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I went to the Morgan Library & Museum with a gorgeous and exceptionally nice friend* earlier this year. How nice is my friend? After I told her there was no need to apologize for a statement that didn’t offend me in the slightest, she apologized for the apology. She is the only person I know [...]

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

UPDATED: The Valentine’s Day sale in NYC is rescheduled for Thursday, February 11, due to snow. Details here. The virtual pre-sale is extended through February 10. The rest of this post was written before the rescheduling.
Today’s the day for my virtual pre-sale! Check out the jewels, then email me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot [...]

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

UPDATED FEBRUARY 10: The sale has been postponed till February 11 due to heavy snow. Virtual pre-sale is extended through February 10. More details here. The rest of this post was published before the blizzard came though!
Join me on February 10, have a glass of Prosecco and buy someone a beautiful Valentine’s gift from my [...]

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Friday, November 20, 2009

Hey, New Yorkers! Don’t forget that my pop-up shop will be open from 12 – 8 PM, today (Friday) and Saturday. Come visit me at 48 Greenwich Avenue, near Perry Street. The location is conveniently close to the Union Square subway station.
Hey, everyone!  I recently gave gorgeous blogger Susanna a little inside information, but now [...]

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

I got a little hoarse yesterday.
Considering I have two sales coming up, this hoarseness made me very nervous. I took my temperature and it was 99.1. This is basically normal, but, because it wasn’t exactly 98.6, I decided I must be coming down with swine flu. Normally I don’t worry about such things, because I [...]

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Sunday, October 18, 2009

In New York later this week? Come visit me at my sample sale this Friday, October 23, from 5 PM to 8 PM, and Saturday, October 24, from 12 PM to 6 PM. It’s being hosted by the fabulous people at BoConcept, which is at 105 Madison Avenue and 30th Street.
I will be selling my [...]

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Saturday, July 25, 2009

The movie The Warriors was a major inspiration for my designing friend Christian Francis Roth’s “Gangs of New York” Spring ‘09 collection. In the movie, all the New York City gangs declare a truce and meet to discuss forming a super-gang to take over the city. When the gang leader who called the summit is [...]

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Gorgeous blogger Princess Poochie came to New York this weekend, and I was delighted to spend quality time with her. We took a mini-jaunt to Riverdale to visit my gorgeous friends Jen and Amanda. I was most entertained by the name of the train stop — Spuyten Duyvil — which is an old Dutch [...]

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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

There’s an interesting event at FIT tonight. I was alerted to it by gorgeous blogger Sister Wolf. Here’s how FIT described it:
Get tickled by plumes: Dr. Valerie Steele and Dr. Sarah Abretory, Professor of History at UCLA, discuss Dr. Abretory’s new book Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce. This examination [...]

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Sunday, April 19, 2009

I’ve mentioned Jean, the proprietress of Ghost Tailor, quite a few times on this blog. I found Jean when I was desperately looking for someone to alter some sweaters for me. No one wants to alter sweaters, which baffles me. It’s not like the sweaters grow on the sheep in ready-to-wear condition. (Designer to sheep: [...]

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