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Byline: Irini Arakas
Insomnia led me to jewelry-making," says Liz Goldwyn. "I spend hours tinkering in the early morning." The 26-year-old, scarlet-lipped Angeleno spends her waking hours working on her documentary Pretty Things, which traces the history and lives of the last generation of burlesque stars, and unwittingly cultivating a bold and whimsical fashion presence. (Nicolas Ghesquiere made her wedding dress, and Ava Gardner and Jayne Mansfield gowns inhabit her closet.) Her first designs, charm bracelets and medallions linked on delicate antique gold chains, were sold exclusively at Barneys New York and "felt more like an accidental creative venture that just happened in my living room." Her latest work does not share the same 3:00 a.m. ...