By 1970, Laurel had left Haight Ashbury for Nob Hill and her small business bloomed.
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Her myth and magic live on.
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Despite her lifelong struggle with osteopetrosis, a rare disease that caused her to suffer more than 100 bone fractures, Laurel saw her physical obstacles as stepping stones to her inner strengths and lived an enviable life with extraordinary joy, undiminished gratitude, and a contagious positive spirit that continues to inspire people today.
Born in 1945 in southern California, Laurel Burch began crafting her iconic one-of-a-kind necklaces in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury in the 1960s.
Choose from socks, trouser socks, ankle socks, even slippers and slipper socks.
Like the mythical phoenix, Laurel was back.