Are designers the new journalists? God help us, but it may be true, judging from the number of young talents who have taken to the keyboard. Sue Stemp, known for her thigh-baring cocktail frocks, has a Web site to chronicle the adventures of herself and her daughter, Kitty Babe. Hanuk Kim keeps a visual diary, which he e-mails to a select group; Chris Benz regularly reports on the goings-on in his West Village brownstone; and Hollywould’s Holly Dunlap says her site attracts an average of 80,000 hits a day. Hedi Slimane posts his austere photography on MySpace (above), which is also where the London avant-garde darling Gareth Pugh announces casting calls and requests for assistants. Even Donna Karan has given blogging a try, as a guest on HuffingtonPost.com. Her reason for doing so is clearly resonating with her colleagues: “I’ve simply gotten to a point in my life,” she wrote, “where I want to ‘address’ people, not simply ‘dress’ them.”

Now Flashing | Showpieces

By SANDRA BALLENTINE

Alexandra Jefford’s jewelry is more sculpture than accessory, which is probably why London art heavies like Jay Jopling and Gary Hume are snapping it up. Jopling was so smitten, he not only bought a ring for his wife, the photographer Sam Taylor-Wood, but also gave Jefford a one-day show at his gallery in St. James’s. The jeweler is drawn to vibrant colors and geological oddities like the trapiche sapphire in this brooch (about $5,580). Her work is available at Maxfield, Los Angeles, and Kabiri, London, or go to www.alexandrajefford.biz.