Oh how I wish I could take the credit for the above statement but alas I can’t. Kenneth Jay Lane, the living legend of faux or junke jewelry, said it first.
Ahead of his time but always in style, he is leading the fashion parade that all the designers are now in step with. Pilling on the colorful and here’s where the word “chunky” doesn’t hurt with necklaces and bracelets in numbers that would stagger most women.
The necklaces are long and multi layered and so colorful to wear with clothes that it would make a peacock hide his head in shame. Go wild! Be adventuresome! Have fun this summer because who knows when the fashion tide will change and we will be back in Dullsville.
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My daughter will tell you, left to my own devices, I will turn to shopping. So in the early hours this morning, I was drawn to my favorite place to feed my addiction, QVC. Oh my! What did I see? Pearls! Beautiful faux pearls, but they were oh so beautiful!
Pearls have long been admired by women of fashion. In fact, pearls are the only gems worn only by women. Real pearls are one of the costliest gems in the world. Cleopatra was said to have promised Marc Anthony the most expensive meal available. She placed before him a glass of wine and then proceeded to grind up a perfectly round, beautiful pearl and drank it!
I don’t claim to have the money or desire to own a wardrobe of real pearls. But I do love faux pearls in all their many colors and shapes. And have a fine collection of them.
The pearls that called out to me this morning were spectacular. These round multi-colored orbs jumped off the screen and touched my heart. I sat there thinking of all the many outfits that I could match them to. I had broken my self imposed budget to not shop for a month. But these pearls that had been designed to go into the gift bags at the inauguration could not be left to others.
These pearls were designed by Kenneth J. Lane, master of costume jewelry, whose creations have been worn by names like the Duchess of Windsor, Elizabeth Taylor, and Barbara Bush. Her three strand pearls worn at her husband’s inauguration were the talk of the town.