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by Christene Barberich Like many a good success story, jewelry designer Pade Vavra's began in her garage. "I worked in there for years," the L.A.-based designer says. "Finally, I had a hard time finding a place for a stapler, let alone a computer."...
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by Christene Barberich Like many a good success story, jewelry designer Pade Vavra's began in her garage. "I worked in there for years," the L.A.-based designer says. "Finally, I had a hard time finding a place for a stapler, let alone a computer." This need to expand led Pade and her assistant, Parrish, to a bigger space in downtown Los Angeles. Loft-like with columns, amid Little Tokyo and Chinatown and the other showrooms located in the city's Fashion District, her current workspace sounds more like a New York setting than L.A. But spending time with the designer's unforgettable creations, and one realizes her approach to jewelry making isn't typical either. "I've been designing jewelry on a subconscious level allÃâàmy life," says Pade. "Taking seashells or stones and stringing them together." After a brief period studying interior design, Pade attended the Gemological Institute where she learned how to grade diamonds, distinguish stones, cast, and sodder. It was also where... See less 
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