar and Tsarina that hung on the walls in th...2021-11-2937 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsFABERGE - ROMANCE TO REVOLUTION AT THE V&A. EPISODE ONEIn this exclusive episode - organised in collaboration with the V&A and recorded in London in October - I speak with Kieran McCarthy, director of Wartski (Faberge experts and dealers of the finest antique jewels and objets) and curator of the forthcoming exhibition at the V&A in London. This is the first of two (hour long!) episodes with Kieran, in which he speaks to me about Faberge, the Imperial Family, the British Royal family and of course, wonderful Wartski's centennial connection to the most important Russian maison of all time. I can't wait for you to listen!www.va...2021-11-181h 04
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsSusan Foster - a Manhattanite's favourite fine jewellerIn this episode I speak with Susan Foster - one of the most talented independent jewellers on the island of Manhattan, as well as a dedicated philanthropist.Susan grew up in East Hampton, surrounded by creative spirit and flair. Jackson Pollock’s house and the studio of Dutch American abstract impressionist, Willem de Kooning, proved an important influence in her childhood; and consequently her career. Her colourful upbringing led her to study ancient art and architecture at UCLA, followed by apprenticeships with European goldsmiths, finally finishing her schooling at the Gemology Institute of America.Susan’s ex...2021-10-1951 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsThe Key to Covet(table) JewelsIn this episode, I speak with Cynthia Morrow the founder of COVETT - the world's first fine jewellery platform that offers shared ownership, and a pretty snazzy subscription service. Written about in Forbes and Wallpaper magazine, amongst others - this is the trailblazing way of being able to own some of the finest of jewels, without worrying about how to insure them, look after them or even lock them up in a safe hidden in your house.The jewels in Covett's Vault are constantly being added to - with brands such as Cartier, David Jerome, 77 D...2021-10-0528 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsBBC Antiques Roadshow's Kate FlitcroftIn this episode, recorded remotely in early August, I speak with Kate Flitcroft - one of the incredible jewellery experts on the iconic UK BBC programme, The Antiques Roadshow. Kate, who is now part of the jewellery team at Bonhams, divulges what goes on behind the scenes, some of the amazing pieces of jewellery that she has discovered on the show and what it is like to film in some of the country's most spectacular stately homes and gardens.This episode is in memory of my father, Mark Goodbody, who died earlier this week (7th S...2021-09-1242 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsThe Watch & Jewellery DetectivesIn this episode I speak with Katya Hills of The Art Loss Register, the UK based international database of over 700,000 stolen items of art, musical instruments, historical artefacts and of course watches and jewellery, the division of which, Katya set up and runs. Experts around the world use their services to check the provenance of items before they buy or handle them. Police, insurers, the trade and the public may record items that have been stolen to maximise their chances of recovery, and to record disputes or items within collections.We talk about some famous heists and raids, including the G...2021-06-1949 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsThe Queen's early Floral BroochesToday, Saturday 12th June 2021, is Her Majesty the Queen's official birthday - yes, she has two!In this episode, I discuss some of her early brooches - given to her at some of her early royal engagements.I do hope that you enjoy this short Birthday episode and go to my website/ Instagram for photographs.@josiegoodbodywww.josiegoodbody.com2021-06-1209 min
The Mandala Effect PodcastDiamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend - Josie GoodbodyJosie Goodbody is an author, mother and jewellery historian. Josie has written some extremely entertaining books about the mysteries of Jemima Fox and her jewellery career!
In this episode we talk about Josie’s travels and what brought her to where she is today, writing books and sharing her expertise. Keep listening to learn about fabulous jewels, writing novels and leaving a legacy
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Josie has truly lived an amazing life and I love that she found a deep passion for jewellery (and Marylin Monroe) from such an ea...2021-06-0944 min
The Mandala Effect PodcastDesign Your Legacy Series 3 trailerWelcome to Series 3 of Design Your Legacy, the podcast where I speak with inspiring women about their life, legacy and jewellery. We all go on a journey in life and we all leave a legacy, I believe jewellery is what ties that together and is part of the legacy we pass down.
This series, as they all have been, has been a pleasure to record. I have spoken with some truly amazing women and feel so grateful to have connected with each and every one of them.
My two passions in life are bringing people joy, through jewellery or just...2021-06-0803 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsThe Jewels of Romanov RussiaIn this episode I speak with the authors of BEYOND FABERGE, the encyclopaedic book on Russian jewels, Marie Betteley and David Schimmelpennick Van der Oye.We talk about how Vladimir the Great introduced Christianity to Russia in the 10th Century and thereby importing, from Constantinople, the most innovative goldsmithing and jewellery techniques, which paved the way to the Russian jewels we know today. We learn how, centuries later, the St Petersburg jewellers such as Pauzié, Carl Blank, Bolin, Carl Hahn created an Imperial Jewel Collection like no other, way before Faberge made that first Easter egg in 1885. W...2021-06-0536 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsTheo Fennell's Fantasy Jewellery KingdomIn this episode I speak with this inimitable icon of British jewellery and silverware about his fascinating career, from his first job documenting silver at Barnard's in Hatton Gardens, to selling his design at smart Chelsea dinners, his incredible exhibition at The Royal Academy of Arts in 2007 and his important work with the jewellery designers of tomorrow, part of his Gilded Youth initiative. Follow on Instagram @officialtheofennell for more incredible jewellery photography, @josiegoodbody to see mine for this podcast.www.josiegoodbody.com Please do review and subscribe if you enjoy The Jewellerian2021-05-2951 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsCurating a Jewellery Collection with Dr Sharon NovakIn this episode, I speak with Dr Sharon Novak, jewellery collection curator, private client and brand advisor, about her fascinating career. We talk luxury goods and why, in particular, high jewellery. She tells us how to build a collection - your intention for the collection and your specifics for inclusion in the collection. Travelling the world for jewels. Buying at auction. And teaching jewellery and gemstones to us all over Instagram, and her complimentary Zoom classes of kids on gemmology.I hope that you enjoy this episode and my super guest, with her en...2021-05-2237 min
The Real Fashion School DropoutThe magic of jewelry with author & jewelry historian Josie GoodbodyThis week I had the pleasure of being joined by the lovely Josie Goodbody. We of course talked about jewelry, she shared her experiences working for Graff Diamonds, and she even touches on some jewelry history. If you love jewels and jewelry, you won't want to miss this episode!
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http://www.josiegoodbody.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Josie-Goodbody/e/B013DZ1AQQ/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0VBwpjwzO3wKchhsU8QxVR?nd=1&si=CY8QxjmlRTuXygGrjkwV4g
www.fashionschooldropout...2021-05-2232 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsLe Vian - from Persia to the Tower of London, via Vegas.In this episode I speak with Eddie LeVian, ninth generation of the family jewellers of Le Vian.He tells the wonderful tale of his ancestors, the Levys, who in the 1700s guarded the Shah of Persia's treasures; which included the Koh-I-Noor and how the Shah took it from a Mughal emperor of India. He also talks about the beautiful elephant on the episode cover, set with hundreds of Persian turquoise cabochons and how Le Vian famously made Chocolate Diamonds the delicious treat they are today! Le Vian's jewellery, based out of NYC, is sold all a...2021-05-1534 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsCoco Chanel's DiamondsIn this episode, entitled 'Coco Chanel's Diamonds', I speak with Sarah Duncan, Head of Jewellery at Chiswick Auction House in London.We talk about, Bijoux de Diamants, the one and only collection of real diamond jewellery that Gabrielle Chanel herself created in 1932, in collaboration with the De Beers endorsed, Guild of Diamond Merchants. For someone who had hitherto criticised the "ostentatious glitter of real jewellery" and designed only costume jewellery "because it was devoid of arrogance in an era of overly easy luxury", she now declared that she wanted to "cover women in constellations" and "c...2021-05-0750 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsPlastic FantasticIn this episode, entitled Plastic Fantastic after her latest collection, I speak with jewellery designer Tessa Packard.Tessa has innovatively upcycled lucite to create the fittings, in which are set beautiful gemstones that both clash and complement the bold coloured plastic shapes and forms, of the pieces of fine jewellery.Plastic Fantastic is inspired by the glamour of the 1950s pool party, with its sheeny neon glossiness.Tessa and I also discuss the use of plastic in costume jewellery since its invention in 1907.I can't wait for you to fall in love with...2021-05-0140 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsThe Bold and the Brilliant Belle EpoqueToday, jewellery historian and lecturer, Vanessa Cron talks about the spectacular sparkles of the Belle Epoque. The Belle Epoque of Continental Europe, The Edwardian Era of England and The Gilded Age of America was a period of frivolity and excess - seen in enormously luxurious houses, parties and jewels.The Court of Versailles and Queen Marie Antoinette were sought as inspiration for the years 1890 to 1900s and ribbons, garlands and florals were interpreted in decadent white jewels - a predominance of diamonds and pearls set in platinum - which were worn to display the wealth o...2021-04-2442 min
Inside the Jewel VaultInside the Jewel Vault with Josie GoodbodyWelcome Inside the Jewel Vault hosted by me, jeweller, and gemmologist Jessica Cadzow-Collins, with a guest drawn from the great and the good from across the jewellery world. In this episode I ask the author, Josie Goodbody, to select six pieces from her life and career in jewellery and put them into a fantasy Jewel Vault, ultimately choosing that one special treasure to keep safe forever. Josie is the creator of the glamorous Jemima Fox Mysteries, a series of adventures inspired by real-life diamond heists. Romping through high-society...2021-04-2231 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsThe Jewellery Designer that was the Duke of EdinburghToday on the day of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral - I am releasing a short podcast on his little known role as a jewellery designer of three significant pieces that he gave Her Majesty the Queen. You can view images of the pieces on my instagram @josiegoodbody as well as the full transcript of the podcast on my website www.josiegoodbody.com To view the Antrobus Collection, jewels inspired by the original designs by the Duke of Edinburgh at George Pragnell jewellers click herePodcast produced by Tom Jobling at Mill Fa...2021-04-1706 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsThe Hope Spinel - the journey to authenticate an important jewel with Emily Barber.In today's episode I speak with Emily Barber, Jewellery Director of Bonhams UK. Tune in to hear of her meticulous journey to authenticate the extraordinarily beautiful Hope Spinel. Bonhams sold the jewel, set as a brooch surrounded by diamonds, in September 2015 for three diamonds its estimate at just under a million pounds/ £1m! It was last sold 98 years previously for £1,060 – the equivalent of £80,000 in today's money.The Hope Spinel was a sister stone to the Hope Diamond: both part of the greatest ever private gem collection belonging to Henry Philip Hope.The French minera...2021-04-1026 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsFabulous Stories of Faberge EggsJust in time for Easter - I am talking with Sophie Law, a Bonhams Russian expert and Faberge Egg aficionado, oh yes - and fellow author.Tune in to learn everything about the most beautiful eggs in the world. Including the extraordinary story of a missing egg that was almost melted down, but instead proven to be Faberge - and sold for £20m! And one of the Queen's exquisite eggs which forever had been thought to be by Boucheron, but instead was a Tsar Imperial Faberge Egg. Why Tsar Alexander III decided to start this tantalizing tradition o...2021-04-0340 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsMellerio - Jeweller to the Queens & Empresses of France since 1600sIn this episode I speak with Diane-Sophie Lanselle, director of communications at Mellerio. Mellerio is the oldest jeweller in the world which not only still exists, but remains in the same family as when it began almost five hundred years in the mid 1500s. In the early 1600s, Marie de Medici granted them the permission to sell their jewels in France and since that date, they have created jewels for every queen and empress, including of course Queen Marie Antoinette and Empress Josephine. Nowadays Mellerio's jewels can still be seen in many of the collections of...2021-03-2742 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsHollywood's Jeweller to the Stars of the Red CarpetEver since a new actress called Sharon Stone asked to borrow a choker and earrings for the world premiere of Basic Instinct in 1992, Martin Katz has "jewelled" many of the world's most famous actresses for the red carpet. In fact between 1995 and 2000, it was Martin Katz who was dominating the red carpet with his vintage pieces, even bouncing off Harry Winston who had dressed the stars with diamonds for decades. Just after Sense & Sensibility, Kate Winslet wore an Edwardian diamond bib necklace for the 1996 Academy Awards - only months before she started filming Titanic with Leonardo di Caprio. Nicole Kidman w...2021-03-2032 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsFascinating Jewels at SJ PhillipsTristan Atkins is a jewellery expert at SJ Phillips, one of the oldest family owned antique dealers in London, if not the world.Tristan and I chat about the firm's remarkable history, their buying of most of the Russian Crown Jewels at the famous sale in the 1920s and other spectacular jewels that they have sold over the years, including a collection of stick pins from one of the forgotten founders of The De Beers Group.www.sjphillips.comwww.josiegoodbody.com2021-03-1633 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsIntroduction to The Jewellerian, Stories of JewelsWelcome to The Jewellerian, the podcast about magnificent jewels and their stories; with me Josie Goodbody, jewellery historian and author of the Jemima Fox Jewellery mystery series, which have just been optioned for adaption to the screen.I have loved stories for almost as long as I can remember, in fact – just a little longer than I have loved jewels! And over the past two decades of working in the jewellery and gemstone world, I have learned more and more insane stories partly in my research for my own novels and the vast library of books I have on the sub...2021-03-0403 min
The Jewellerian - Stories of JewelsLa Peregrina Pearl - The Jewellerian Stories of JewelsHow did the world's most valuable, and well-known, pearl go from being discovered in the 16th century off the coast of Panama, to ending up in the mouth of one of Elizabeth Taylor's Pekingese in Vegas, as well as raising money for AIDS and HIV? Tune in to listen to me, Josie Goodbody, tell it's magical and very majestic story.To learn more about Elizabeth Taylor's AIDS Foundation, and donate, please click here.For photographs of La Peregrina on my Instagram please click here.Edited by Tom Jobling at Mill Farm Studio2021-03-0312 min
Echo Valley: The Original Bubblegum Music PodcastEV124 (S5E24) Bubblegum Wisdom Advice for the young people from bubblegum's best! Worried about sex, drugs and rock and roll? Confused by the mysteries of love? We answer all your questions on this very wise episode of Echo Valley! A dramatic reading from a Susan Dey book on how to flirt! Spotlight on the singing sages from Space Coaster! Tribute to Schoolhouse Rock's Bob Dorough, We apologize in advance as we hear not one, but two uncomfortable songs (about the age of consent and bad touch)! The Archies get serious! Plenty of great bubblegum from Patty Duke, The Osmonds, The Brady Bunch, The P...2018-05-1659 minEcho Valley: The Original Bubblegum Music PodcastEV84 (S4E4) Kisses for BreakfastAnother hour of bubblegum pop brilliance! A dramatic reading from a Hawaii Five-O novel, followed by a rare Sammy Davis, Jr. recording of the theme song with the words! Tributes to breakfast food! An Echo Valley Time Machine classic by Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians! First appearance of the What We Love About Bubblegum segment! Plenty of great bubblegum music by Paul Revere and the Raiders, Josie and the Pussycats, Banaroo, The Foundations, Neil Diamond, Michael Carpenter, Flame, The Fifth Estate, Tommy Roe, The Fun and Games, Slim Goodbody and Friends, The Archies, The Amazing Pickles, The Good Earth and C...2014-11-2658 min