Trendsetters: Carolyne Roehm

The animal lover talks style, her line of jewelry, and Going to the Dogs

A St. Louis native and Palm Beach regular, Carolyne Roehm is a renowned tastemaker, 

author, and design maven whose multifaceted career has spanned fashion, interiors, gardens, and entertaining. Nowadays she derives her cardinal joy from creating bracelets, cuffs, necklaces, earrings, and belts in support of her love of animals. In collaboration with New York–based Ciner, Roehm launched her second jewelry line, “The Birds & the Bees,” with all proceeds from the made-to-order items benefiting animal shelters across the country. Roehm, who studied fine art at Washington University in St. Louis, conceived the collection while recovering from a serious illness in 2019, and named her new charitable initiative Going to the Dogs after the experience.

STYLE ICON Audrey Hepburn

WARDROBE ESSENTIALS A black sweater, black pants, and gold jewelry

PROUDEST CAREER MOMENT Organizing and pushing the fashion world to do the first AIDS benefit when I was president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

CAUSE SHE’S PASSIONATE ABOUT Raising money for my initiative, Going to the Dogs.

SIGNATURE DRINK Champagne

IDEAL LAST MEAL Homemade pasta with white truffles

GUILTY PLEASURE SONG FROM HER TEEN YEARS Lesley Gore’s “It’s My Party”

BINGE WATCHES The Crown

MOVIE SHE’S SEEN MORE THAN 10 TIMES Gone with the Wind

FAVORITE JEWELRY creation My dragon necklace

BOOK SHE WISHES SHE’D WRITTEN War and Peace

HER HAPPY PLACE In a field of flowers with all my dogs or watching a movie with all my dogs.

COLLECTS Dogs and dishes including Spode dinnerware with the Greek pattern

FICTIONAL CHARACTER SHE IDENTIFIES WITH Scarlett O’Hara. I even have the original hat she wears to the barbecue at Twelve Oaks.

DREAM CAR 1959 Jaguar

SPLURGES ON White truffles

most recent TRAVEL destination I just came back from Madrid and Granada in Spain.

WORDS TO LIVE BY The Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

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