Lori Ettlinger Gross is a leading jewelry historian, style writer, and the former Estate Jewelry Editor for The Rapaport Diamond Report. She has become a respected resource for national magazines and newspapers on jewelry and fashion, and has written for such publications as The New York Times, Palm Beach Illustrated, InStyle.com, Reuters.com, and Variety. Her education in the field of jewelry began at the Appraisal Institute at C. W. Post College/Long Island University where she specialized in antique and estate jewelry. After attending the program, Lori worked under the tutelage of Edith Weber at Edith Weber & Associates, Antique Jewelry in New York. Prior to the start of her writing career, Lori was an attorney practicing Arts law.During her six-year tenure at The Rapaport Diamond Report, Lori met with world-renowned jewelry houses and interviewed celebrated designers, and artisans. She is the first journalist ever to have been asked to write creatively for a Sotheby's jewelry auction. Her opening essay and anecdotes appeared throughout the catalog of their record-breaking forty-nine million dollar Magnificent Jewelry sale in December 2007.In May 2008, her first book, Brooches: Timeless Adornment, was published by Rizzoli. She maintains an active jewelry blog, www.jewelhistory.comwhere she discusses the latest trends in jewelry and their historical significance, as well as the use of jewelry in film, television, and on the red carpet. You can also catch up with Lori's global observations in worlds of jewelry, art, and luxury on her Twitter page at www.Twitter.com/LuxArtRocks. Lori is happily at work on her second book. Lori has become a regular guest contributor on Martha Stewart Radio's Morning Living and on February 8, 2010 she made her television debut on MARTHA on NBC. Photograph by Michael Lionstar, copyright 2010