USA : Costume jewelry designer Kenneth Lane Jewelry at RISD

Catch a rare glimpse of the work of Kenneth Jay Lane [RISD ’54, Advertising Design], the major American maker and designer of costume jewelry who continues to lead the industry.

Fabulous Fakes: Jewelry of Kenneth Jay Lane
October 26, 2007-January 27, 2008
The RISD Museum

Lane, a stalwart of the fashion world, is widely credited with making costume jewelry as glamorous as million-dollar baubles. Hundreds of his creations - the likes of which have been worn by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Nancy Reagan, Diana Vreeland, Britney Spears and countless other women from every walk of life - are featured.

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), founded in 1877 in Providence, RI, is a vibrant community of artists and designers that includes 2,200 students from around the world, approximately 350 faculty and curators, and 400 staff members. Each year more than 200 prominent artists, critics, authors and philosophers visit our historic College Hill campus.

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