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Byline: Mark Holgate
Sometimes a designer takes a circuitous route to his true calling. (Can you really see Tom Ford as an actor? Miuccia Prada as a political activist?) Such is the case with jeweler Dean Harris, whose resume includes stints working as a costume designer in L.A., as a fashion producer for the New York agency KCD, and helping to produce the runway shows thrown by Marc Jacobs. Actually, Harris is still gainfully employed doing the last. Starting out as a jewelry designer is an expensive business-something Harris, with his preference for crafting his sinuous, filigree-fine pieces from 18K gold, opals, and tourmalines-knows all too well. "I think of the company as my child," he says. "And I will do anything to keep that child ...