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LORRAINE SCHWARTZ LAUNCHES DIAMOND MONKEY COLLECTION

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Tina Knowles, Lorraine Schwartz and Abey

ALL PHOTOS BY: JOHNNY NUNEZ

Lorraine Schwartz (jewelry designer to the stars) launched her ‘Diamond Monkey Collection’ at the Monkey Bar in NYC on Wednesday Night.

Ashanti, Tina Knowles, Pharrell Williams, Jennifer Lopez, Kim Kardashian, Fabolous and a lot more were in attendance. Check out the pics.

As always click on the pictures to get more info!
Ashanti Kim Kardashian, Ashanti and Brittany Gastineau Vee and Janice Combs
Pharrell & Cassie Jennifer Lopez, Lorraine Schwartz and Debra Messing
Lorraine Schwartz, Mimi Valdez and Pharrell Williams Seal & Heidi Klum
DJ Clue and Fabolous Brittany Gastineau, Kim Kardashian and Fabolous

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76.

KSH

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

Diddy Mama being going through this crisis since ‘96 - her damn ‘midlife’ should be over by now. Her ass is just tasteless - how the hell Diddy ain’t ordered her ass to hire a personal stylist!

77.

satin

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

everyone looks nice…
i love the way the site looks :)

78.

D-san

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

Still wondering how Kim Kardashian is a celeb.

79.

jscene

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

Britney Gastineau, where’s your show? I loved that little reality show of her and her mom.

Cassie and Pharrell look like them bad ass kids that be running around the party while all the adults are partying! LMAO! It’s a cute pic.

Ashanit and J-Lo look too cute in these pics.

I hope that’s a relative sitting next to Puff’s mom, cause damn, they sitting toooooo damn close for comfort.

I’m glad to see Heidi and Seal still together. This looks like a cool event though.

80.

janey

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

no comment on kim’s ho3ish ass
shani is looking pretty good

81.

SAY WHAT:0

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

looks fun.
Lovin the new look by the way!!

82.

WTF

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

Diamond Monkey?

My people this is not okay…

83.

New Yorker

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

ashanti looks boring as hell. you’re a celebrity stop looking so average!

mama knowles is looking younger hmm guess she had some work done!

for the person who said that wasn’t kim k. umm yea hun it’s kim k. nicole from pcd is thinner so it’s not her

84.

foxxy380

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

@ Bill, THANK YOU!

The first question to pop in my mind is not who’s a HAM in these pics but WTF @ the name “Diamond Monkey Collection”. And all of these black celebs are actually there suppporting it!

85.

msblknasty1

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

#33 i was thinking the same thang her cuzin is always there wiff bey i guess bey sed enuff i want jay to my self this time. lololololololl ashanti = NEXT mama combs looks sick

86.

VIxen

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

KIM K IS A HOE!! STAY AWAY FROM MY BOO LOSO

87.

VIxen

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

KIM K IS A HOE, STAY AWAY FROM MY BOO LOSO

88.

Ms. Lady

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

Diamond Money? wow. Fab please get 100 feet away from Kim before you get herpes.

89.

Ms. Gottabody

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

The party looked nice. Cassie needs to back the hell away from Pharrell. Word on the street is she has a crush on him. She needs to be locked away with a vocal coach. Ashanti looks cute. I see Fabo sitting next to Reggie’s girl. You know Kim was trying to see what’s up.

90.

you know what??

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

EVERYBODY STOP!

Read comment #18 by Bill and reflect.

This is some BULLSHIT

91.

Mademoiselle Chloe

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

Monkey what…………..some more ish that I’m not going to buy. Mrs. Combs looks like a crack whore…..Puffy Puhleeeeessee check your mom………..DAMN!

92.

you know what??

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

oh and industry insider (#49)…mimi USED to be huge…her ass was fired from Vibe

ps: something in my heart tells me u’re either mimi herself or a close friend of hers lol

93.

datstldude

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

jesus, what is up with seal’s face! i shudder everytime i see it, so nasty looking

94.

Im the only polar bear up in this bitch

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

Ashanti looks good, her boobies have gotten bigger & why the hell is she hanging out with Kim KaHOshian? Why is she even there?

95.

C.R.E.A.M.

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

For one the name of her jewelry is ridiculous. Ashanti look fits this D-list event in my opinion. Puffy’s mom look horrible. Cassie and Pharrell look really cute.

96.

Peacekeeper

Thursday, June 21, 2007 /

I ‘m not feeling Ashanti in these pics. Like somebody else said, she looks very plain. I’ve seen her look much better. Plus, she has entirely too much powder on.

I don’t like the picture don’t get the hype with Kim. She is plastic, and what is she know for? That’s what I thought.

Mama Combs looks a mess as usual

Cassie is cute,,,but where is the music?

Seal and Heidi look happy!

97.

DiamondDiva

Friday, June 22, 2007 /

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Kim Kardash or how ever u spell it, get away from fabolous.You kno what I don’t even care….he don’t like black women anyway.
Ashanti don’t take pics with this chick…you might catch some hoeitis or something plus she’s a nobody…

98.

Nico

Friday, June 22, 2007 /

Umm…diamond monkeys, are you kidding me? Excuse me for being a little cynical..but alot of white people think we evolved from monkeys and we spend all our money on the “bling bling”. So now we can sport “diamond monkeys” around or neck. Come on people. Does anyone else see the craziness here?

99.

nessa

Saturday, June 23, 2007 /

Ashanti looks beautiful

Fab looks sexy but lol… why does he look scared???

Beyonce’s Mama… no comment

Diddy’s Mama… no comment

Pharell is cute.

100.

skateboardlove

Saturday, June 23, 2007 /

I think Pharrell is hot~and anywayz I heard Cassie is messin with Pharrell but i kno he can do better!

101.

Ione

Saturday, June 23, 2007 /

@18 Bill you made a very good point. However, Lorraine Schwartz jewelry may be “that deal” but her new collection called ‘Diamond Monkey’ the name itself is offensive. Maybe I’m reaching with this, but all of her supporters from the pictures shown were minorities ,and it makes me feel that this is the way she might view rich people of color as monkeys who is obsessed with bling?

102.

Ione

Saturday, June 23, 2007 /

Ooops in the pictures shown most of her supporters were minorites.

103.

Ione

Saturday, June 23, 2007 /

@98 I agree as well

104.

Court

Sunday, October 28, 2007 /

I collect the see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil monkeys. The are very nice looking. It’s nothing racial about it…they are monkeys, covered with diamonds…hence “diamond monkey collection”…plain and simple. blacks always wanna take something out of proportion!!!

105.

Young World

Friday, November 16, 2007 /

“The are very nice looking. It’s nothing racial about it…they are monkeys, covered with diamonds…hence “diamond monkey collection”…plain and simple. blacks always wanna take something out of proportion!!!” –COURT oct. 28, 2007 post on concreteloop.com

What a great example of unintended irony. Analyzing this quote, an extremist might view it as a subliminally racist metaphor; however, I just hope it was just a curiously comical coincidence. Though the post is describing the jewelry, imagine it as a description of the celebrities themselves… “… The(y) are very nice looking…they are monkeys covered with diamonds…”, very disturbing right? At least whoever posted this comment referred to these people as black rather than negro/negroes or worse, remember, this is 2007 not 1907.

The main point of this issue is not black folks being hypersensitive on race issues; it is about Loraine Schwartz’ lack of creativity. Schwartz’ choice to call her collection by this name is simply uncreative. Most know the tragic stereotypes created to align blacks with primates in the past so I will not loom there. How about this…let us all: black, white, and brown, evolve and stop perpetuating the stereotypes placed on us from years ago. Again, the point is Ms. Schwartz could have chosen a much more creative and sensitive title for her collection. I would have expected young Skateboard P (Pharell Williams) to check her on that shit; but there he is smiling for the paparazzi. Maybe this is a class issue. To me it seems as if these uber-rich celebrities are losing sight of reality. Hey, this is America, a free country; so I guess the folks wearing the jewels do not care about the name of her collection. Should they? If you can afford it and want to wear a bathing ape T-shirt and Red Monkey Jeans designed by a Japanese man, adorn yourself with monkey diamonds from a white (Jewish?) woman, and rap about shooting people of color and selling them crack then good for you. Wow…Dance monkey! Looks like Ms. Klum brought her own real life diamond monkey…j/k, I like them and have no problem with interracial dating, but I had to say it. I’m sure some ignorant-racist-bigot was thinking it somewhere; I just wanted to beat them to it and steal their power.

106.

trish roberts

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 /

Why is everyone on this site actin like this blog is about dissin Kim Kardashian…Just cuz a b*tch is cute u hatin foreal! an I’m neutral - Fabulous ok wit me but he look a lil retarded or bored just in that pic wit Kim. Also, I haven’t seen this collection but unless the jewelry is literally like diamond monkeys and shit like dat - the name is kinda stupid - Lorraine Schwartz is cool though - I doubt she called it that cuz she thought black folks was gonna buy most of it - y’all stop actin like dat - Alright now, Trish

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