Among the wares donated for sale was a delicate diamond necklace from the designer Irina Katz of SoHo Gem.
The birds, ranging from delicate diamond doves to burly ravens, have crystal sensors surgically implanted in their pectorals and elsewhere that measure muscle contractions as they fly.
Pair simple diamond stud earrings with a delicate diamond pendant, or wear showcase diamond chandelier earrings and skip the rest of your jewelry altogether.
One mother, after a long fight to get her son into his sweatshirt, spit into her delicate diamond-glittering hand and smoothed it over his parted blond hair.
The trend was away from sweatsuits and the lavish display of diamonds and platinum known as bling-bling and toward a Long Island polo-spectator look, circa 1930, right, and British Savile Row-style Norfolk jackets, left, worn with more delicate diamonds.
In his 32-carat apricot-color diamond ring, the stone is held in place by threads tied on either side in delicate diamond-shape knots.
When filled halfway up its shapely side, this slender, delicate, almost diamond-shape dessert wine glass holds a perfect portion of elegant nectar, like a Sauternes or an ice wine.
It all came to a head on Sunday night, though, when she appeared on the red carpet in an ice-blue number with a delicate gold and diamond headband, and a froggy ring on the little finger of her right hand.
Martin has a poetic sensibility, despite his tawdry subject, and he gives a mesmerizing appeal to the setting of an alexandrite necklace and the delicate artistry involved in shaping a diamond.
"And then," said Ms. Gurtler, wringing delicate hands adorned with two tremendous diamonds, "this thing with the government happened, this terrible, terrible thing".
"It is quite delicate to use little touches of diamonds, making every petal different, as is in nature," Ms. Dévé-Rakoff said, "and I like to think that it is the savoir faire typical of Chaumet".
