Carole Tanenbaum Author

Carole Tanenbaum is a passionate collector and connoisseur of vintage costume jewellery. Over 30 years, she has amassed one of North America's premier collections of costume jewellery totalling more than 30,000 pieces. Her jewellery has been showcased in many boutiques and luxury department stores as well as in films and high fashion editorials. Carole lives in Toronto, Canada with her husband, Howard, spending part of the winter at their Palm Beach residence. Eve Townsend holds an MA in Fashion from Toronto's Ryerson University, where her research focused on the history of costume jewellery and its relation to the democratisation of fashion. In support of this research, she was awarded an Ontario Graduate Fellowship (OGF) and a Social Science and Humanities Research Council Grant of Canada (SSHRC) for her thesis project: Searching for Schreiner: A Detailed Investigation of the Schreiner Jewelry Company c. 1932-1975. Eve lives in Toronto, Canada with her husband, Curtis.