Stay in your wheelhouse. Roth making jewelry? No.

elle225 · ‎07-01-2011

Maybe I'm just cranky tonight - but am I nuts or do I see many QVC designers, company owners etc. jumping over to entirely new disciplines and products? I don't get it.

Peter Thomas Roth is suddenly selling his own jewelry? I saw Judith Ripka had shoes the other day? Dennis Basso had some kind of candle (he makes coats!). There are more I can't remember right now.

I want Peter Thomas Roth working night and day making stuff that gets rid of my wrinkles. I want to buy jewelry from someone who has studied and devoted their whole career to jewelry! It just seems like this cross-over - let's slap a known-name on any product is ridiculous.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

I've never bought a thing from PTR but I did watch a couple minutes of his recent presentation of his TSV. My reaction? How does this man ever sell anything? He mumbled and could barely be understood. He made a poor impression on me. My wrinkles will have to look elsewhere for rescue.

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January121 · ‎03-21-2010

@elle225 ... I totally agree with you!! 😄😄

SunValley · ‎04-19-2010

Apparently his parents were jewelry designers; they had a Manhattan workshop.

http://www.peterthomasrothjewelry.com/discover/about-us.html

Ms X · ‎09-13-2012

Each of us decides ourselves what's 'in our wheelhouse'. PTR doesn't need anyone else's permission to sell jewelry.

sparklestar · ‎03-09-2010

People can have more than one interest and talent, and I wish people would do their homework before knocking something.

"While clinical skin care and beauty have been my passion and my grandparents' history, fine jewelry has been my best-kept secret. After all, I practically grew up in my parent's jewelry workshop in Manhattan.

Since 1939, my father, and later my mother, brought to life the designs of many of the renowned artists, celebrities and impresarios who would call on them. I learned by watching them firsthand, and throughout my life their inspiration and expertise have remained steadfast with me.

In my youth, I spent many days on Fifth Avenue in the opulence of one of New York's most prestigious museums. There, I volunteered in the Jewelry Reproduction department, mastering the very art that my parents had practiced for decades. On Mondays when the museum was closed, I would wander the galleries like an explorer. It was there that the motif behind my Ribbon and Reed collection caught my eye for the very first time.

Classic and elegant, it adorned a selection of the greatest masterpieces and objets d'arts, as well as the details of some of the grandest rooms. For me it felt symbolic of luxury, power, romance and authority. Years later, I drew on its inspiration to create my timeless jewelry collection.

Please enjoy wearing, collecting and cherishing my Ribbon and Reed collection
— modern classics that convey timeless elegance."

luvdoodles · ‎06-19-2010

I saw that too. Thought maybe it was a different Peter. These vendors are getting into everything now a days. The Q is a good venue for them. Brings in the $$$.

Dusty1 · ‎03-10-2010

That is sort of a mean thing to say."Stay in your wheelhouse"? Like he is greedy, because he has more than one talent/interest? I don't use his skincare, but it seems to be fairly popular. It must work for a lot of people.I haven't bought any of his jewelry, but I think it is very attractive. I wish I had the ambition to do anything, let alone be successful at more than one thing. I don't understand the thinking that if you have succeeded in one area, it is a joke if you branch out to do something else, too.

sparklestar · ‎03-09-2010

@Dusty1 wrote:
That is sort of a mean thing to say."Stay in your wheelhouse"? Like he is greedy, because he has more than one talent/interest? I don't use his skincare, but it seems to be fairly popular. It must work for a lot of people.I haven't bought any of his jewelry, but I think it is very attractive. I wish I had the ambition to do anything, let alone be successful at more than one thing. I don't understand the thinking that if you have succeeded in one area, it is a joke if you branch out to do something else, too.

Well the OP did say she was "cranky." I think there are many that use the boards out of lonliness or, in this case, crankiness.

software · ‎06-08-2016

He's a saleman, period.

Stay tuned, next week he'll be hawking pot pies

@elle225 wrote:
Maybe I'm just cranky tonight - but am I nuts or do I see many QVC designers, company owners etc. jumping over to entirely new disciplines and products? I don't get it.

Peter Thomas Roth is suddenly selling his own jewelry? I saw Judith Ripka had shoes the other day? Dennis Basso had some kind of candle (he makes coats!). There are more I can't remember right now.

I want Peter Thomas Roth working night and day making stuff that gets rid of my wrinkles. I want to buy jewelry from someone who has studied and devoted their whole career to jewelry! It just seems like this cross-over - let's slap a known-name on any product is ridiculous.