Get your own Kenneth Jay Lane inaugural pearls
If you thought pearls left the White House with Barbara Bush, think again. Kenneth Jay Lane, the king of costume jewelry, counts former first ladies Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Nancy Regan, Barbara Bush (she wore a strand of white, faux KJL pearls to one of her husband’s inaugurations) and Hillary Clinton (he gave Clinton a sparkly saxophone pin when her husband was elected) as clients. And Lane is dropping a strand of colorful, faux pearls into the gift bags at the Creative Coalition's Gala and Inaugural ball. Attendees such as Spike Lee, Susan Sarandon, Anne Hathaway and Ron Howard will all receive the bags with baubles.
Couldn’t get tickets to the event? Well, you can look like you went -- kind of.
QVC will be selling the same Kenneth Jay Lane pearl necklace (valued at $80) during their live broadcast from the Creative Coalition’s inaugural event for $30 to TV viewers.
Broadcast times are: 12 p.m., 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. PST on Jan 20. And the pearls are available after the broadcast at QVC.com
-- Melissa Magsaysay
Photo: Kenneth Jay Lane necklace. Credit: QVC
Explain to me how something that is given away ($0) or sold on TV for $30 can be valued at $80. Am I missing something?
Posted by: BMGM | January 07, 2009 at 04:41 PM
What the article should have said is that the RETAIL value is $80, which is what they will be selling for at department stores such as Bloomingdale's. They were "given away" by Kenneth Jay Lane in the goodie bags at one of the Inaugural Balls, which is a common practice to have a goodie bag at such events, and they are sold at a "volume discount" on QVC. I have one and it is beautiful and meaningful, and I highly recommend it.
Posted by: rainbow girl | February 07, 2009 at 10:09 PM
I purchased these pearls and they are stunning......a must have
Posted by: WOW | May 27, 2009 at 02:50 PM