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by Felicia D'Ambrosio

"Erma" Jewelry Line Launch

To many fans, the defiant ridge of roosterish hair and pronounced beak of Bob Dylan circa Highway 61 Revisited are as well-known as the contours of their own face. In the most striking piece of her just-launched jewelry line "Erma," Emily Glaubinger expresses a personal regard for Dylan in a cameo styled like the cut-paper silhouettes popular in the early to mid-1900s. "I wanted to make something I could really stand behind, that meant something to me," says Glaubinger. "A lot of people think it's an old lady with a strange nose, though."

Trained at Rutgers as a graphic designer, Glaubinger spends most of her time freelancing for companies like Disney, Nike and Jeep, but began designing jewelry a few months ago when she couldn't find anything worth buying. "I use my graphic-design training to cut all the beads," Glaubinger says of her laser-cut acrylic and wood pieces. The Erma line, which debuted at San Francisco's Renegade Craft Fair this past December, includes necklaces, earrings, rings and post-modern "dreamcatcher" pendants. The ermadid.com Web site has just a splash page up for now, but you can buy pieces at ermadid.etsy.com.

SugarHabit Warehouse Sale: Winter Edition

Two of Philadelphia's best Old City boutiques are joining forces again for the most addictive sale of the year. January Bartle of Third Street Habit and Elisa Buratto of Sugarcube have compiled a warehouse worth of fall and winter merch slashed an average of 75 percent. Designers Isabel Marant and A.P.C. Vintage top out at $20; jeans from Earnest Sewn, Rag & Bone and Genetic are all $50. Bartle also promises an on-trend selection of boots and Oxfords. Visa, MasterCard and Amex accepted; cash earns an additional 5 percent discount. Sat., Jan. 16, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., 18th and Locust streets, 215-238-0825, sugarcube.us.

(felicia.dambrosio@citypaper.net)