Whiteflash-Diamond Playground

We’ve had no such problems from our celebrity endorsers (see Whiteflash In The News).  Let’s hope they continue being responsible with our treasured pieces.

From Rapaport -Celebrities are taking some slack over carats, because diamonds aren’t a girl’s best lend. Almost one year after ex-UK glamour model Kelly Brook lost an uninsured $113,000 diamond bracelet, luxury jeweller Harry Winston is no closer to compensation — or to repeating the mistake. An inside source told the Daily Mail: “We insist on contracts now. We get asked for our stock all the time by celebrities and we say ‘no’ a lot. Things get difficult.” Strictly Come Dancing star Brooke, 27, borrowed a bracelet for the Children’s Baftas in 2006, but lost it at a private party two days before the event. Winston insisted she pay. “It must have dropped off. You can’t go around accusing people,” said the source. After months of wrangling, Brook’s spokesman said yesterday the matter was being handled ‘amicably.’ But the Daily Mail source said: “It’s gone on and on because Kelly refused to pay…really awkward and embarrassing.” Sharon Stone sued Harry Winston for $13.5 million in a 1993 dispute over a $566,000 necklace she wore to the Oscars but kept, insisting it was a gift for plugging the company. The case was settled out of court. Winston loaned stones worth $226 million to Oscars stars last year. Wearers are usually accompanied by jeweller-supplied bodyguards, but pieces are lost with alarming regularity. A Harry Winston rep said: “I cannot confirm or deny we have an association with Kelly Brook.” Model Sophie Dahl lost a $283,000 Bruce Hoeksema earring, Lindsay Lohan a Cartier bracelet and an assistant of Salma Hayek left $57,000 worth of jewels in a taxi. Britney Spears walked out of an OK! photoshoot in July wearing a $22,600 outfit and Peaches Geldof kept $13,600 worth of designer gear after a shoot this year, only to be photographed in them four days after she claimed they were stolen.