Lots of long lengths, oxidized chain, tassles and gold with crystal were trends I noticed  at Accessorie Circuit this week. Lots of moody dark colors and big earrings.

Attendance was pretty slow at the show  this week but our booth looked really adorable and we got lots of favorable reviews and new customers, some in new states! Wilmette, Illinois is a first as is Dallas, TX, Weston, MA and New Canaan CT!  So the show was a great success. I was asked to by the SUNDANCE Catalog buyer to send samples  of my signature necklaces and my new mini vermeil and crystal necklaces- so I will do that first thing tomorrow!

The show is known for upscale designers like Dana Kellin and Alexis Bittar. Becky Kelso, Swallow and Jamie Cole are a few of my favorite handmade designer jewerly artists- take a look at their websites.

A little more casual than usual- a couple of new things! Come to New Rochelle’s hudson park and check it out this Sunday 7/19/09, 1-4pm

Love this new triple necklace- Blue, purple and gray – it’s going to be my palette for Fall/Winter

Developing my Fall 2009 line forPam Older Designs concentrating on my signature necklace design- this one done in multi colored tourmaline briolettes.
They will debut at the Accessorie Circuit show at the Piers on August 3-5th.

You can now find many handmade one of a kind and limited edition earrings and necklaces from pam older designs in Byram CT at Krizi Collections, The Beehive Co-0p in Mt Kisco, NY, DIG in Saugerties, NY, Number 5 in Ross, CA  and Designer One in Larchmont, check it out at http://www.pamolder.com.

Excerpted from the Wagging Column pg 30 Dec. 2008 Issue:

“Style seekers who looked a little north on the female guests were also rewarded.  Pam Older, a Larchmont jewelry designer who has been profiled in”O”, The Oprah Magazine, and whose delicate earrings even took a star turn on Desperate Houswives, was on hand sporting some of her own work. Check out her website (www.pamolderdesigns.com) to see some of the lovely handcrafted jewelry, much of it one of a kind.  On the subject of local style-setters,

Eric and Louise Neuland, the owners of DesignerOne in Larchmont, were among the many guests.

Remember back when we were in the third grade and had an obsession with EZ 2 Do? We loved designing our own bracelets, necklaces, rings, and earrings. We’d spend endless hours at sleepovers, tediously crafting our very own jewelry collections (usually of the gaudy “gemstone” or beaded variety) — and, of course, embellishing any piece of fabric we owned with our trusty BeDazzler (I think I even tried to BeDazzle a pair of satin leggings … what’s worse, that I did this, or that I owned a pair of satin leggings?). Then there was lanyard (also known as Boondoggle or gimp) — yards and yards of the plastic lace, in a vast rainbow of insanely bright colors, which we used to create bracelets, key chains, and other vibrant accessories. And you can’t forget that huge pink caboodle, filled with thousands of tiny, sparkly beads and elastic thread. I even recall a few of my über-crafty friends using their Easy-Bake Oven to manufacture their own clay beads. Weren’t we always so proud of our jewelry? Our colorful little bracelets were truly an expression of ourselves — a representation, if you will. (Unfortunately, I wasn’t a very talented jeweler — at all, now that I think about it.)

Anyhow, the point is, I was accessories shopping this past Monday and couldn’t help but notice how utterly mainstream everything appeared. It looked as if there was one giant fashion house designing all of our jewelry (and I’m not just talking about Forever 21 look-alikes). From the cheap little bodegas in the malls to the racks at retail chain stores to the counters at Saks, it’s all one big heaping mess of long chain necklaces, chunky bangles, and large Beyoncé-esque earrings these days.

Whatever happened to our girl’s nights of beading and bedazzling? Have they been completely displaced by Mojitos and stiletto-wearing evenings out? I’m not suggesting a need for the revival of slumber parties, but wouldn’t it be nice to have a fabulous necklace that no one else has, everyone loves, and doesn’t bear the label “Made in Korea”?

Well, as I stated before, I’m no craft queen. But these days, I do have a penchant for unique bling — as well as an aversion to the commonplace, blah status of mass produced-jewelry. To satisfy my craving, I tracked down a handful of local jewelry designers (yes, they do exist north of Soho), and to my delight, I found oodles of fantastically fun — and classy — pieces for every style preference and occasion. Ranging from welded cuffs to beaded earrings and gold necklaces, these artists have given me a breath of fresh air — and an outlet for my latest fashion fetish.

Larchmont’s Pam Older, who previously had a career in magazine publishing, launched her jewelry company in 2003. She was profiled in the January 2006 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine, and last year her jewelry was shown on Desperate Housewives. You can purchase her colorful, elegant designs on her Web site or at boutiques and galleries all over the country.

Vermeil Nugget Hoop Earrings, $125
Teardrop hoops in 22k vermeil with a thin layer of 22k gold over a sterling silver bead

Four Strand Vermeil Bracelet, $165

Four strands of vermeil beads joined with a bold toggle clasp; also available in silver

Here are a few local stores that carry her wares:

Woodstock Designs, Woodstock

Wondrous Things, Croton On Hudson, NY

Glass Onion, Pleasantville, NY

Mary Stuart Designs, Lenox, MA

Hoadley Gallery, Lenox, MA

I wanted to thank “New Canaan Cares” for inviting me sell my handmade jewelry at the 16th annual Kitchen Tour on May 16th.  I enjoyed working with the lovely people who organized the tour this year in New Canaan and provided a wonderful day raising money for a variety of charities. Pam Older Designs was proud to be part of it and happy to make a donation based on a very busy day of sales!

I am looking for showrooms to sell my jewelry in any major city. I would prefer that they understand and have an upscale customer that looks for limited edition silver and 14k handcrafted earrings, necklaces and bracelets.  If anyone one reading this knows of a good showroom please let me know.  I think Atlanta is a great market as is NY.

I sold my wares at the Dogwood Festival this past weekend and it was a very special event. The area is stunning with flowering trees all around a village green and a white with light blue trimmed New England Church! Just picture perfect and a lovely place to sell my handcrafted jewelry.

Seems like the ladies were partial to light color cluster earrings and I sold a signature cluster necklace in light green garnet with a matching cascade earring to a very lucky woman (her husband, an oncologist also treated his daughter a gift- a pair of loopy hoops in silver!).

To those thinking of selling next year know that it is very well run. They even have people come by and relieve you when you go for made in Vermont homemade ice cream cone!

On May 30-31st I will be at the White Plains show.  I hear it is a huge show! Looking forward to it.

Just returned from South Beach where the beautiful people hang and where anyone without a tattoo and a bikini

is simply too old to be there! Lots of beautiful weather, water and great meals. Osteria Del Teatro is still

tops on my list but we ate at the Angler Hotel’s restaurant, Maison D’Azure, and it was wonderful too. Great chef and a gem of a room. Loved our stay at the hotel too.

For the best Cuban food without the glitz go to Puerto Sagua!

Not too much great jewelry in South Beach- mostly chain stores like Zara, Banana Republic, Kenneth Cole

and Benneton. But general shopping was great and the stores have things there that they don’t have up North.