Comments on: Don’t You Wish You Could Wear the Hope Diamond? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/05/dont-you-wish-you-could-wear-the-hope-diamond/ A new Smithsonian blog covering scenes and sightings from the Smithsonian museums and beyond. Mon, 20 May 2013 19:14:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Sandra J. Wright http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/05/dont-you-wish-you-could-wear-the-hope-diamond/comment-page-1/#comment-6574 Sandra J. Wright Mon, 23 May 2011 14:22:51 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=18667#comment-6574 The setting is spectacular, shows the diamond to marvelous advantage, and the expert photography showcases this piece very well. Love the notion of a raffle/essay/contest for a photo shoot with a Smithsonian treasure. Extra security would certainly be an issue and an expense, but hopefully that could be offset by publicity or a nominal entry fee. I do hope this suggestion is entertained. Sandee, the wedding fairygodmother The setting is spectacular, shows the diamond to marvelous advantage, and the expert photography showcases this piece very well.

Love the notion of a raffle/essay/contest for a photo shoot with a Smithsonian treasure. Extra security would certainly be an issue and an expense, but hopefully that could be offset by publicity or a nominal entry fee. I do hope this suggestion is entertained.

Sandee, the wedding fairygodmother

]]> By: John Langlois http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/05/dont-you-wish-you-could-wear-the-hope-diamond/comment-page-1/#comment-6561 John Langlois Sun, 22 May 2011 14:49:34 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=18667#comment-6561 I just wanted to thank Jeff Campagna again for taking the time and having enough interest to share this with the Smithsonian family. Ethel was a fantastic mother and a fascinating woman who achieved an enormous amount of success in the publishing field in an era when women were not normally found at that level. Thanks again. John Langlois I just wanted to thank Jeff Campagna again for taking the time and having enough interest to share this with the Smithsonian family. Ethel was a fantastic mother and a fascinating woman who achieved an enormous amount of success in the publishing field in an era when women were not normally found at that level. Thanks again.
John Langlois

]]> By: fran c vitolo http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/05/dont-you-wish-you-could-wear-the-hope-diamond/comment-page-1/#comment-6475 fran c vitolo Tue, 17 May 2011 14:16:21 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=18667#comment-6475 I would like to suggest The Smithsonian could, once per year, make a dream come true for a lucky person: Initiate a contest where people submit an essay about the museum and what it means to them and the world as a whole. Then randomly choose one and give the prize of allowing the winner to wear or use one particular item in it's collection for a photo shoot. Photos would be taken of a winner wearing the Hope Diamond, or Fonzie's leather jacket. Utmost security, of course, would be necessary but this would be a magnificent way of enriching the lives of patrons and expand the reach of The Smithsonian's gems beyond a glass cage. I would like to suggest The Smithsonian could, once per year, make a dream come true for a lucky person: Initiate a contest where people submit an essay about the museum and what it means to them and the world as a whole. Then randomly choose one and give the prize of allowing the winner to wear or use one particular item in it’s collection for a photo shoot. Photos would be taken of a winner wearing the Hope Diamond, or Fonzie’s leather jacket. Utmost security, of course, would be necessary but this would be a magnificent way of enriching the lives of patrons and expand the reach of The Smithsonian’s gems beyond a glass cage.

]]> By: Katherine LeDuc http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/05/dont-you-wish-you-could-wear-the-hope-diamond/comment-page-1/#comment-6474 Katherine LeDuc Tue, 17 May 2011 14:12:54 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=18667#comment-6474 I sincerely hope that the setting in the photo is temporary. The diamond is not shown to its best advantage in that setting as the setting is too powerful for the diamond. The background color is not showing the diamond to its best advantage either. The blue of the background is causing the blue of the diamond to fade into the background. I sincerely hope that the setting in the photo is temporary. The diamond is not shown to its best advantage in that setting as the setting is too powerful for the diamond. The background color is not showing the diamond to its best advantage either. The blue of the background is causing the blue of the diamond to fade into the background.

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