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Paul Flato: Jeweler to the Stars by Elizabeth Irvine Bray is reviewed. In this beautifully illustrated and visually stunning biography, Bray, a former jewelry specialist with Christie's auction house, focuses on the life and career of celebrity jeweler Paul Flato (d. 1999). Flato's magnificent bejeweled creations are both distinctive and imaginative, utilizing natural and geometric avant-garde forms, as well as adding an occasional touch of whimsy. His jewels appeared in feature films at the height of Hollywood's golden age (e.g., Holiday, 1938) and were captured in lavish publicity shots featuring legendary stars like Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, and Katharine Hepburn, among others. Each chapter highlights a phase of Flato's career, from his modest beginnings in Texas to his rise and fame in New York and Hollywood, to a life of less prominence in Mexico following financial ruin and incarceration in Sing Sing Prison. Other books are reviewed.