
The Best Bedazzler
Judith Lieber, the designer and creator of iconic bejeweled minaudieres, died this week at age 97. Although she also worked in exotics skins and fabrics, she will be forever remembered for her whimsical, colorful, glittering purses that were just large enough to hold a lipstick, tissue and compact. ( I don't know how many of today's mobile phones or supersized car fobs would fit inside -- if any.) I recall attending galas in the '80s and '90s and sometimes seeing one of her l