Yearly Archives: 2022

I have a BIG SECRET……but my LIPS ARE SEALED…..all I can say is somethin new will be happening with nm NEW jewelry collect in MARCH

……………………………………………………….”BE KIND”……………………………………………………………………..

…………………..After TWENTY YEARS working at QVC Jac and I developed some very strong and deep bonds…….I always booked the same models…….Angela…..Chantal……Maria……Kate…..and Brenda…..After a while I didn’t have to say a word to them about how I wanted them to look and how I wanted them to show the clothes…..they instinctively knew….That’s what naturally happens between a designer and a model who have worked together for a long time….they just know……Of course I had the accessory bags for each look with a sketch on it so they just had to look at the sketch and follow it. No other designer prepared their shows the way I did…They basically left it up to whatever stylist was booked for their shows to handle it….for better or worse…..Yes, there were certainly other models I worked with on other shows that weren’t my own, and sometimes I booked them for my own shows when one of the regulars couldn’t do it……my standby girls were…..Jacqui, Michelle, Katia, Deanna, Anya, and Mary to name a few……..But it was MY GIRLS that I had the closest relationship with and still do…..Twenty years is a long time. I met them when they were young girls and I watched them grow into beautiful women……..It’s a bond that will never break….even if distance keeps us apart.

Jac had very strong bonds with the girls…..There were many times I would see one or the other huddled in Jac’s cubicle confiding in Jac about something…..Jac and I never discussed what was said unless I was invited into the conversation……They trusted Jac, and she was an incredible listener….She heard them! and they always trusted her sage advise…..Needless to say no one knew of Jac’s illness…..that’s the way Jac wanted it……When Jac passed on Dec. 12th I waited until after Christmas to let them know. I didn’t want to ruin their Holiday and I knew Jac would have wanted it this way. They were devastated…….My friendships will last forever.

…………………….It’s hard to believe Samantha [Sammy} came into our lives 12 years ago…….I remember the day we went to the state of Mass. to pick her out. I told the breeder I wanted a pure BLACK female Scottie with a PERSONALITY! She told me she had just the one for me. She said she was the runt of the littler but she was a “HELLION”…..sounded perfect to me…….When I first saw her and picked her up I looked at her at eye level…..face to face, eye to eye, and she stared right at me…….and then she LICKED MY NOSE!!!!! That sealed the deal….she was mine, and has been a Daddy’s girls ever since. Jac used to get a little jealous that Sammy liked to sit in my lap and always be with me, but she had Annie and Lily who always went to her…….How would this hellion fit in? She was a half sister to Lily…..same father, different mothers. They were a year apart….Dec. and January. The breeder told us not to bring her into the house, because the others would feel there territory was being encroached upon……She said it would be better if we had Annie and Lily “discover” her outside……So we let Sammy roam around in the new spring garden where the pansies had just been planted, and then let Annie and Lily out to “discover” their new sister……..Lily and Sammy bonded immediately….Did they know they were half sisters????? Annie was more stand offish, and never really took to Sam the way Lily did…. Annie and Lily were a pair and Lily and Sammy were a pair, but they were never a true threesome….Sammy was just so darn cute. Puppies have a certain sweet smell, and I loved to nuzzle my nose in her belly….She loved it too…After all of these years and the loss of her two sisters…..and her Mommy…..Sammy is still like a puppy!!!! She has boundless energy, and her belly still smells as sweet as it did the day I brought her home……..She remains Daddy’s Girl!