They say the Economy is Bad...

And it is, but like I always say, the ones with the $$ will continue to spend it. These are the folks I need to tap into with my work.

An example is 'Christopher Ross', a name I keep seeing in selling venues. I wondered who/what that is, and checked it out.

It turns out he's a designer who made a line of belts in the 1980s with large buckles shaped like animals and other things. They've become hugely popular from being worn by Sarah Jessica Parker's Carrie in the 'Sex in the City' movie. That's all it took, and the things are selling for big money to avid collectors.

They are really well made, beautiful, and go for hundreds of dollars, even for the buckles alone without their belts. Ross has reproduced much of his 80s line, with some pieces running upwards of $1,000.
Yes, over $1,000 for a belt. The original 1980s pieces are on fire right now.

I did a Google Shopping search for 'Christopher Ross belt', the results are below:

Christopher Ross

Ride the wave.

Peace Pole (Nine Eleven)

When It Happened, we froze.
We cried, we hugged, we spoke to many a stranger
like never before.

We lit candles and sang,
and had to explain something we didn't understand ourselves
to children too young for such news,
because for all we knew,
we may be next.

It's good for us, in a sick way
'makes us strong' they say.
Has brought us together and now we will never
look at the
sky
the same way again.

The dewy morning walks
with only me and the birds,
breaking the mist of dawn.
The occasional soft hum
of a small plane
is now a threatening drone,
potential cause for concern.

Millions in sync diving deep Within
our hearts to find the light,
uniting our brains to pull it out.

One common goal-
to open the gates of infinite
brother-love.
Send it out like a flood over the earth and Beyond.

White to gold, it streams
covering it as a blanket, saturating everything
until all is aglow in unison.

While at The National Theater
a tribe of the faithful
anchor this worldwide event
with the planting of a pole.