I started f.b.c.reations circa 2006, when life was good, on Sundays we’d watch Sex and the City, I was in my 40s era when I used to know most of the bouncers and club hop in Miami Beach, I was skinny and my uniform was minidresses and heels, and my accessories the silver Razr, the navy blue Luminor PANERAI and these statement necklaces I would make for myself.
Friends started asking me to make them for them and it became a teeny tiny business run on my dining table at night or on my day off, with the help of my daughter who would play around with charms and beads and make the kids’ version.
Unexpectedly, I would find it soothing to manipulate and mix semiprecious stones and ribbons. The colors, the power of the stones, the seasons, the statements.
Most of the most memorable pieces are still around. We wear them and are happy.
The perfect-size bag upcycled from silk swatches, one-of-a-kind, zero waste, crafted in Miami by Pangea Kali Virga. It comes with my book: “The Cheat Sheet of Italian Style. Confidence and Sustainable Chic in Ten Struts”
