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Cathy Waterman's Amethyst Winged Creature:
From the 'Love of My Life' collection.
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DALLAS | SPECIAL FEATURE | 10.28.2010 | Holly Haber.
CADILLAC CONCIERGE. After 25 years in retail, Joanne Teichman is having the time of her life. An ad account exec turned merchant when she opened Ylang-Ylang jewelry store (since renamed Ylang 23) with her husband, Charles, Joanne is working with designers and clients she loves and basking in the glow of her massive computer screen, where she can blog, post photographs, tweet, interact on Facebook, and create Polyvores to her heart's content. |
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Teichman is whirring at such a high pitch that time has compressed. "As far as I'm concerned, we opened yesterday, and tomorrow is already here," she says. "I don't feel any older or different. We're still having fun doing it, and as long as we are, I'm not handing it over to anyone."
You can't blame her. The Teichmans are at the top of their game. Their boutique at Galleria Dallas may be tiny, but the glittering selection of designer jewelry that's crammed in there is one of the biggest and hippest in the country-maybe the world. After all, their 10-year-old website, ylang23.com, has captured significant clienteles in
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