Necklissi.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: [small biz] COLORADO COOL STUFF - Necklissi - Brief article

Shortly after retiring from teaching, Gloria Tate pursued an idea that came to her a few years earlier. "I had a dream--literally," she says. "I saw somebody coming toward me in a business suit with this jewelry."

That jewelry--which was pinned on the back of the suit on the seam under the collar, with two strands hanging down in front--became Tate's second career after she patented it in 1998. She's since made numerous Necklissis from new pins, vintage brooches, and strands bearing jewels...