Oh my good God. Diamonds and Pearls renders me a little bit speechless, which is pretty unusual. Imagine, if you will, Claires Accessories deciding that they were going to go all classy and sophisticated, and then paired up with QVC. The result would be Diamonds and Pearls.
This shop landed in Kingston a few months ago, and I checked it out last week. And let me tell you girls, have I got some Christmas pressies for you! May I tempt you in some diamante? Some sparkly plastic jewellery that looks like it came from down the market? Hello? girls?
Some bright spark has decided that the jewellery is going to be colour coordinated in the shop, so instead of saying, 'I fancy some earrings', you can say 'I fancy some pink jewellery'. Well, it's an inspired idea, if nothing else. I'm sorry, and if the owners are reading this, I don't mean it personally, but please, this is tat! And I know that there is always a time and place for tat, but I am struggling to find a place for this. read more