- He bought a store in New York called Fred Leighton in 1959, He changed his name to Fred Leighton because people wanted to talk to the owner of the store who sold old jewelry that later got back into fashion.
- "Jeweler to the Stars" whose antique jewelry became coveted accessories for actresses like Nicole Kidman and Lupita Nyong'o when they walked the red carpet at the Academy Awards. Through shrewd buying and gregarious salesmanship, he turned his company in Manhattan into a retail mecca for those seeking Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Victorian, Indian Mughal, royal jewels and 18th-century shipwrecked emeralds. The jewelry--acquired from estates, dealers, individuals and auction houses--found its greatest visibility on red carpets. Models wore some of his finest baubles on runways, and actresses donned them for awards ceremonies like the Oscars, the Tonys and the Golden Globes.
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