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18k yellow-gold Renaissance stone tips bracelet set with emeralds ($35,000). H ow many cable bracelets has David Yurman sold over the years? It's hard to know exactly—Yurman has estimated the answer might top 300,000 —but suffice it to say the total unquestionably justifies a proper celebration. It's been more than three decades since Yurman, an artist and sculptor, crafted a few pieces of jewelry for his then-girlfriend, Sybil; he used the methods and materials he favored for his art, a process of heating, melting, and twisting long metal rods to create new forms. It's now the stuff of indus- try legend that Sybil wore the jewelry to an art show, where it attracted the attention of an interested buyer who inquired if it was for sale. David said no, while at the same time, Sybil said yes. And just like that, David Yurman became a jewelry designer. He and Sybil will celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary this year. But there's another anniversary that's also top of mind. Not long after that seminal moment, Yurman crafted a cuff like piece, an open-ended, Cable Vision DAVID YURMAN CELEBRATES THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS MOST ICONIC DESIGN WITH A LIMITEDEDITION COLLECTION. BY LAURIE BROOKINS STYLE SETTER 90 MICHIGANAVEMAG.COM reasures 090-091_MA_SS_StyleSetter_Spring_14.indd 90 2/11/14 11:39 AM