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Caption: _______ My London Flat Suzy Smith
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Caption: When I was young,
I dreamed of living in London.
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Caption: I have wonderful friends who have always supported my creativity.
I am incredibly grateful.
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Caption: I started sewing at the age of twelve.
After design school, I schlepped my designs all over, in hopes of "catching a break."
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Caption: I love creating beautiful things,
inspired from the past.
I know you will find something to cherish.
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Caption: I LOVE antiques.
I bring home treasures in my
second suitcase.
....and then I start creating.
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Caption: I love flowers.
Princess Diana,
And
antique belt buckles...
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Caption: Princess Diana had incredible taste,
and was a loving mother.
I adored her.
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Caption: I am a mother of two boys.
They were born in London.
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Caption: We lived in London for seven years.
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Caption: Living in Europe inspired me.
History and pageantry are impressive.
I think women should wear ball gowns more often..
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Caption: Princess Diana knew how to wear a ballgown.
I met her the day this photo was taken.
She shook my hand, I burst into tears.
She giggled.
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Caption: Im often stuck in the past.
I
wish
I could have been the "Sabrina" looking in on all those fab soirees.
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Caption: I'm back in America.
I'm an Anglophile.
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Caption: I think the Dowager Countess is brilliant.
I like how she thinks.
So I opened
My London flat
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Caption: The shop is in Houston Texas.
Houston has more sunshine than London.
(My shop has air conditioning that never stops.)
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Caption: The shop is in a former convent.
(Oh yes it is!)
I like nuns . They gave me a great education.
They can be VERY strict.
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Caption: The response was overwhelming.
lots of people queued up to get in..
(I'm being a bit dramatic)
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Caption: I'm looking forward to your visit.
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Caption: The formal room.
Everything in this room is for sale.
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Caption: This is the place where
Princess Diana
Meets
Jane Austen.
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Caption: I think Diana would love this necklace.
I named a collection after her.
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Caption: French cut glass belt buckle @1880,
12mm freshwater baroque pearls,
Hand knotted on silk thread.
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Caption: I think Jane would love this necklace.
I named a collection after her.
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Caption: English belt buckle, hand painted portrait on ceramic medallion @ 1900,
10mm freshwater pearls
hand knotted on silk thread.
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Caption: My grandmother was a class act.
I miss her.
My favorite collection is named after her,
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Caption: The MaMere collection is designed with
antique religious medallions.
(My MaMere was a pro at prayer.)
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Caption: MaMere
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Caption: 100 years ago women had few shoes.
(Can you imagine?)
They fixed that dilemma with shoe buckles, to change the look.
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Caption: French antique shoe buckles
are transformed into necklaces.
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Caption: French cut steel shoe buckle @1890,
10mm freshwater pearls,
hand knotted on silk thread.
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Caption: French cut steel child's shoe buckle @1880,
4mm Freshwater pearls,double strand.
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Caption: Decisions can be challenging.
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Caption: As my friend Elizabeth says:
TDF
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Caption: Find your "place" at
My London Flat
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