David Yurman, the Man, Sits Down with Ken Downing of Neiman Marcus

Published this week to the official blog of Neiman Marcus was a conversation (think interview but more casual) between NM fashion director Ken Downing and the one and only Mr. David Yurman. Here are some highlights and images from:

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On bringing Cable to the public at a 1982 trade show:
"The first moment was frightening."



On bracelets and bracelet stacking:
"I don't trust people who don't have good appetites or who wear only one bracelet. I don't care if it's my bracelet. It's bracelets--there's an 's' at the end."



On being preoccupied at school:
"I was ADD and dyslexic, but wasn't diagnosed with ADD until '75. I would daydream and find my language in drawing and lines."



On collaborating with his son Evan:
"I think I'm learning more from Evan and he's learning from me. He's fearless about a lot of things. He can look into a stone and say, 'This is spectacular.' And I'm, 'I don't see spectacular.' He says, 'Let me tell you, it's poorly cut, but with proper cutting and 10- to 15-percent loss in weight, it's a spectacular stone--buy it.'"



On adornment:
"It's not about the objects. It's the love you put in them."

Image Credit: Neiman Marcus

You can read the conversation in its entirety here.