Finding that unusual, one-of-a-kind piece of jewelry unlike any you’ve ever seen, the dress or pantset that becomes your favorite traveling garment, the jacket or ruana that makes the outfit come together—this is a shopper’s goal. The stories we remember and tell our friends speak of such finds. We don’t find them on mundane trips through the mall, but from the hands of exotic merchants whose own search for treasures has taken them around the world. Mona Betz brings her own cache of riches and their stories to us in her eclectic Frozen Light Collection. With the opening of her website, you can find her not only at arts fairs, festivals, and conventions throughout the United States, but also through your computer screen.

Her stories of each piece, whether from Bali, Thailand, China, Turkey, India, Russia or the American Southwest, show her love for the cultures of the world and the craftspeople who design and make her offerings.

Available in myriad colors and comparable to those sold at Chico’s, Mona’s versatile dresses and pantsets will serve as valuable basics in your wardrobe. Her silk velvet shawls and ruanas, batik kimonos and Ikat jackets transform these basic pieces to reflect your unique sense of style or mood of the moment.

Escape, with Mona, from the rule of the Fashion Police. Leave behind their dictates of what color is in, which skirt length is acceptable, which silhouette represents beauty. Pick a basic pantset or dress in a color that suits you. Accessorize with a jacket, kimono or ruana. Adorn with jewels. Then, feeling your best, let the intrinsic beauty that resides in every woman go out and greet the world.