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    Costume Jewelry Designer Kenneth Jay Lane Dies At 85

    Lane designed costume jewelry for Hollywood stars, Jackie Kennedy Onassis and viewers of TV's shopping channel QVC. Many women wore his fakes, or "faque," as he pronounced it with their real gems.
    by Doreen McCallister Jul 21, 2017 2 minutes
    Designer Kenneth Jay Lane attends the 2010 kick-off dinner for Lighthouse International's POSH Fashion sale at the Oak Room in New York City.

    Kenneth Jay Lane turned designing "fake" jewelry into a global business. He didn't take himself too seriously — joking his costume jewelry wasn't fake or junk. Instead, he would pronounce it "faque" and "junque."

    Lane died in his sleep at his home in Manhattan, according to Chris Sheppard, executive vice president of Lane's company, who says it

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