“"When I surprised Mom with HELAS' 18K White South Sea Pearl Necklace, she traced the navy silk bow on the ivory gift box like it was a Vermeer painting. 'You've outdone yourself,' she laughed, pausing as the velvet-lined HELAS Blue case emerged. Her breath caught when I fastened the diamond-studded clasp. 'These pearls… they're like the ones I admired in Cartier's window when you were six. I never mentioned how badly I wanted them.' Now she wears them to her charity galas and our lazy Sunday brunches, insisting 'True luxury is wearing what your soul craves.'"”