I have always been into clothes and jewelry and started working in retail at the age of fifteen in Los Angeles, California. After several years of retail and FIDM I opened my own store, Acacia in the 90's as a multi-designer boutique in Beverly Hills with all young European designers. After ten years I went on to design and manufacture a women's pant collection called Gavin. The pants were all about the fit and sold in over 100 boutiques in the United States. Now I'm making gold bead bracelets. I actually have a professional beader! I started by making nine for myself in small and medium beads and they were so comfortable that i never took them off! My friends asked me where I got them and asked me to make them to sell. My bracelets are ... Read more about Karen Lazar.