NYC born iconic designer Ralph Lauren began his career by selling ties to his high school classmates. In 1967 while working for Brooks Brothers as a salesman, he decided to open a necktie store where he began to sell his own ties under the renowned Polo label. By 1970 Lauren designed a menswear line, and later received the City Award for his exclusive collection created for actor Andrew McLean.  Today, Ralph Lauren has over 35 boutiques in United States selling clothing for women and men, shoes, accessories, and home décor.  

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BestAmericanArts.com is a family-owned on-line store based out of Columbus, OH that’s dedicated to supporting our American artisans. This store sells jewelry, home décor, handbags, quilts, leather good, and among other items all handcrafted by American artists. Best American Arts’ mission is to connect us to unique American made jewelry and gifts. They were voted as the Best Web Site for American artisan goods by NICHE Awards in August of 2008.

BestAmericanArts.com suggesting we make 2009 the Year of American gifts! And, with that, they are providing the readers of Jewelry Revelations with a 10% discount on your entire purchase. Just use coupon code Jewelry 09.  

I’ll be featuring some of the talented designers that you can find on their site, so look out for these posts. Meanwhile, check out their site here. 

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