Ducky

Muffy stifled a yawn, bored to death by the Junior League Spring Cotillion Committee meeting. For amusement, she side-eyed the bracelets the other girls around the conference table were wearing. A gold bangle there, boring. A diamond tennis bracelet, impressive, but dull. A loaded gold charm bracelet, sweet, but predictable.

And then, right next to her was Molly’s wrist, circled in motley beads—silver, turquoise, tiger eye, glass, lucite, lapis, cinnabar—with a surprise ceramic duck and parrot. It looked primitive, but Muffy knew better: It was a rare designer piece that cost three figures. Molly had moxie to spend that much on a fake duck.

Muffy elbowed Molly and whispered: “Love your bracelet. I saw it in Vanity Fair.”

Molly grinned. “Me, too! So I showed it to my copyist. Much better deal.”

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The originals are sold out, so your only chance at capturing this fun piece ($30) is by contacting your personal copyist, Louisa, on the contact page. No two alike, but ducks are in limited supply.