Bedazzling

Jewelry store promising luxe experience opens in tony Alamo Heights

Prepared to be dazzled: A new kind of shopping experience is coming to Alamo Heights. On Thursday, November 16, Kelly Wade Jewelers will officially open its doors, offering San Antonians a unique shopping experience.

The new shop, which opens at 5926 Broadway St. in the Uptown Alamo Heights Shopping Center, will offer a curated, customizable inventory in addition to traditional appraisal, cleaning, and repair services. Customers can also request private showings and receive expert diamond education. The store will also sell exclusive retail lines from Eden Presley, Sloane Street, and Ila, in addition to custom-made offerings.

Kelly Wade Jewelers says it plans on creating a true concierge service for customers. Employees are available to hand select pieces to compliment an individual's tastes, and are available to deliver the goods almost anywhere in the world. "“We offer a personalized approach to the jewelry selection and purchase process," says owner Kelly Wade Fry in a release.

A graduate gemologist and noted philanthropist, Fry sees the store as another way to give back to her city. "We plan to spoil our customers every time they come in by giving them the absolute finest service,” says Fry. “We want Kelly Wade Jewelers to become part of the social fabric of San Antonio, a welcoming and welcomed neighbor, and a pillar of the community."

Kelly Wade Jewelry will host a grand opening celebration on Thursday, November 16 from 5 pm–8 pm and Friday, November 17 from 10 am-6 pm. Guests can enjoy light bites and cocktails, as well as 15 percent off in-store purchases.

Kelly Wade Fry is graduate gemologist who has trained her staff in concierge service.

Courtesy of Kelly Wade Jewelers

Kelly Wade Fry is graduate gemologist who has trained her staff in concierge service.

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It's Showtime

Original Beetlejuice costumes crawl to San Antonio in time for sequel

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice film still with Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice, Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz

Film still courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

Beetlejuice was always instantly recognizable thanks to its unique costuming.

If you say his name three times in a row, a striped suit appears...or something. In celebration of the new Beetlejuice movie, titled Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, a costume pop-up in San Antonio is putting some of the memorable looks on display from August 28 to September 15.

These costumes are some of the most iconic parts of the 1988 film, from Beetlejuice's stripes, to Lydia's red wedding dress, to Lydia's mom's single-gloved black ensemble. Some original pieces (including two of those three) will be on display at Santikos Casa Blanca, in a free exhibit that will surely inspire some Halloween trends this year after the film's September 6 release.

Directed by Tim Burton, the 2024 film follows a different plot years after the original, with returning cast members including Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice, Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz, and Catherine O’Hara as her mother, Delia Deetz. The hottest name in campy, creepy film, Jenna Ortega, is also joining for the first time as Lydia's daughter, Astrid, an unexpected twist for people like Ryder who expected that Lydia was not exactly the maternal type.

Beetlejuice costumes at Santikos Casa Blanca A new release shared an image of the display.Image courtesy of Santikos Entertainment

These costumes are the work of designer Colleen Atwood, who is responsible for some of the most distinctive costuming in movies, often with a fantasy or horror element. Atwood worked on Hannibal Lecter's famous mask in Silence of the Lambs; many fantastical, extravagant looks in Alice in Wonderland; and the surprisingly whimsical, yet dark garb of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

In the ouroboros of Tim Burton movies, there is always much cross-collaboration, so it makes sense that Atwood has worked alongside Ortega in another spooky reboot before. She served as a designer for Wednesday, the Burton-Netflix series that launched Ortega into fame for her portrayal of Wednesday Addams.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice cast The new film adds a generation to the Deetz dynamic.Film still courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

Visitors to the display are invited to take pictures with the famous looks, and they can generate their own images as fabulously dressed dead people at welcometoafterlife.com. Santikos Casa Blanca is located at 11210 Alamo Ranch Pkwy.

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