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Art Deco jewelry : New jewels for a freer fashion
Women’s fashion deeply changed with the First World War (1914-1918). With the physical work made by the women in the place of men during the war, the corset was not worn. The hemlines and the sleeves began shorter and the women had short haircuts. In the 1920s, Fashion designers created clothes with light fabrics. Women…
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Luminous swirls
René Boivin’s sapphire and diamond brooch (1934), Boucheron’s swirl diamond earrings (1930s) and designs i did based on my photo of the galeries Lafayette in Berlin.
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Art Deco beauty
Suzanne Belperron’s scroll diamond earrings, Cartier’s aquamarine clip brooch (1930s) and diamond and enamel plaque brooch. The background is a design I did with photoshop based on my photo of the Galeries Lafayette in Berlin.
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A woman surrounded by flowers
Mix of Mucha’s illustrations and enameled and diamond set brooch by Whiteside & Blank. More Mucha’s illustrations :
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Art nouveau poppies
“Art nouveau (Art nouille) is a style of decorative art, architecture, and design prominent in western Europe and the USA from about 1890 until the First World War and characterized by intricate linear designs and flowing curves based on natural forms.” Poppy is a floral pattern often used by Art nouveau artists (illustrators, jewelers…) like…
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Portrait of a woman in the 1920s
Boucheron earrrings and necklace, face i created with photoshop (geometric shapes), mouth inspired by Benito, Egyptian eyes, 1920s Inspired accessories and mother of pearl texture for the skin. This set is influenced by Eduardo Garcìa Benito, the cubist artist Franz Hagenauer and Egytian art (eyes).
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Sixties jewelry
In the early 1960s, jewelry was a continuation of the Fifties with the use of gilded metal, pearls, sparkling paste and rhinestones. Then, designers began to use low cost materials : plastic, resin, vinyl and perspex. Influenced by the artistic movement Op art, large geometric shapes (diamonds, hexagons, circles…) and black and white (monochromatic) jewels…
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The vintage costume jewelry house Monet
Monet Jewelry was launched in 1937 by the brothers Michael and Joseph Chernow in New York. Before, their company Monocraft Products created handbags with gold-plated appliqués and monograms. With Monet, they wanted to create fine jewels using high quality materials and affordable for all the women. Monet jewels were recognizable by the open metalwork (gold…
