Kenneth Jay Lane
American Costume Jewelry Since 1963
Kenneth Jay Lane launched his jewelry business in New York in 1963 while designing shoes for Christian Dior, starting by decorating plastic bangles with rhinestones. By the 1966 Black and White Ball, the New York Times was reporting that his name sat alongside a woman’s hairdresser and makeup artist among her most important men. He won a special Coty Award that year, and his bold, unapologetically faux designs made costume jewelry fashionable.
