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Dolce Gabbana 2016 head accessories

Dolce Gabbana 2016 head accessories

Spring Summer Dolce Gabbana 2016 head accessories

Dolce Gabbana 2016 head accessories
Tiaras, headbands, hairpins, combs, headphones, and the crown – impressive collection by the iconic Italian fashion brand. Without changing traditions, the designers dedicated to their homeland yet another women’s collection. Their show took place on the eve of Fashion Week in Milan.
According to the designers, a source of inspiration became vintage postcards advertising the most famous resorts in Italy: Capri, Florence, Rome and Venice. The collection was very bright, with excellent color combination, massive tiaras and hair ornaments of all colors of the rainbow, united by one theme – flowers.
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From Watches to jewellery

From Watches to jewellery

Swan. L’Heure Envoutée de Cartier collection. Rhodium-plated 18-carat white gold, pear-shaped and briolette-cut diamonds, emerald eye. Quartz movement. From Watches to jewellery

From Watches to jewellery
In 1557, the Swedish king Gustav I brought to Ivan the Terrible gilded cup with the clock in the lid. Fedor, his son and heir came to the delight of the astronomical clock with calendar – Gift of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. Later, from Vienna arrived two musical automaton with moving figures chiming hours. Having become a prestigious thing and the object of admiration, they cost extremely expensive. To afford such luxury could only elite circle. In creating pocket watch took part representatives of various jewelry specialties. The materials chosen for the corps – gold, silver, bronze, precious and semiprecious stones, with the whole arsenal of methods and techniques of jewelry. Dandies wore several watches at a time, at least – made in gold and silver.
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Powder and lipstick jewelry art

Powder and lipstick jewelry art

Compact of the XIX century, Russia, Hermitage. Powder and lipstick jewelry art

Powder and lipstick jewelry art
Up to 20-ies of XX century to use cosmetics was considered bad taste, worthy only ladies of the demimonde. In the 20s the situation changed radically. Cosmetics has become a fashionable attribute. The first compact powder was imported into Europe from the United States.
The novelty was quickly appreciated and the production began in France, where the powder often wore the name of major perfume houses such as Coty Houbigant. In the 30-40s of the XX century, designer Line Vautrin used bronze, creating packaging for powder which looked like jewelry. Powder boxes took an infinite variety of forms, bearing the reflection of the talent of the master. Sometimes the body depicted puzzles or poetic quotations, not devoid of humor.

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Button jewellery art

Button jewellery art

Worn as memorable signs. Button jewellery art

Button jewellery art

You can become an archangel, a fool or a criminal, and no one will notice it. But if you have no buttons – everyone pay attention to it, “- wrote Erich Maria Remarque. Indeed, for several millennia button faithfully serves man.
Prehistoric people fastened their clothes out of animal skins with the help of pieces of wood or bone. Later came to light pins, buckles, buttons and hooks. Already in IV-III millennium BC. e. our ancestors who lived in what is now the Moscow region, wore amber buttons in the form of a disc with two holes. The golden buttons were among the treasures unearthed in Asia by Heinrich Schliemann, as is well known, his finds are much older than Homeric Troy. Reform of the suit in the XIII century, the invention of a cut, allowed to wear tight clothes, like a second skin – has led to a massive use of buttons.
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Jewellery designer Maria Brik

Jewellery designer Maria Brik. The A grotesque brooch 'Girl with the Moon'

A grotesque brooch ‘Girl with the Moon’. Made in the author’s technique of cold porcelain, hand-painted with acrylic, natural mother of pearl inlay, art glass with gold leaf. Art work by jewellery designer Maria Brik

Jewellery designer Maria Brik
The author of this mysterious grotesque brooch is Maria Brik, jewellery designer, living in Israel – Judea and Samaria, Netanya. Before founding her own design studio in 2012, she had worked for almost ten years in the cinema. Today, she has been working in her studio “Murrmelad” (marmalade) for ten years, creating wearable jewelry art pieces.
According to Maria, she tries to create bright, positive, pleasant to the touch decorations, “as delicious as marmalade,” and only natural things. Their mission, according to the artist, to cheer up, turning life into marmalade. The artist makes ornaments by hand using natural stones and pearls.
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Maria Venecia Jeweled Crowns

Crown Mio Bello in the style of D & G

Maria Venecia Jeweled Crowns

Maria Venecia Jeweled Crowns
Crowns made by talented master jeweler Maria Venecia are absolutely fantastic, a real piece of jewelry art, worth to be inherited by descendants. Making her crowns, Maria not only uses antique furniture, fine stones, she puts her soul into each work. All this makes the crown a truly unique and in some cases even not repeatable. When you simply look or touch the crown, it seems that you touch the history and come back to the days when old masters created their masterpieces.
According to Maria, she finds inspiration in the masterpieces of the past. Among them – French painter Jacques Majorelle, Spanish Catalan architect Gaudi, Czech Art Nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha and German architect August Endell. Initially, she began creating in the style of contemporary designers – Italians Dolce & Gabbana, French Christian Lacroix and German Karl Lagerfeld. Also, the luxury of the East inspires her to create one-of-a-Kind decorations.
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From old bag to clutch

From old bag to clutch

Photo venecia-maria.livemaster.ru. From old bag to clutch

From old bag to clutch
One can hardly imagine a working woman or a housewife, a student or a young old pensioner without a bag. Omnia mea mecum porto (lat) “I carry all my things with me” – this cry of medieval mercenaries often repeats the modern woman, referring to the contents of her handbag. After all, there are passport and money, driving license, cosmetic, keys, a copy of the employment contract, unopened tights, a bar of chocolate, hygienic things, a mobile phone, and what not! The sea of current bags is boundless. These are ​​elegant handbags, business cases, roomy sports and shopping bags, as well as various modifications – from old bag to clutch. British Queen Elizabeth II, buying her favorite items, inadvertently gathered a huge collection, with preference for models of handbag, close to the business. This is probably not conscious, but subconsciously perceived magical symbol: Let the Queen’s bag be roomy and filled with food, as a sign of prosperity to her people.
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