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Rodrigo Otazu designs for Sex and the City 2

Otazu designs for America's Next Top Model

Rodrigo Otazu wins Dallas Fashion Award

Otazu VOGUE.COM Story - 6/04

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OTAZU creates breathtaking jewelry for The Three Musketeers

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Otazu Jewels: Recent Sightings

Otazu at London's Harrods

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May 2010. Designer Rodrigo Otazu creates innovative and striking jewelry that has caught the attention of Vogue, fashion designers and celebrities. “I always look out for new ingredients and I follow my own path regardless of current trends”. Otazu’s latest designs can be seen in May's Italian Vogue and the upcoming “Sex and the City 2″ movie.

Rodrigo Otazu's designs will be worn by Carrie and Samatha throughout the movie. These pieces are currently available through Additionals, while quantities are available.

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America's Next Top Model: Cycle 11 Scoop and Spoilers

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

This fall, America’s Next Top Model will unveil its 11th season on the CW network. It may be one of the last seasons to feature Tyra Banks as the host of the wildly popular reality show. Back in March, OK magazine reported that Banks was thinking of leaving the show, due in part to a rift between her and Jay Manuel. “It’s gotten so bad that Tyra and Jay aren’t speaking,” an insider told the magazine. While Tyra figures out her future, the show must go on and cycle 11 is well underway. This week, thanks to superfans and superspies, the international destination was revealed along with some other juicy tidbits!

A Top Model fan came across judge Paulina Porizkova while waiting in line at JFK International Airport in New York City. It turns out that she was waiting to board KLM, a Dutch airline company. This comes on the heels of photos that surfaced on the internet of Tyra Banks and the final 5 cycle 11 models in Amsterdam. Security for America’s Next Top Model did their best to stop fans and press from taking pictures but a few lucky ones snapped a photo and put them online. This is a departure from the usual number of models that head on the international destination. Tyra usually brings along the final 6 but the fact that she is only bringing 5 suggests a possible double elimination. According to several Top Model blogs, international go-sees will also make a return for cycle 11.

It is also being reported that, while in Amsterdam, the final 5 models will participate in a photo shoot with pieces from renowned jewelry designer, Rodrigo Otazu. Otazu has worked with the best of the best in the fashion and entertainment world. He has provided pieces for runway shows for everyone from Christian Lacroix to Jean-Paul Gaultier. He has also had his jewelry worn by celebrities such as Britney Spears and Aretha Franklin.

buddytv.com, June 18, 2008

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October 2006
Rodrigo Otazu wins Dallas Fashion Award

The Dallas Market Center, the world’s largest wholesale merchandise resource, presented Rodrigo Otazu with the award for Best Designer in the Jewelry category at the 31st Annual Dallas Fashion Awards gala on October 23, 2006. .Among the approximately 500 attendees were a wide range of fashion designers, retail executives, manufacturer representatives, celebrities and fashion press from across the country.

The Dallas Fashion Awards is the oldest retailer-chosen awards program in the country. The Awards recognize “superior design innovation, quality workmanship and retail performance.” The 24 finalists in 8 categories are nominated by a committee comprised of fashion press and industry experts. During the August Apparel Market retailers voted for their choice in each category. Winners were announced during the Dallas Fashion Awards gala on October 28, and proceeds from the evening were for the benefit of the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) and the Fashion Group International Scholarship Fund.ng the 29th Annual Dallas Fashion Awargala on Octobe

OTAZU featured in VOGUE.COM
Story - 6/04

Meet the first man of bling

From Vogue.com, June 22, 2004

IF you need a bit of bling but your bank account is far from Beckham-esque, Rodriguez Otazu is the man you need to befriend. Based in Amsterdam, the Argentine designer first hit the fashion conscious when he collaborated with Christian Lacroix for his autumn/winter 2003 haute couture collection. Now, his fabulously glittering portfolio is a favourite of the likes of Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears (who wore Otazu earrings when she draped herself in a snake for the MTV Music Video Awards), Justin Timberlake and Pink. And Otazu proved himself a true fashion superstar in May when he celebrated his latest collection with a party in an airport bunker in Amsterdam. Grace Jones turned up to sing, models in flimsy dresses and enormous sparkling jewels carefully navigated a revolving catwalk and, with clouds carrying more jewels projected on to three of the four walls, Otazu's guests found themselves in fashion heaven. "My aim is to give men and women all over the world something to dress up for," says Rodriguez, who already enjoys A-list status in his hometown. "I want to dress everybody up again and give them an excuse to party." (June 22 2004, AM)

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From Vogue.com, July 25, 2003:

RODRIGO OTAZU is one of the jewellery world's hottest names du jour. Based in Amsterdam, the Argentian designer first burst onto the fashion scene by way of Christian Lacroix's couture catwalk earlier this month. "Rodrigo had always regarded Mr Lacroix as something of a fashion god," says a rep. "So he approached him and insisted that they would make a great team. And they did." Lacroix gave Otazu an image of a hand throwing up sparks as his inspiration and the result was 15 intricate, sparkling creations that wrapped around the models' faces and were just as breathtaking as the clothes themselves. And since Otazu has already worked to create one-off designs for the likes of Robbie Williams, Pink, Justin Timberlake and Kylie Minogue, we can expect to be seeing a lot more of him. . .
(http://www.vogue.co.uk/vogue_daily/story/story.asp?stid=11311)

The Three Musketeers:
A Jewelry Sensation

March 2003.

COSTUME DESIGNER VAN TAX AND JEWELRY DESIGNER OTAZU having the time of their lives designing for the new musical, The Three Musketeers.
The best money could buy. Five hundred lavish costumes from the top designer Yan Tax and 150 pieces of literally breathtaking jewelry from the Argentinean Otazu, the jewelry maker for Britney Spears and Madonna. Add to that the spectacular decors, lighting tricks and acting and singing talents of the largest musical cast ever in Holland. The mega production of The Three Musketeers is going to have the world premiere on March 30th in Rotterdam in the new Luxor Theatre. The costume and jewelry designers have been working for two years dressing the cast. The producer wanted perfection and he got it. When he was watching a tryout scene yesterday, his eye noticed several ladies in the first row. They were staring with gaping mouths at the jewelry the cast was wearing. Rodrigo Otazu found this to be one of his most inspiring assignments. After Holland, they plan to bring The Three Musketeers to Germany, England and Broadway.

Additionals
News Release

September 1, 2002.
additionals us is pleased to announce that it is the exclusive distributor in the United States for Otazu jewelry. Otazu is based in Amsterdam, Holland, and showcases the designs of the Argentinean-born Rodrigo Otazu. Otazu's designs are easily identified by their fresh creativity, playful style and inspired beauty. Britney Spears has commissioned Otazu jewelry for her world tour, and Aretha Franklin, Lauren Hill, and numerous other celebrities enjoy many of his crystal creations. But women don't need to be celebrities to feel that special femininity that comes from wearing Otazu jewels. And now it will be possible for fans of these unique and fresh designs to get their Otazu here in the United States.

Otazu Jewels:
Recent Sightings

September 2002:
Dutch actress Katja Schuuman (wearing necklace and bracelet by Otazu), was seen recently in Amsterdam promoting her new film "de oesters van Nam Kee" (the oysters from Nam Kee).

Otazu at London's Harrods

A number of creations from the special collections by Otazu are featured in the current Harrods "The Magazine". And if you're in Harrods this Fall, be sure to see the Otazu display featured there.