Monthly Archives: January 2022

Kathy and Karen arrived the day before the Face Book live show. There’s lots to do….We have to decide what items will be in the show and in what order, and then I have to pick clothes for Karen to wear with each item. Once that is done a running list is made for each of us to follow. Then the jewelry Karen is to wear is put in plastic bags and hung with the outfits. Duplicates of the jewelry is then put into numbered trays for Cathy to hand me during the presentation……Karen hadn’t seen the new silver jewelry so she had a grand time trying it all on. Cathy went over the list and made sure we had all of the necessary information. In between all of this Cathy and I went through NEW SILVER samples for future deliveries [photo at lower left]…….Karen is all set for the show to start in her first Ivory outfit with the Cowrie Shell necklace…..Sammy takes her position on the sunny window seat where she stayed during the whole show watching Daddy work…….After the “Face Book Live Show” was over we put everything away, and we packed up the car so they could make their quick getaway back to PA…..hopefully before the rush hour traffic……I later heard from Cathy and she was happy I rushed them out the door…..She said they were home, and made incredible time…If they left any later the trip would have been an additional hour!…………..I hope you had a good time watching the show….I know we had a good time presenting it to you!

There ARE TWO PARTS TO THE VIDEO…..THIS IS PART ONE…….scroll down for part two

Cathy and Karen are here and we are ready to present a Face Book Live show…..the first of 2022. Lots of SALES and FREE SHIPPING and HANDLING…..Hope to “see” you all there!

……………..I’m not sure of the actual year, but this spread of  6 or 7 pages ran in Vogue in the late 80s. The opening double page spread featured Jac and myself walking across the street in the Fashion district somewhere on 7th Ave…..The complete title actually read…..”LOUIS THE FIRST” across the two pages………..The inspiration for this show came from a trip Jac and I had taken in Pompeii. I was working at Andrea Pfister’s villa in Positano on the shoe collection , and Jac was there with me. We decided to take a day trip before the work began, and we went to see Pompeii which was only about one hour and a half away depending on traffic….The colors and the mosaics were fantastic……It was all very inspiring…. Jac is wearing a terracotta suede sleeveless dress and suede topper coat. There was a group of Fortuny-esque pleated dresses, and lace dresses that matched suede coats and elongated blazers. The photo shows two models walking the show. Tatiana, on the left, is wearing a Stone suede jacket and long suede vest over tonal suede pants. Anna Bayle to her right is wearing a Silk Cadet suit in that beautiful Alabaster color. The presentation was shown in the round, and bleaches and chairs were set in a circle. The walls and the entrance had frescos, mosaics, and columns to emulate the ruins of Pompeii. The company that made them often did stage sets for me, and these were perfect to set the mood, and theme of the collection……They did an outstanding job…..It was a shame to throw it all away. I did keep the painted arch that was above the entrance to the show room……..Multi page “spreads” in Vogue didn’t come that often for anyone, so this was a real treat, and honor. They really loved the collection, and thought it deserved this kind of coverage..