September 22nd, 2009 §
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Love it? Hate it? Unsure? We have been emailing up a storm since Sunday night, especially once someone noticed that the earrings are dead ringers for our Northern lights pair:
Northern Lights Elegant Crystal Teardrop Earrings
At just $26 these are a stylish steal and a very popular bridal choice.
The new 1928.com will be arriving in early October. In our excitement and appreciation we will be offering the first 200 customers to the new site, a free (Joan Holloway - Mad Men inspired) pen necklace!
1960s Vintage Inspired Gold Tone Pen Necklace
More to come about the Emmy’s in our next post, until then, my fabulous fashionistas!
August 13th, 2009 §
Courtesy of AMC
Now I just know that all you retro-fashionistas out there are simply chomping at the bit to get your Joan fix (I’m sorry, do you prefer a different fashion icon? Who? Why?) as interest in the new season picks up, so do sales of our pen necklace. I spoke with Anita in Customer Service who informs me that people are buying the 1960’s pen necklace to wear to their season premier costume parties. Who are these fabulous people and why haven’t they invited me?
It’s still a little embarrassing to admit that we discovered the show due to it’s fans (of which we now proudly count ourselves, of course) who were calling us asking, “Where can I get Joan’s pen necklace?” These er, mad fans actually scared us at first, but we recovered.
We even threw a Joan Holloway lookalike contest, remember?
Ah, the good old days.
Will you be Mad Men-partying on Sunday?
January 30th, 2009 §
Two of our most favorite 1928 Jewelry pieces made the Feb/March issue of BUST magazine, yes – the beautiful one that has the bombshell Amber Tamblyn on the cover.The magazine featured a stunning DIY lay out of how to achieve the beautiful Christine Hendricks’ look on AMC Mad Men.
Just remember Holloway-inspired women, you can wear your vintage bling anywhere, with anything – except when the light go off…a lady always removes her jewelry for private occasions.
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October 24th, 2008 §
A large number of ladies ordering the 1960’s Inspired Pen Necklace from 1928 Jewelry have been commenting that they are going as Joan for Halloween. This leads me to wonder, “Who are these fabulous fashionistas?” And, “How can I get them to send me their pictures?”
Hello, contest time anyone?
In honor of all you 60’s stylin’ retro ladies, we are giving away one of our highly desired pen necklaces, this one accented with lovely violet crystals!
That’s right ladies, for those of you brave souls who will be wearing your Aquanet sprayed red haired wigs, bullet bras and cat eye makeup… Get a picture to us by midnight 11/14/08 and on November 19th we will announce our winner! (Who will be judged by me, my boss and some random guy down the hall.) Entries will be judged on creativity and interpretation, so even if you’re not a dead ringer for J.H., send in your pics, you just might win!
How to enter:
Send us a photo of you as Joan Holloway to: jenb.1928@gmail.com
Hope you are the best of the bombshells!
October 10th, 2008 §
Thanks to Anita in customer service for bringing this to my attention…
Apparently Joan Holloway, that delicious, sexpot redhead on Mad Men who is the 60′ equivalent of “a cross between a mother and waitress,” wears a gold tone vintage style pen necklace in nearly every epsiode.
Fans are desperately seeking a reproduction of this item. Anita is fielding both calls and emails asking, “Is this necklace by 1928 Jewelry?” Hmm, great question…
The story: What We Know About the Actual Prop
Found while shopping at an open air market in Pasadena California, by the mysterious “Janie” the necklace is pure vintage.
But is it 1928 vintage inspired, an older 1928 design or somebody else’s?
Pics of Joan Holloway’s gold tone pen necklace are leading to “maddening” answers from our design team here, “Well, it looks like some of our older stuff .” to “Maybe from back in the early days.” to “Can you make it bigger can we see the item closely” and “Can you get me a photo of the clasp?”
The verdict is: Yes, it is one of our pieces from when we first opened in the late 1960s. Sadly, the only place you can find the original vintage gold pen necklace is either eBay or your local antique shop. But, the good news is, we offer a slighly more modern replica on 1928.com! And, it’s only $20 bucks…
photos courtesy of AMCTV.com
