The glamorous Elsa Peretti. Photo from the pages of Vanity Fair.
Don’t get excited. Billy Joel is not dating Elsa Peretti. He lives in New York and she lives in Sant Martí Vell, a tiny hamlet in Catalonia, north of Barcelona. Our generation calls that GU, graphically undesirable. For those of you who don’t know who Elsa Peretti is, let me introduce the 74-year old grand dame. Peretti is now celebrating her 40h anniversary as the most successful jewelry designer for Tiffany & Company. I wanted to feature her today because she is of the DigiDame era and she has led an unusual life.
I have been wearing Elsa’s signature gold heart for decades. I really didn’t know too much about her until Vanity Fair did a profile on Peretti in their August issue. I am not sure how many DigiDame readers get VF, so I decided to include a copy of the story here. It’s just so cool to be able to copy and paste the story for you. I love sharing,
So you can imagine how I felt when I saw Billy Joel on the web singing “Uptown Girl” at his Madison Square Garden concert to his ex-wife, Christie Brinkley, who was sitting in the front row. I knew instantly that I had to find it on YouTube and post it for all to see. It was so cool to recapture their relationship that took place 20 years ago, even if it was only for a few minutes. The duo recently got a bit closer after Brinkley wrote an emotional tribute on Instagram to her late ex-mother-in-law Rosalind Nyman Joel. who died a month or so ago.
Lastly, I want to say goodbye to Robin Williams, 63. In DigiDame years, that is way to young to die. We will miss you.
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