Introducing Chan Luu at Zentosa

We've just had a delivery of gorgeous hand-crafted leather wrap bracelets from Chan Luu Jewellery, a designer based in California, USA.  Wrap bracelets are on-trend for this summer and no-one does it better than Vietnamese-born Chan Luu whose amazing bracelets are the epitome of laid-back luxe and coveted by global celebrities including Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Ashley Greene, Kate Hudson and our own Alexa Chung!

Chan Luu's jewellery is handcrafted in Vietnam and utilises high quality materials including the finest leather, semi-precious stones, Swarovski crystals, freshwater pearls, sterling silver and gold vermeil.  Each piece has a stamped, signature button.  Presented in a unique woven pouch made from Indian silk, Chan Luu's bracelets make fabulous gifts for the fashionista in your life or an easy-to-wear everyday accessory. 

New CC Skye jewellery in stock now

January is always a busy time - after the craziness of Christmas and the sales, you'd think it would be all lovely and restful... but no, January is the time of re-stocking/stocktaking/paperwork. No rest for the wicked!


Our latest CC Skye delivery brought us a combination of old favourites like the double wrap bracelet and my favourite piece of all time, Rihanna's Swarovski-encrusted assymetric angel wings
necklace.


We also have some new pieces including the silver version of the angel wing necklace loved by Nicole Richie, the spikey suede wrap bracelet and the popular screw bracelets in a variety of colours, including a retro-fabulous neon pink.

Later on this year, we hope to expand the collection and include some of the gorgeous handbags in the CC Skye collection. My eye is on the electric blue oversized Niki clutch - love it, want, heck I need this bag!!

Top 10 Celebrity Jewellery Must-Haves

Being a bit of an avid celebrity follower as well as a jewellery-enthusiast, I've put together a list of our top 10 celebrity jewellery must-have items since Zentosa.com was established back in those pre-doom and gloom days of 2006. They're not in any particular order and I've cheated a bit by grouping all the Disney Couture pieces together but it's just a bit of fun. If you have any comments or can think of any additions for the list, feel free to share!

1) Kenneth Jay Lane's Large Gold Butterfly Necklace - as worn by Carrie/SJP in the Sex and the City series many yonks ago now, this is still a hugely popular piece. Currently out of stock , we are waiting for the lovely peeps at KJL NYC to send us more. Watch this space....

2) Nicole Richie's CC Skye Black Leather Double Wrap Bracelet - this gorgeous accessory epitomises rockchick-chic, we love it!

3) Michelle Obama's St-Erasmus Necklace - designed by the fabulous Pieter Erasmus, this beautifully handcrafted necklace is made out of gold thread, freshwater pearls and crystals - a true piece of art.

4) Mischa Barton's Dogeared gold wishbone necklace - designed by Hip Californian designer, Dogeared, this gorgeous gold-plated necklace is a classic.

5) CC Skye's Swarovski Angel Wings Necklace - we adore this sparkly piece and so does Rihanna!

6) Kenneth Jay Lane's Breakfast at Tiffany's pearl necklace - this gorgeous piece is a re-creation of the necklace worn by Audrey Hepburn in the iconic movie. Worn by Natalie Portman and Jenny Love Hewitt, it also featured in the 2008 Christmas edition of BBC soap Doctors (supplied by yours truly...)

7) Butler & Wilson jewellery has been worn by celebrities for ever - Beth Ditto is one cool lady who can really pull off Simon Wilson's statement pieces.

8) We think everyone needs (yes, really needs) a Kenneth Jay Lane enamel flower ring - as featured on Lindsay Price from Lipstick Jungle. We love them so much, we have them in a spectacular range of styles and colours. The bestselling style is the classic white and pearl.

9) The celebrity following of Disney Couture is in a league of its own with numerous famous fans including Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Richie and our own gorgeous Pixie Lott....

10) And finally, our home-grown Duffy in her kitsch yet cool Envelope Love Necklace.

We love CC Skye and Rihanna's Angel Wing Necklace

Another day, another delivery - this time it was from our fabulous Californian friends at CC Skye! Back in stock are the fabulous black double wrap leather bracelet made popular by Nicole Richie and the similarly gorgeous leather bow bracelet.



However, what we have been waiting for is the silver Swarovski angel wings necklace - sported by Rihanna on many occasions - which has been out of stock at CC Skye for weeks now. These are so sparkly, so gorgeous, in my mind the perfect accessory!