Style: Summer 2011 Lookbook
type, nautical inspired strips, lace and a little bit of floral. Statement jewelry such as big rings, bib necklaces and lots of bracelets and ...
Howard Jones - Pearl In The Shell. Top Of The Pops 1984
Pearl In The Cartridge OFFICIAL VIDEO shown on Top Of The Pops 1984, Howard Jones (born John Howard Jones, 23 February 1955, Southampton, Hampshire ...
Jeweler found the perfect setting for a career
If he'd been born in a distinct generation, Walter Childress says, he might have been a computer geek and spent his days dismantling actively drives or developing apps.
"I was always good with my hands. My mother said I took the hinges off the door when I was 3½ ."
But this unaffected-born tinkerer found his niche not with wi-fi or privacy settings, but with settings for choice and semi-precious stones. And he's developed useful products that have applications for jewelry wearers and repairers.
With the post being a Valentine's-related profile, a jeweler seemed a natural choice. But this columnist's knowledge of fine jewelry could fit on a Post-it note.
It took a restricted recommendation to find Childress, whose shop is tucked away in Chevy Track Place. Apparently, he's built enough of a following that being able to park amend outside his door is more important than visibility.
"Everybody assumes my blood was in the business," says Childress. "My father was a livestock buyer for Armour. Not many people recollect, but there used to be a packing plant out on Old Frankfort Pike where they processed lambs and sheep." Childress was born in Lexington, but the family followed the livestock issue before settling back down here. He graduated from Lafayette High School in 1966.
