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“Fashion fades, only style remains the same.” – Coco Chanel

Coco’s quote is a great way to describe Gerard Yosca’s accessory designs.  I remembered this quote when I was stopped a few days ago and asked about one of my favorite cuffs (shown to the side), which just happens to be a Gerard Yosca (GY) design.  (Image of Gerard Yosca Key Lime Cuff with Yellow and Blue Daisy).  

Yes, I often buy doubles and triples of items that I am buying for the HairBoutique.com Marketplace so that I can then send a list of what I want to my friends and family when they ask about my birthday or Christmas.

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Besides being HairBoutique.com CEO, editor-in-chief and writer, one of my other hats is buyer.

Now that HairBoutique.com has over 15,000 SKUs (and growing constantly), I don’t buy for all the many different lines, but I do still buy all the hair accessory lines.

(Side & Top Cuff views from Gerard Yosca – Photo from HairBoutique.com Photo Library – all rights reserved – HairBoutique.com).

Maybe because I have my own designs – Karen Marie – or because I have been buying hair accessories since day one of our Marketplace…hair accessories are my “thing”.

Everyone at HairBoutique.com says I have “the eye” for buying great hair accessories. Or maybe they say that because they don’t want to be bothered and it is a good way to flatter me into volunteering to do the deed (which I actually love to do).

Allow me to spiral off into a few memories and I promise to explain the “tingles” which is part of this title.

When the Hairboutique.com Marketplace was first getting started we have a few “hand made” hair accessories from a long haired designer out West. The accessories were very simple in design and construction but all I could find at the time.

After all, I went from telecommunications systems engineer geekette (they actually called me dudette at my last telecom job) to buying all sorts of hair goods and accessories. I knew absolutely nothing about what I was doing. Seriously naive about sooooooooooooo many things it is actually scary that I managed not to screw up more than I did.

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