Anthropology of Jewelry: A Look at Jewelry Worn in Tibetan Buddhist Sculpture
Anthropology never leaves my mind, and after touring the exhibit at the Rubin, I realize how my anthropology Ph.D is always part of my...
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A Healthy Obsession with the Jewelry of Bill Smith
Bullet Magazine. Kid in vintage Bill Smith body jewelry from Sara's archive. Image from, Black Enterprise Jul 1981. Bill Smith. From a...
Fashion and Accessories History Spotlight: Anne Klein’s Summer of 1971 Sketchbook
Doodles and inspiration images found in the back of the Summer 1971 collection Anne Klein Sketchbook. Fashion and accessories history is...
Memoirs Of A Hollywood Costumer: Vintage in Film
Marsha with Matt Dillon. Marsha was the wardrobe supervisor for Drugstore Cowboy. Photograph from Marsha’s collection. rights reserved....
Delilah’s Snake Rings
One Thursday evening coming back from working in the city, I made a stop about an hour outside the city in Connecticut to get something...
Frocking Life by BillyBoy*: What’s in a Blue Box
Circa 1976 image of Billy Boy from his archive. Let me begin by stating that Frocking Life, BillyBoy*’s new book is worth it’s weight,...
Jewelry According to BillyBoy*: An Interview with the Avid Collector of Haute Couture Accessories.
Dallas shop Lou Latimore, ad for BillyBoy* jewelry. Courtesy of BillyBoy* BillyBoy* has had many loves during his lifetime, thus far....
Interview with Diane Love: Trifari & Jewelry as Art and Artifact
The jewelry designs of Diane Love for Trifari are special for various reasons. Their collaboration led to innovations in costume jewelry...
Dating Chanel Jewelry: Early Gripoix & Pre-1954 to 1999.
There are so many signatures and various informational sites out there concerning how to date Chanel jewelry. Specializing in rarer...
Sold Archive: Gripoix for Haskell, Gripoix pieces and Vintage Chanel
I’ve sold a lot of rarer Chanel pieces through the years. I know they appear in Pinterest and such, mostly linked to 1stdibs, where I had...
Diane Love For Trifari- Guide & Design Archive
Trifari ad, photo credit by Bert Stern A few years ago I sat down with artist Diane Love to go over her career, vintage designs she did...
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