Since my early days as a journalist, I’ve loved cultured pearls. Something about them spoke to me, including their rich colors and exotic overtones (such as peacock in Tahitians), their luster, and their variety of shapes. Baroque or circle shapes were easy to afford and that’s how I started collecting: I bought what I thought was pretty and could afford. Today, both my personal acquisitions and my taste for more exotic types have grown—so much so I was tapped by the board of directors of the Cultured Pearl Association of America to take this role of both writing about cultured...
New York City, June 25, 2018. By now, many of you have noticed a beautiful Tahitian-pearl-covered publication that poly-bagged with the May issue of Instore magazine.
New York City, May 18, 2018. When First Lady Barbara Bush died on April 17, the world reflected on her support of literacy campaigns but also on her love of pearls. Rarely was she seen not wearing a white pearl strand or two.