L.C.: Aloha, my name is L.C., and I’m a purseoholic.

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L.C.: I use a different bag every day. I tried going without on weekends—hoping to cut down. But then, last Saturday I changed my purse five times (sniff) …and kept forgetting something in the previous bag. Like my cell, right when my boyfriend was supposed to call. Then, my purse hook, and…(whispering) I had to put my new Coach bag down—on the... Read more »

You’ve always been a little jealous of your auntie’s calabash of shining glass fishing floats. But to score your own prized bowlful you’d have to spend the next 30 years combing the sand at dawn.

Forget the wait (and the dawn patrol) and start showing off your own unique beach glass bling now—only adorning you instead of your coffee table.

Former entertainers turned beach glass collectors and jewelers, Gene Allen and Rex Nockengust have been walking the beach at least three hours every day for the past eight years to find their glass gems—bits of misty white and... Read more »

The year is off to an excellent start—knock on wood. Not that you’re superstitious or anything. But you know there’s more beneath a surface appearance, and simple chance can lift life from good to stunning.

Husband and wife team Fran and Anson Tsang agree. That’s why their Tsang & Mirai jewelry line is designed to express outer beauty and inner meaning.

To compose each simple and edgy piece, they carefully use color, shape, carvings and the language of semi-precious stones to impart individual significance.

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The lush outdoor island environment inspires a lot of what you wear – from natural fiber fabrics to stylized flower and plant graphic prints.

And while you’ve long ago outgrown your rhinestone plumeria earrings, your grown-up bling could still go a little more au naturel.

Honolulu jewelry designer Catherine Weitzman interprets the Islands ’ natural elements for a woman’s body.

Her stunningly elegant earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings are handcrafted from precious metals cast from objects found in nature, Read more »

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