October | 2009 | Alex Woo Jewelry

Gossip Girl – How to Succeed in Bassness

Gossip Girl - How to Succeed in Bassness Another solid night of drama from Gossip Girl. In need of publicity for his new hotel, Chuck (Ed Westwick) decides to move up his club’s opening and enlists Serena’s (Blake Lively) help to get the word out to her celebrity clients. Feeling left out of the planning, Blair (Leighton Meester) attempts to win Chuck’s approval by secretly helping him with a problem concerning opening night. Dan (Penn Badgley) is unnerved when he finally watches one of Olivia’s (guest star Hilary Huff) infamous sex scenes with co-star and real-life boyfriend at the time, Patrick Robinson (guest star Simon Miller). Jenny (Taylor Momsen) is forced to choose between her relationship with Eric (Connor Paolo) and her new role as Queen Bee. Throughout the episode, she wears Alex Woo’s Little Luck Elephant in Gold.

Pictured Left: Taylor Momsen as Jenny
Photo Credit: Giovanni Rufino / The CW
© 2009 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

BuZz into Bendels!

Haagen Dazs 2009 To increase awareness of the plight of the honey bees, Alex Woo and Häagen-Dazs co-hosted an exclusive cocktail event for fashion, food and lifestyle editors at New York City’s luxe Henri Bendel’s department store, which took place on Wednesday, October 21^st.

Renowned Chef, David Guas, who’s also a bee enthusiast and the star of the Emmy-nominated PBS documentary Chefs A’ Field prepared all of the delicious “bee-friendly” hors d’eourves (yummy!) and created his signature basil-lemonhead cocktail. Of course there was also plenty of ice cream, which is why Häagen-Dazs has been donating money to help figure out why this is happening.

At the event, Alex showcased a beautiful jewelry display which launched her newest addition to her Little Seasons collection, the Little Bee pendant. Guests also had the privilege of viewing the designer’s most popular designs from her icon, fashion and fine jewelry collections.

Häagen-Dazs Help the Honey Bees

Imagine many of the world’s favorite flavors disappearing day by day. At Häagen-Dazs, more than 50 percent of our all-natural ice cream flavors are made with the help of honey bee pollination. The crisis facing honey bees is a crisis facing us all, and it’s time to help.

For more information about the plight of the honey bee and what you can do to help go to www.helpthehoneybees.com

Chefs A’ Field: Disappearing Act
Imagining a World Without Bees

Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is a term first coined in 2006 for a phenomenon in which worker bees mysteriously vanish from a beehive. CCD represents a looming crisis for agriculture. Pastry chef David Guas knows how important the little worker bee actually is. He joins beekeeper Dave Hackenberg in a picturesque Pennsylvania apple orchard in full bloom to work with the bees and to discuss how they, and our food supply, might be saved.

Henri Bendel

One of Manhattan’s chicest shopping environments, Henri Bendel is a girls’ playground, where Bendel girls go to find the new and the next in accessories, cosmetics, gifts and fashion. A New York icon, as familiar as the Flatiron building or the Plaza Hotel, Bendel’s luxury heritage and eye for the new have made shopping at Henri Bendel a rite of passage for elite young women. With their signature brown and white striped shopping bags spotted swinging from the arms of stylish young women from around the world visit the store and be tempted with irrestible indulgences at every turn.

Gossip Girl – Dan de Fleurette

Gossip Girl - Season 3 - Dan de Fleurette What a great episode tonight of Gossip Girl. With guest stars from singer and actress Hilary Duff joining to start some drama on the Upper East Side for a multi-episode arc, to talk show host Tyra Banks and guest spots for designer Tory Burch and English fashion designer and actress Georgina Chapman of Marchesa, it was truly memorable. Memorable also for the number of Alex Woo jewelry that was featured.

Dan de Fleurette Episode Synopsis
It’s the first day of school at Constance Billard which means it’s also time for Jenny to take her rightful place as the new Queen Bee. Unfortunately for Jenny, Blair is more than happy to intervene when news reaches her that she may be needed back at Constance.

Meanwhile, Lily returns home to Rufus and her family to find that things are definitely not as she left them. Plus, a famous movie actress, Olivia Burke (Hilary Duff), enrolls at NYU in hopes of having a somewhat normal college experience, and is assigned to be Vanessa’s roommate. Guest star Tyra Banks appears as Ursula, an actress co-starring in Olivia’s movie and someone who Serena befriends.

Jenny wears Alex Woo’s Little Vegas Gold Spade and her followers each wear the Little Numbers 1, 2, and 3.

Pictured Left: Taylor Momsen as Jenny
Photo Credit: Giovanni Rufino / The CW
© 2009 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Inside Weddings – The Style Issue

Inside Weddings Fall 2009 Jewelry Box

Featuring gold jewelry pieces that are perfect for the Fall, Inside Weddings recommends that you spice up your wardrobe with the beautifully refined pendants from Alex Woo’s “Little Seasons” collection. While the necklaces are the perfect accessories to kick off this Fall season with, they are also classic and will last you a lifetime! The magazine features the little seasons snowflake, the little seasons acorn and the little seasons sun, all in 14-karat gold.

Shape – Breast Cancer Handbook

Shape October 2009 October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and at this special time of the year, people put in an extra effort to raise awareness toward this very important cause. Shape Magazine’s “Pink Picks” for 2009 features Alex Woo’s Open Heart pendant, which is inscribed with the inspiring words “live.love.be involved.” The pendant is a statement piece, as it holds a deep significance to many of it’s wearers. The Open Heart necklace is available in sterling silver and in rose gold,with 100% of net proceeds donated to the Women’s Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).

The piece is avialable for purchase online at www.alexwoo.com, Henri Bendel’s, select Bloomindales and select stores nationwide.

Fitness – Rhythm Nation

Fitness October 2009 Dance takes center stage as the remake of Fame hits theaters September 25. Get into the swing of things with these toe-tapping stats.

250: Approximate hours the two leads spent training for Fame

288: Calories burned at hour-long dance party

3: Hours of salsa dancing necessary to burn off a 12-0unce margarita

55: Percentage of readers who had childhood dreams of becoming a ballerina

237: Millions of dollars made by the top-gorssing dance movie of all time, Saturday Night Fever

242: Number of students who learned the dance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” last April to break a Guinness World Record

40: Number of danc-inspired fitness DVDs released in2009

The model is seen wearing Alex Woo’s silver “Little Dove” pendant from the designer’s Little Faith collection. Lots of performers wear good-luck charms when in the act, and pendants from Alex Woo’s Little Faith and Little Luck collections are the perfect pieces to give any dancer the extra confidence boost they need!

Fun Fact: Did you know that Fame was based on Alex Woo’s High School? Fiorello H. La Guardia High School of Music and the Arts!