fake it till you make it
Aug 18, 2021
4 minutes
BY PAMELA WIGGINS SIEGEL
Image by Billy Farrell/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
“I myself am a fabulous fake,” Kenneth Jay Lane once said.
In all honesty, I always heard Kenneth Jay Lane described as a snooty, curmudgeonly type of man. Imagine my surprise when the wonderful opportunity to meet him in his New York showroom arose and he turned out to be quite charming. Then, a few years later, I found him to be gracious and accommodating again during a phone interview as we chatted about his life as a jewelry designer and collector.
That’s not to say he didn’t have an air about him. He touted his television gig with QVC when we met in person as he excused
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