DOLORES BY ADVANCED STYLE.
My jewelry adventure began 25 years ago when I moved from New York City to Coronado,
California at the age of 50 wanting a fresh start from the corporate world. While still trying to
figure this out, my new husband Allan and I took a trip to South East Asia.
In Vietnam I was struck by the hard working women, and for some reason, the ones stringing
pearls especially tugged at my heart and I wanted to help. One woman I met, Huong, invited me
for tea and we talked about her life, her small pearly jewelry business and her desire to do
business in America. I promised to help her and brought home 13 strands of pearls and a
renewed sense of purpose: helping women and children in need
The thirteen strands of pearls were quickly sold and the adventure took off as I began to buy
more jewelry and set up booths at the weekend markets and traveling around the US selling
pearls at women’s events. As my husband and I traveled to other countries such as India,
Turkey, Nepal, Thailand, France, England. and of course Vietnam, I began to meet other women
making amazing jewelry in other countries and finally opened a jewelry store in Coronado, an
island extension of San Diego.
The freedom and space of having my own store allowed me to start buying gemstones, charms,
beads, icons and medals for designing my own jewelry. However, when COVID hit, I closed my
store and moved into the studio apartment at my home and began to focus on building an online
presence.
I am fascinated by life and the aging process even though I keep forgetting that I will be 75 in a
few weeks. I love meeting people of all ages and my friends spans at least five decades. This
affords me the opportunity to constantly be in a flexible learning mode but also comforts me to
be with women older than me to experience their graceful aging.
Age is really a state of mind and a conscious choice about how I want to show up in life. I want
to keep dancing until the band stops
DOLORES WHAT MAKES YOU TICK?
HAVE YOU LIVED IN CALIFORNIA YOUR WHOLE LIFE?
I was born in Cleburne,Texas and my birthday is October 14, 1946.
I began traveling to other countries such as India, Turkey, Nepal, Thailand, France, England and of course Vietnam buying jewelry from women in those countries I thought I could help. I also began designing my own jewelry with gemstones, icons, charms and metals.
When Covid hit I closed my shop and moved to a studio apartment at my home and continued my business on line by focusing on an on line presence and shopping with my international friends by FaceTime. I am forever grateful to my clients as they embrace this transition and my vendors who share their world with me.
CAN YOU SHARE YOUR JOURNEY INTO JEWELRY MAKING WITH US?
How did that passion BITE YOU?
SEE ABOVE!
WHAT ARE A FEW OF YOUR FAVORITE COLOR COMBINATIONS?
Acid green and cobalt blue, any color pearls and labradorite gemstones
I WOULD IMAGINE YOU GET STOPPED FREQUENTLY FOR ALL THE CREATIONS YOU WEAR AND COLORFUL OUTFITS?
What is the most used word you hear to describe YOUR STYLE?
“It’s so cool to see a woman your age so hip”
They love my blue hair and my costume wardrobe from around the world.
I love wearing Indian saris and embellished long coats from Turkey
ANY TIPS YOU CAN SHARE WITH MY READERS ABOUT HOW YOU GO ABOUT DRESSING YOURSELF?
Do you plan an outfit or are you like me and just start getting dressed and add as you go?
If I have a specific piece of jewelry I want to wear I start with it, the necklace will determine the neckline and the sleeve length will help me decide how many bracelets I can stack on.
If I want to wear bold earrings that decides if my hair is down or up.
WHAT EXERCISE DO YOU ENJOY?
Yoga, I’ve been practiceing for over 60 years, not only for flexibility, but to quite my mind and improve my balance.
I experiment with different styles to keep myself from agaile and at the top of my game.
DO YOU ENJOY BEING IN THIS AGELESS STYLE ERA?
Yes, so much so I keep forgetting my age. The age range of my friends spans at least five decades. This affords me the opportunity to constantly be in a flexible learning mode but also comforts me to be with older women than me to experience their graceful aging. So much so it’s sometime hard for me to realize I am 75 years old.
What is your FAVORITE ACCESSORY?
That’s really a hard question for a woman who has a showroom full of beautiful one of a kind gemstone jewelry.
I love pearls with everything and the more unusual and funky the better.
I’m also drawn to bold, ethnic, chunky, over the top jewelry.
Every piece I design I would personally love to wear.
I never make jewelry just for popularity sake.
FAVORITE SKINCARE PRODUCTS AND LIPSTICK?
Chanel foundation for sure and always, flaxseed oil for cleaning and
three layers of drug store lipstick (Maybelline Super Stay Matte Ink, Maybelline Super Stay Ink Crayon & No7 Stay Perfect lipstick.
WHAT ARE YOUR SIGNATURE PIECES YOU ARE KNOWN TO WEAR?
Big rings on every finger and chunky over the top colorful necklaces.
ANY STYLE ICONS?
Favorite TV SHOW GROWING UP!
Iris, of course and my blue hair was inspired by McKenzie & Child.
Zandra Rhodes showed me the importance of wearing the colors you love — not what your color seasonal palette is.
And Betsy Jonhson inspired mixing colors and textures and styles for a more original look.
That said I still love jeans and white shirts.
Favorite TV SHOW was AMERICAN BANDSTAND.
ANY THOUGHTS ON GETTING OLDER?
I BELIEVE YOU ARE IN ONE OF ARI SETH COHEN’s BOOKS ADVANCED STYLE WHAT PAGE NUMBER CAN WE FINE YOU?
(Page numbers are in the middle of the pages on the sides.)
I’m in TWO of his books, the second edition of Advanced Style OLDER & WISER page 28, across from Carol Channing and the third book ADVANCED LOVE.
Advanced Love, Dolores and Allan page 72.
As to my thoughts on aging, it really is a state of mind and a conscious choice about how I want to show up in life.
I want to keep dancing until the band stops.
IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME TO ANOTHER DECADE WHICH WOULD IT BE AND WHY?
That’s a tough question because I have no desire to go back in time.
I’ve worked consciously to live in the state of mind of positive law of attraction, forgiving the past and making peace with the journey.
Those mistakes, missteps and screw ups I want to acknowledge and leave behind with self forgiveness.
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THERE IS A FUN SHORT CLIP OF A PARTY SHE HAD WITH GIRLFRIENDS BELOW.
I WOULD LOVE TO MEET UP WITH DOLORES AND SHOP HER TREASURES IN THE COMING YEAR!
I DO HOPE I CAN STEP ON A JET PLANE AND ZOOM SOUTH SOON!
THIS IS YOUR CONTESSA SPEAKING NOW.
THERE IS ONE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION DEAR READERS MY FRIEND BRENDA’S BLOG.
I wanted to tell you about my friend, Brenda Coffee, who has the Top 10 Blog for Women Over 50. Brenda writes about a lot of different things from sex and men, to when Diana Ross called her up to the stage because she liked her dress, finding our voice and the next chapter of our lives, the importance of great girlfriends, and interviews with some of the supermodels from the 70’s and 80’s, who are her friends.
Brenda’s taken the last two years off from blogging to write a memoir, but she’s back blogging full time, so please subscribe to her blog on
1010ParkPlace.com While she was writing her book, periodically she popped in to give her readers some snippets from her memoir, and they had me on the edge of my seat. The only thing she hasn’t told us are the details about when she was taken at gunpoint, by the Guatemalan Military Commandos. I can tell you she was traveling alone! Privately she told me this group was known for raping and murdering more than 50,000 women. They forced her to walk, with a machine gun in her back, 20 minutes into the jungle. She hasn’t told me any more than that, but I can’t wait for her book!!!
THANK YOU DOLORES FOR YOUR FEATURE AND ENTHUSIASM!
A VERY HAPPY HEALTHY BIRTHDAY TO YOU THIS YEAR!
THANK YOU FOR BEING MY SEPTEMBER GAL!
A SHORT UPDATE ON ME AND MY HEALTH!
After a month and 15 days and FOUR ATTEMPTS I finally have the medicine, half of what was prescribed as the PHARMACY was OUT OF IT!I have started on a seizure medication to see if I can GET MY LIFE BACK on TRACK!Needless, to say I am a nervous wreck about it as I have been on FOUR SEIZURE MEDICATIONS in the past which all made me terribly sick!I also lost a TON of weight and my appetite and taste for wine!THE FIFTH TIME I WILL HAVE SUCCESS lets just leave it at that for now!
Thank YOU TO ALL WHO SENT BEAUTIFUL CARDS AND EMAILS…………….I TREASURE YOUR READERSHIP and FRIENDSHIP through this cyber space this world has created!Just know I would LOVE to MEET YOU ALL IN PERSON ONE DAY!
XXX CONTESSA
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