The day the exhibition officially opened, both Joan and Elizabeth had things to do, with Joan needing to head over to the Doris family, and Elizabeth having to tend to the Lacloche booth.
After all, these industries were also considered part of the two ladies' ventures. Thus, at such a time, they naturally needed to do some work, contributing to their own industries, or at least that's the theory.
In fact, for the past few years, more than half of the jewelers had stopped attending the exhibition, mainly because the antique dealers protested that the organizers did not make antiques the focus.
So now, the remaining jewelers were either historically significant or private designers showcasing their art and design. Many of the more mainstream jewelers chose to withdraw from this exhibition.
Therefore, Leonard Ethan had a bit of an unexpected hit this time, because at least at such an event, those traditional craftsmanship jewelries clearly had an edge.
