New York Times’s Fash­ion Critic, Cathy Horyn said the fol­low­ing today in the Times’ blog, On The Run­way, “…But this morn­ing all was illu­mi­nated when I went to wwd.com and saw the head­line“Michelle Obama Puts Kara Ross on World Stage.” The arti­cle stated that Ms. Ross, a jew­elry designer, had been “called up to the major leagues” by the “prime place­ment” of ear­rings on Mrs. Obama, which the First Lady wore recently at the President’s State of the Union speech.

Now I receive count­less media releases in a day — some­times more than I can actu­ally read — from pr firms or depart­ments rep­re­sent­ing high jew­elry houses or stu­dio arti­sans. The news is com­monly about who (fill in here a

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