ARI SETH COHEN FROM AVANCED STYLE BLOG IS IN PARIS !

I have first heard about Ari's blog ADVANCED STYLE on French TV several months ago : it was like love at first sight ! So I went on internet to have a look at it, now it is on my blog roll -and I just have 4 :).
Ari is a photographer from NY who 'hunts' in the streets for ladies with what he calls 'Advanced style': fun ladies, ladies with passions. Reading his blog gives you energy !
So I wrote Ari to compliment him, would send him articles talking about his work each time that one was showing up here in France. Also introduced him to Iris Apfel, who he interviewed later on.
He is in Paris this week, to do a video with one of our TV Chanel, Canal +, so he wrote to me and asked whether I knew ladies with 'advanced style'. I said 'the only one of my area is my mother', which is true: she is 71, still looks like a young fashionata, she is fun, talks to everybody and has sooooo much energy !
Ari came to visit our place and shot my mother in the streets and in the park near our place.
We have had so much fun ! and Ari is the most charming man :)
Here is the post he did about it several days ago on his blog Advanced style -he will do a bigger one when he goes back to NY-, picture of Ari shooting my mom and picture of a French magazines talking about his work.
Of course my mother wears our Hanna Bernhard jewelry :), lobster pin and pierrot necklace.


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Articles published in 'POINT DE VUE' and 'L'EXPRESS' magazines

Hanna Bernhard pieces worn for photo shoot : pierrot necklace and lobster pin

THE POWER OF BLOGS: IRIS APFEL TOUCAN REPRO IS OUT !

Hello Everyone,

This an update for all the readers, bloggers, friends from everywhere who have followed this story since the last 48 hours ! 
I got a phone call from Brad Bohnert from HSN yesterday evening, telling me how sorry was his company for all the trouble they caused us, that they have decided to take the toucan pin out of Iris Apfel for HSN jewelry collection.
He also said that he will publish this new on their facebook page so everybody can read it.
He said that Iris Apfel has called them, it is a misunderstanding, she has purchased the toucan pin in a flea market and thought it was a vintage piece ! 
This is very funny indeed. I am French and my English is quite approximative but I don't picture a Palm Beach show as a 'flea market' : am I right ?
Of course HSN will launch Iris collection on their site in September, so they are protecting them, her and their business, but this is still a big lie.
Iris collects our jewelry, we went to her place and she showed us the pieces that she bought in Palm Beach, so she perfectly knew what she was doing. 
I have read some comments on Atlantis home blog, as Judy is the first who announced the 'good new' : I am happy that readers were not fooled with the 'flea market' excuse.
ANYWAY, the main thing is that they won't be selling the repro toucan pin, and I have found out with this affair how nice people cared about it, sending encouragement messages and advices : from the bottom of Fernand's heart and mine, we will never forget it, I wish we could all meet to celebrate !
This victory is not our victory, it is the victory of all the creators in this world who are working with their heart and soul, who are small and unknown. I hope that it will help them and give them hope that something can always be done, we are not always David in front of Goliath !
With the power of blogs nowadays, it looks like anybody can be heard, and not only the powerful people or companies.
We are extremely grateful to JANE and JUDY ALDRIDGE from blogs SEAOFSHOES and ATLANTIS HOME, without who this would probably have not been possible. 
We didn't ask anything, they immediately went into the battle as soon as they got this new; Jane's father is a lawyer so may be it is in her genes ?:)

JUDY AND JANE : YOU ARE OUR NEW HEROES !:)))))))

LOVE TO ALL AND THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT !!!!!

Fernand and Nathalie - Hanna Bernhard team.

PS : some images have circulated on the net with the 2 toucan pins, with a mistake of attribution.
Not a big deal, but here again a picture of our pin :)

ONE OF OUR DESIGNS COPIED BY IRIS APFEL FOR HSN !!!

Hello everyone,

One of our customers from NY has forwarded us a link yesterday, anouncing the launch of an exclusive jewelry line by Iris Apfel for HSN.
I had never heard about this company, but with a little research, I have found out that they have a leading online sale site, and also sell on TV !! so it is VERY BIG indeed.


What a shock for me when I clicked on the link ! : IRIS HAS COPIED ONE OF OUR PIECES !
She has purchased a toucan head pin from one of our customers several years ago in Palm Beach FL, she lives there half of the year.
I don't understand how can such a thing happen, Iris is 89 so I can not help myself but to find her some excuses -should I ?-, but there is someone in this business chain, who has seen the tag at the back with our name on it and still copied it ! This is such a shame !


Of course I have to talk to HSN people, I tried yesterday but could just get in touch with their customer service for orders. Also talked to Iris who could just wonder how my customer knew about it, telling me that she didn't buy the pin from me, and 'what we should do about it' ! She was supposed to call back : I am still waiting !

I believe that there is a fight coming in a near future : I am ready..

These are the pictures of our toucan pin, Iris wearing it, and her copy for HSN.
There was a party for the launching in NY several days ago, I could find some pictures here and there..

Feel free to spread the new !


You can click on pictures to enlarge them.

HANNA BERNHARD TOUCAN PIN

 IRIS APFEL WEARING HER HANNA BERNHARD TOUCAN PIN

IRIS APFEL FOR HSN JEWELRY COLLECTION, TOUCAN IS ON RIGHT OF TABLE:

   IRIS APFEL'S REPRO OF OUR HANNA BERNHARD TOUCAN PIN
                                              Source : racked.com

OUR TOUCAN PIN AND IRIS REPRO, NEXT TO EACH OTHERS !

                                             HERE IS THE REPRO

SHAPE, COLORS, SIZE, EVERYTHING IS THERE : BUT NOT SO TRIDIMENSIONAL I CAN TELL, AND SO SO MATERIAL USED + IT IS MOLDED, OF COURSE !

PHOTO SHOOT IN ZAHRAT AL KHALEEJ MAGAZINE

Just got pictures of our jewelry shot in Dubai for ZHARAT AL KHALEEJ MAGAZINE.
For more infos about this event and catwalk show at WHO'S NEXT DUBAI, you may check posts from October 2010.
 
Click on pictures to enlarge them and I will add close ups of our Hanna Bernhard pieces used for this photo shoot at the end of post. 

                     Dress with Hanna Bernhard mandril monkey

                           Hanna Bernhard blue lobster pin

Hanna Bernhard crocodile necklace

               

Purse with Hanna Bernhard elephant

Dress with Hanna Bernhard hummingbird pins

      

                      Hanna Bernhard water buffalo necklace


                      CLOSE UP PICTURES OF THE JEWELRY USED FOR
                                                THIS PHOTO SHOOT

HANNA BERNHARD LIONS....GRRRRRRRR !!!!!!!

I came accross this remark on a blog today :

Several months ago, Judy Aldridge from blog atlantishome got a lion necklace from us and
it looks like some other people liked it too, including Dee from Usa who ordered a similar one.
Of course our pieces are one-of-a-kind so we couldn't make the exact same one, however we did
one quite close.
Dee is in Italy actually and took her lion with her, may be I'll get some pictures ?:)

Here is Judy with her lion necklace, and Dee's lion further down !
You can click on pictures to enlarge them.
Have a nice week end !

                               HANNA BERNHARD LION NECKLACES

                        
     This is another type of lion that we made, the shape is art deco

NANCEE LOVES HANNA BERNHARD IN BLACK AND WHITE

Today I was reading a comment on Hanh Merriman's blog lifeintravel, on the post that she made with one of our turtle pins -on April the 11th-. Someone said that we are just making pieces for special bloggers or customers. The fact is that we make jewelry for ANYBODY and not for special people.  
If anyone wants to order a piece from us, they are very welcome !:)
You can write to us through our site www.french-bakelite.com or directly to our address :
nbernhar@noos.fr
Now why we never have many pieces offered for sale online ? it is because we are just 2 working, our pieces are entirely hand made so they take a lot of our time, so we never get to have a big stock ahead of us.
For any order we will need a minimum of one month to make it, sometimes 2, depending on actual orders.
We can make anything -or almost -, and we are more than happy to take challenges !:)


Ok so now back to todays' post !

Nancee from Canada has first purchased a blue lobster pin from us ONLINE :). Then she went back to the colors that she likes the most : BLACK AND WHITE !
So here are some pieces of her collection, including her last order, a black and white snake, that she will get soon as it is on its way to Canada !:) 
Hope to get some pictures of Nancee with it, she will be wearing it for a big party on the 20th !
You can click on pictures to enlarge them..

                                     Hanna Bernhard jelly fish pin

                                Hanna Bernhard jelly fish pin on its display

                                 Hanna Bernhard prawn pin on its display

                             Hanna Bernhard snake necklace

 You can wear it in many different positions as this necklace is also a huuuuuuge pin !:)

HANH FROM DALLAS AND HANNA BERNHARD TURTLE PIN

Last February we met Hanh Merriman and Judy Aldridge for lunch at a Mexican restaurant in Dallas.
Hanh had received her Hanna Bernhard turtle pin a couple of weeks before so she was wearing it that day.
She got another piece from us on this occasion, a chameleon, so she tried it on, we will make another post about it later when we get nice pictures from Hanh.
This turtle pin can be worn as a pendant on a necklace. Necklace we had made is composed of carved horn and vintage galalith beads.

Hanh's blog is lifeintravel, and Judy's one is Atlantishome.
If you wish you can enlarge pictures by clicking on them..

              Hanh wearing her Hanna Bernhard turtle pin.

                           Turtle pin on its display.

                  Turtle pin transformed in a necklace.

           Hanh wearing her Hanna Bernhard chameleon pin.