Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Valentine’s Day is coming right up. Time to buy something for your Valentine, email your Valentine a very specific “hint,” or just treat yourself! (That last option is very popular among my independent-minded customers.) Pink gems are romantic, so my first Valentine’s suggestion is a luxurious pair of shoulder-brushing earrings featuring pink opal drops and [...]
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Sunday, June 12, 2011
Father’s Day is June 21 and, like last year, I’ve got cufflinks for every type of guy. All of these styles are still at 2010 — or even earlier — prices, even though metal prices have been soaring for years. (Silver has doubled in the past 12 months.) Many of my prices will double by [...]
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Friday, February 4, 2011
Right on time for Valentine’s Day, here is my latest design, the emoticon heart ring. Don’t know how to make an emoticon heart? Just put a less-than sign and a 3 together, and voilà! A heart. Like my swear rings and asterisk ring, the emoticon heart ring is solid sterling silver. The band starts at [...]
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Saturday, January 29, 2011
Are you my Facebook fan? You should be! I just added a shopping option to the fan page so that you’ll be able to buy select items without leaving Facebook. There will be special discounts too. I’m going to add my new Valentine’s Day-appropriate ring there shortly — before I show it on the blog [...]
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Saturday, August 14, 2010
Ever since I wrote about leather shorts in April, I’ve been getting blog traffic from people searching for the phrase “where can I buy leather shorts.” I like to be helpful so I’ve been keeping an eye out for interesting vintage options. Here they are. Click the photos to shop. Just to give you some [...]
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
If you love wedges like I do, I’ve found the summer shoe for you:A the “Linkit” from Nine West’s capsule collection for Nordstrom. It’s on sale for $65.90, down from $99.95. I saw the brown version of these shoes on singer Joss Stone earlier this month. Joss was promoting a separate collaboration she’s done with [...]
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Monday, November 16, 2009
I dropped by my pop-up shop space on Sunday to take some final measurements and found two lovely ladies in temporary residence, doing their own pop-up shop. The owners of Poppet Vintage and Tahir Boutique showed me their vintage wares, including this blouson Koos Van Den Akker Couture dress. When I asked them to show [...]
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Friday, November 6, 2009
I have a weakness for trompe l’oeil clothing: Trompe l’oeil stitched motorcycle jacket Trompe l’oeil safety pin skirt Trompe l’oeil zipper dress Trompe l’oeil ribbon neckline dress Trompe l’oeil Lego dress But I don’t like wearing a “crisp white shirt.” The fact that a “crisp white shirt” is supposed to be a wardrobe staple irks [...]
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