{Stanley Hagler N.Y.C. vintage petal necklace and earrings} As it turned out, I had a lovely Black Friday. My family was visiting for the holiday and we were in agreement that the mall was not where we wanted to spend the day. So we made the hour drive north to Santa Barbara to enjoy…
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If you’re at all a fan of jewelry, you’re certainly familiar with Verdura jewelry. The super-brief version of the story is this: Duke Fulco di Verdura, a Sicilian aristocrat and lover of design and art in all forms, rose to great prominence in the mid-1920s when he began designing costume jewelry for fashion legend Coco…
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Flowers have been powerful motifs in art since the beginning of time. Virtually every renowned artist of the 20th century at some point in his or her career used these gentle emblems of nature to express artistic talent and to beautify the world around us. So it is no surprise, but quite a delight, that…
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