Join us for Fashion’s Night Out Friday September 10, 2010 on both coasts! We are so excited to be a part of this international celebration of style and fashion.

Designers are always on the lookout for new and exciting challenges, which is why we were so happy to be asked to collaborate with inspiring clothing designer Doo.Ri.  Our new conceptual collection will be unlike anything we have ever done.  To celebrate this collaboration, Melissa and Doo.Ri will be pre-selling their new collections at Fragments, Soho just two hours after they debut at the Doo.Ri runway show.  We hope you can join them at the event.

Fragments Soho
116 Prince Street
New York, New York
6-8pm

Fashion’s Night Out West Coast will feature a trunk show at Neiman Marcus, Palo Alto in the Stanford Shopping Center.  We’ll have an exclusive new collection of one-of-a-kind and limited edition jewelry.  This is an amazing opportunity for us to test out our products at Neiman Marcus and show them what loyal followers we have.  Please come out and support us!

Neiman Marcus, Palo Alto
400 Stanford Shopping Center
Palo Alto, California
11am-8pm

We know that you can’t wait for our Sample Sale tomorrow, and neither can we!  If you live in the Bay Area, or if you are just passing through, join us tomorrow to get great deals on our jewelry.

Overstock items, discontinued jewelry and as-is pieces will all be on display for you to try on and take home.  Our jewelry in 14 karat gold, sterling silver and semi-precious stones will be at 20-70% off of retail.  We’ll see you there!

Date: Saturday, August 28th
Time: 11am to 2pm
Location: Our Production Studio
2500 Market Street, Oakland, CA 94607

A recent interview and photo shoot in September’s Marie Claire features Mary Kate Olsen sporting one of our one-of-a-kind corsage cuff bracelets.  She opened up to Marie Claire about finding her voice in fashion, and clearly this girl has great taste!  We love her take on the boho-chic look and can’t wait to see what she’ll come up with next.

Included in September’s Boston Common is a stunning story about raw, non-traditional diamonds that features one of our rings.  this naturally included black diamond slice is surrounded by 17 tiny white diamonds-a perfect example of how mixing traditional and new creates a completely unique and modern piece.  One in our series of one-of-a-kind diamond slices, this ring would be yours and yours alone.

If you find yourself in Boston, please visit our preferred retailer, Good, or online at www.shopatgood.com!

Sometimes, good things take a while to find.

After a long and stressful week in NYC, sitting down to a pedicure seemed like the perfect plan for Melissa. Disappointment at having only 6-month old magazines to page through turned to delight with the discovery of this image in Life and Style magazine-Sandra Bullock is a fan of MJM jewelry!

Sandra Bullock wore our one-of-a-kind 18 karat gold, diamond and chrysocolla earrings to the NAACP Image Awards just a week before she won the Oscar for Best Actress.

We know that you Bay Area MJM followers have been waiting for our Sample Sale and the time has arrived.

The sale will feature a wide range of styles in 14 karat gold and silver with some pieces over 50% off retail!

Mark your calendars because it’s one day only.  We look forward to seeing you there!

Date:  Saturday, August 28th from 11am-2pm
Location:   2500 Market Street, Oakland 94607

Melissa Joy Manning was mentioned in this SF Gate article about the growing interest in nontraditional engagement rings.  According to Russell Shor, industry analyst at the Gemological Institute of America, “We had bling, then we had a crash, and now we’re in a time when less showy products are in style.”  Wherever the style winds might be blowing, we continually offer some of the most unique, nontraditional diamonds out there, all in recycled gold settings.  Above are a milky white rectangular slice set amongst tiny round brilliants and a prong-set rough grey diamond chunk.

Nylon Magazine is amazed with Melissa Joy Manning and how her designs reflect originality and creativity through organic and eclectic designs. We are thrilled to hear this hip magazine interested in culture, music, film, and fashion is becoming a MJM fan!  

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Spotted! Jessica Alba was seen in Beverly Hills wearing our Gold-Coated Drusy Studs while she was out and about catching a quick bite. Alba recently wore a pair of our 14 karat gold Cavansite studs so we’re excited to see that she is becoming a repeat MJM fan!

Cameron Diaz looks smoking hot in our one-of-a-kind 14 karat gold ammonite and stalactite necklace in July 2010’s InStyle issue. Photographed by Michaleangelo Di Battista and styled by Rossela Tarabini, Diaz models on a vintage motercycle and car in the desert as she talks about her new action packed film “Knight and Day”. She mentions how she loves fashion with a little bit of edge which we love to hear especially from such a charismatic and stunning actress.