Eye Catching

Worked all afternoon trying to bend my thoughts into thinking differently about shapes. I got small amounts of work done on fifty things at once. Not one thing got finished.

I found these little J's recently. I love the fancy ones. In my grandmother's day they were embroidered into the insides of your fur coat so you wouldn't get it mixed up in the coat check.

The bottom picture is an installation that Sheila Hicks did for Target's headquarters. This is in her Paris studio courtyard. I wish I could wear it around my neck!!

I.D. Please! - by Melissa Lim

Left to right: Frankie, Craig, Gail and Kismet. All Jeanine Payer

James Dean sporting an ID bracelet

Another silver ID bracelet which belonged to James Dean recently sold for $30,000

The King wearing his signature ID bracelet

Elvis' 14k diamond encrusted ID bracelet sold for over $500,000 at auction

The iconic ID bracelet, once worn by soldiers during the Second World War and now donned by both men and women as a fashion statement, has an interesting history. During WWII, the bracelets were a part of a soldier's uniform and was engraved with basic information (name, rank, serial number). After the war, many men still wore them proudly, as a badge of honor, thus starting a trend. By the 1950s and 60s, the ID bracelet became popular with rebellious teens as well as grown-ups.

Over the years, Jeanine Payer has designed her take on the ID bracelet. In our current collection, there are several versions, all beautifully engraved with poems or quotes.

Featured on the Gail bracelet:

The joys I have possessed are ever mine- ~ John Dryden

The quote seems to capture the essence of the high-spiritedness of both Elvis and James Dean, who lived their lives fast and hard, but by doing so, left this world all too soon.

In Progress...

A Member of the Wedding

I just ran across this beautiful picture of Morgan and her wedding party from a few years back. Morgan is the manager of one of our best stores in Canada, Rubaiyat. Don't these women look amazing? And they all are sporting our Edmond necklace!!