CA: Explain Lost Queens for us? LQ: I was going through a dark place in my life and Pharrell’s new album “G.I.R.L” came out with a track called on it called Lost Queen. I listened to it on repeat and it became like an anchor for me. Through my blogging days with A Tale of Two Biddies, I was introduced to a lot of different women. We talked about a lack of self-love and lack of representation of all types of women of color. Things that were not necessarily mainstream, I felt n

For this interview we are sitting down with one of the owners of Avianne & Co, Joseph Aranbayev who goes by Joe Avianne in the industry. CA: What makes you get better at doing this jewelry business than the competition? JA: It is what you do. You have to love what you do. It is not a job for me, it is a passion. You do what you do and try to be the best at what you do. You try to better yourself on a daily basis and your product. What drives me everyday when I come into the o