Yearly Archives: 2022

………………….These pictures were taken when I visited Elena, Angelo and Jac in Athens on my return from Mykonos…..I don’t remember ever getting this tan. The beaches of Mykonos were the best…The sun in Greece and the sea turned me into a deep rich brown……Jac and Elena were so WHITE next to me!….We had all just gotten up and we were sitting on the second floor terrace that ran the length of the house. We just finished having breakfast. All of the trees in the photo are brown, because a month before there was a huge fire that miraculously stopped at their property line. The house, unlike many others, wasn’t touched. Elena was about 5 months pregnant. Yanni was to arrive about 4 months later…..The black and white dog’s name was “Doggie”….how can you forget that…..Elena had a day planned of site seeing and shopping…..It was already hot, but we would take our time. Angelo, who is an architect, would be working on a new hospital wing if I remember correctly, and couldn’t be with us, but he joined us later for dinner at an out door restaurant…..I remember having an allergy attack, and couldn’t stop sneezing…..Jac wasn’t happy about my constant sneezing, but Elena and Angelo were more sympathetic……I drank wine until the sneezes stopped!…I had a wonderful visit, and after four days I was on my way back to work in NYC.

……………….The MOON and STAR EARRING was created at the same time as the MOON and STAR PENDANT and the Star Ring and Star Bangle….They were all meant to be worn together all at once, or one combination or another………The style number of the earring, made in Italy, is J406708, and is avail now on the Linea site on QVC. It is avail. in Sterling Silver and Sterling with 18 Karat Gold plate….CUBIC ZARCONIAN stones decorate the earrings….The top post has a single stone. From that hangs a CRESCENT MOON totally paved in stones. A STAR dangles from the moon with a single stone at its’ center…..It may look large in the photos, but it is just 1 and 1/4 inch long so it is a delicate light weight earring that anyone can wear……..”I love you over the moon and beyond the stars”

…………………………….LOVE LOVE ALWAYS LOVE…..is what is inscribed in side the NEW ring………..in FRENCH!…….J406417 is the style number. This is one of my newest STERLING SILVER and STERLING SILVER with 18 KARAT GOLD PLATE pieces……The BOMBE top and down the sides are totally paved in CUBIC ZARCONIA……It is meticulously made in ITALY like all of my other Sterling pieces, and it is a SPECTACULAR RING. Right now it’s avail in sizes 5 through 11, but a warning…….it already is selling incredibly well and it’s only been avail for two days!……..Ladies this is a BEAUTY…..Of course LOUIS DELLOLIO is inscribed inside……..One of Jac and my favorite movies is “THE WOMEN” directed by George Cukor in 1939. It has a stellar cast of all WOMEN…….One of our favorite characters is the “COUNTESS” played by Mary Boland……She has a famous line…..After quite a few cocktails, the thrice divorced Countess exclaims…..”L’Amour L’Amour Toujoures L’Amour”…..Every time we looked at the movie, and she delivers that line…..we would crack up……I know you will love this ring!!!!On another note…..I have been informed that Linea fashion jewelry has been found in one of the warehouses…..so periodically you will see older pieces suddenly appear. I don’t know how all of these pieces could have been misplaced, and for so long, but they have. There are very few pieces of each so if you do want to add these to your collection….DO NOT HESITATE! I noticed the TASSEL GRANDE reappeared in BOTH COLORS. This is a great piece…..a one of a kind special piece….so consider these “new” arrivals as a second chance!

…….You never know where inspiration comes from…..In this case it’s a line from the movie “THE WOMEN”……. L’Amour L’Amour Toujoures L’Amour was uttered by the “COUNTESS” after a few cocktails by actress Mary Boland. She is wearing the funny black hat in the center photo. She was a wonderful comedic actress, and her character in this movie made for some very special moments….This was one of Jac and my favorite movies, because it is so hilariously funny. George Cukor directed these incredible actresses in 1939. Thought the COUNTESS was used for comic relief what she says is very true, and has always stayed with me………………..LOVE LOVE ALWAYS LOVE…..I knew one day I would use this quote for something………The new PAVED STERLING SILVER RING was the perfect piece to have it engraved in.

……………….I don’t think Jac or I really believed this was happening. It all happened so fast we didn’t have time to think or plan……Jac’s big question was….”what will I wear”. Jac was never a wedding gown type. She had worn so many when she modeled that they didn’t hold any magic for her…………so she picked an Ivory Anne Klein jacket and a silk top with black pants…..that was much more her style….However, we did have time before we left NY to get simple gold band wedding rings….Jac is holding the red flowers Andrea, on the right, picked for her from the flower bed in front of the Bellagio Hotel…..Does that meet the requirement for something borrowed?…We could hear Jean Pierre, on the left, weeping during the whole ceremony!…..Jac and I could barely hold in the laughter….Afterwards we all went to the Needle for dinner with the revolving restaurant, and the roller coaster on the roof……It was a little touristy, but we didn’t care…..It had the best view of Las Vegas….In the following days we went to Hoover Dam and went on the tour inside the dam itself….Workers had written their names in the cement….It was very interesting….Years later they stopped the tour because of terrorism…..We also took a plane ride over the Grand Canyon and over Monument Park….I sat next to the piolet and Jac sat right behind me…..She was petrified and gripped my shoulder so tightly she left marks in my skin!….We spent a few days in Vegas and saw lots of shows….What started as a lark became our favorite trip……Later on I did get Jac a beautiful diamond wedding band, but she always wore the simple gold one……When Jac passed I put her gold band on a gold chain and I have worn it every day ever since….it never comes off.