Yearly Archives: 2025

………………It’s….JULY…..my BIRTHDAY MONTH!…..which I celebrate the entire month, just not on the 23rd…….It was time for a new table setting….I was inspired by my garden, which is in FULL BLOOM!……..COLOR, COLOR, COLOR everywhere…..I chose a royal blue table cloth with a smaller white table cloth on top…..The placemats are a fine natural straw in a square shape, and on top of each placemat….a SILVER CHARGER…….My ceramic dishes are all different colors, and each setting a different combination of colors….My forks, knives and spoons are all different colors too, and were made in France…..The oblong napkins are multi color woven stripes….each held with silver “bird nest wire” napkin rings…..Each wine glass is a combination of three colors…the base, the stem and the bowl of the glasses are all different colors….The bubble glass water glasses are all different colors too….The center piece is a square glass vase FILLED with multicolor flowers…The four oblong glass vases are different ombre colors, each one a different color combination, and each holds a variety of wild flowers….The salt and pepper shakers are striped with three different colors and each shaker has different colors adding to the colorful effect….The multi color SWIRL candles are all in clear glass candle sticks…My white STAR wire LED lights are scattered on the table for additional evening fantasy……There are four miniature Chinese vases in yellow and red….just to add a bit more color…..I wanted the entire table to have a light, airy and colorful effect emulating my garden…………..Now to invite my next dinner guests and plan a cool summer menu!

……………It’s ALWAY in the DETAILS creating a new table scape……..My garden was my inspiration……I wanted lots of COLOR, but I still wanted it to be light and airy…….Flowers are always key, and I used multi color flowers to emulate my garden, photo upper left…..I always take the theme of the dining table and extend it to the rest of the room….which was simply done by adding colorful flowers in colorful vases scattered about………..Now just to invite my guests and and plan a summer menu!

…………………”CRUSHED ICE”…………….that’s what I called the short sleeved dress to the left, and the slip dress and kimono coat to the right……..All three pieces were COVERED with thousands of tiny clear crystal beads sewn by hand onto silk……They were all magnificent pieces!…..Back in 1991 the suggested price for the dress to the right was…….$3395.00……the price for the slip dress…..$3735.00….and the kimono coat…..$5595.00……..I can’t imagine what they would cost today THIRTY FOUR years later…….I recently gave the short sleeve dress away which Jac loved wearing, and it looked glorious on her….I was still in perfect condition!….I hope my friend, that I gave it to……gets many many years of enjoyment…..All of the clear resin jewelry was created for this collection.

…………………….On the same trip Jac and I went on to BARBUDA in the Caribbean….once again I way laying on a lounge chair on the beach…..I positioned the chair under one of many palm trees that provided some shade from the Caribbean SUN!……I happened to open my eyes, and the sun light was streaming through the swaying palm fronds……I remember thinking it was beautiful, and grateful for the shade it provided and the lovely breeze……Once again my mind started to dream of what I could design using these beautiful palm leaves…….a print?…….jewelry??……I then thought the palm design would make a wonderful addition to the “fish jewelry”……and so again I pulled out my little pad and pen from my beach bag, and started to sketch……..The long earring and necklace on Ali, who is wearing them with NAVY SILK PIECES, is just one of the incarnations I came up with…..Matt, who was in charge of bringing my ideas to fruition, did a fantastic job on recreating my sketches……There were a variety of different palm designs in necklaces, earrings and belts too……Years later I recreated these pieces for my ladies at QVC…………and they LOVED them too……..I have never seen anything anywhere that remotely looks like these gorgeous pieces……If you own them…..I hope you are still enjoying wearing them….The “PALM PRINT”…..showed up on a later collection for both ANNE KLEIN……and QVC!……….A good idea……..is a GOOD IDEA!

………………….Yesterday, July 5th, I invited my friends…..Abel, a Parsons school chum, who also just happened to be Jac’s booker at her modeling agency…..and Tina, who wore many hats in the Fashion business….working with Ralph Lauren…..an editor for Vogue…..and  running “SELF MAGAZINE”…just to name a few hats she wore…..and Tina’s partner…..Frank….who is a true character, and a book or movie should be made about his life and stories……He too was in the fashion biz, and knew everyone…I just don’t know if his stories could ever go into print!!!!…LOL…I picked them up at the train station at 2:30 in the afternoon, and on to my home we went…..It was Tina and Franks first time at my house and the view of the Long Island Sound got them immediately!….It was Tina’s birthday, and I made a celebratory dinner……starting with an Insalata Caprese…baked marinated chicken…honey glazed carrots, and roasted potatoes…..For desert I made a LEMON CHEESECAKE….which everyone enjoyed………After dinner we went outside, and sat by the waterside with the fire pit blazing, almost a full moon on a clear night, glowing on the water…..I gifted Tina with two vintage “FISH NECKLACES”…….the long “School of Fish” necklace and the “Fish pendant”….which she loved…..It was almost midnight when the party ended and I drove them to the train station…..heading back to NYC…….A fun time was had by all!