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I  first had the privilege of meeting Jennifer Behr while she was still the brilliant designer behind the original Frederic Fekkai hair accessories sold exclusively at Henri Bendels, Saks and Bergdorf Goodman.

(Image of Jennifer Behr Gold and Black Stitched Weave Stretch Headband - All Rights Reserved).

At the time I met Jennifer, I was in New York with my beloved husband Michael.

We both were taken with Jennifer immediately.  She welcomed us to the Frederic Fekkai corporate offices not far from our quaint boutique inn - The Inn At Irving Place.  In fact, we walked from The Inn to the Fekkai offices.

Jennifer invited us into the conference room and proceeded to show us all of her current designs.  She also showed us future designs for the upcoming seasons.

At that time HairBoutique.com was negotiating the addition of the Frederic Fekkai line of hair accessories to our already spectacular collection of high fashion lines including Linda Levinson, Renee Rivera, Cara and Jane Tran, to name just a few of the many spectacular designers in our Marketplace.

Unfortunately, shortly after our meeting, Frederic decided to discontinue his hair accessory line in order to focus on his other business units.  Jennifer told me she was developing her own eponymous accessory line which was of course fabulous news. (more…)

I’ll tell you all a secret. Most of the time I think that no one reads my blogs. Or for that matter, the thousands of articles (literally) I have written over the past ten years for HairBoutique.com, MultiMedia (101 Celebrity Hairstyles, Short Cuts, Hair Gallery), Harris or the many other publications I have free lanced for during that time.

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