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Lisa Sotilis unique jewelry art

Lisa Sotilis unique jewelry art

Gold floral design pendant. 1970s. Lisa Sotilis unique jewelry art

Lisa Sotilis unique jewelry art
The world famous designer of unique authentic jewelry Lisa Sotilis turns 90 this year. Greek artist, sculptor, collector, philanthropist and jeweler, Lisa Sotilis was born on May 18, 1933 in Athens. She studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, and Italy became her second home. The many-awarded artist began to participate in exhibitions in the late 1950s, showing her many-sided and unique works of art – sculptures, paintings, home décor accessories, and jewelry.

Noteworthy, the first famous client of the artist was Salvador Dali, who ordered two gold jewelry for his wife Gala. She then signed a contract with Cartier to develop exclusive watch designs. Lisa has worked with many other fashion houses, but her genius is in herself, in the light energy of love that she embodies through her work.

Notable, all Lisa Sotilis jewelry is exclusively handmade. Among her admirers were such celebrities as Andy Warhol and Rudolf Nureyev, with whom the artist was very friendly. Also, Claudia Cardinale, Brigitte Bardot, Annie Girardot, as well as the Iranian Empress Farah Pahlavi, the Belgian Queen Marie-Jose, Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy and other celebrities.
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Pauline Trigere vintage costume jewelry

Pauline Trigere vintage costume jewelry

Pagoda brooch pendant. Gold tone metal alloy, rhinestones, faux pearls. 13 cm. 1950s. Pauline Trigere vintage costume jewelry

Pauline Trigere vintage costume jewelry

French – American fashion designer Pauline Trigere (4 November 1912 – 13 February 2002) became famous for her original ideas, both in the design of models and in the creation of accessories. The New York Fashion Walk of Fame bears the name of this venerable woman. And even after her death, Pauline’s Fashion Houses are working in Europe and America with the same success.
Born in France to a family of immigrants from Russia, her father Alexander was a taylor and her mother Cecile – a dressmaker. Before the outbreak of World War II, the designer moved to New York with her husband and briefly worked at the Hattie Carnegie fashion house before opening her atelier. Noteworthy, she was the first female designer in the United States to actively use African American fashion models in her advertising campaigns. Hollywood stars, such as Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor, and elegant beauties of the 1950s and 60s, like Jacqueline Kennedy, shone in her jewelry, including the cast of Breakfast at Tiffany’s. She has combined a successful design career with an active teaching career at the Parsons New York School of Design. In 1992, she celebrated the 50th anniversary of her creative career, having won numerous top COTY (American Fashion Critics Award) awards and the CFDA Lifetime Achievement award during her lifetime. Pauline Trigere jewelry is a collector’s item. The designer worked in small editions, as she focused on creating clothing collections. The best examples of her jewelry are in private collections and the price for them will grow every year.
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Max Neiger vintage costume jewelry

Max Neiger vintage costume jewelry

Filigree Art Deco butterfly brooch. Brass, enamel, faux turquoise. 8 cm. 1920s. Max Neiger vintage costume jewelry

Max Neiger vintage costume jewelry
The Czech Republic is the birthplace of many talented world’s famous jewelry designers. Among them, the Neiger brothers, Max and Norbert, who created their collections for 35 years. The brothers were born and lived most of their lives in the Czech town of Jablonec, the center of technical glass and costume jewellery production in Bohemia.
Norbert, after graduating from the Jablonec technical school in 1905, was the first to start a business, and later his younger brother joined him. Norbert handled the economics and Max was the designer. After the First World War, they produced jewelry only according to Max’s sketches. The demand for their high quality and highly artisan jewelry was great in Europe and America.
The fame of the high quality and modern design of the Neiger brothers’ jewelry spread quickly. Sales of products and the number of new customers grew. In 1926, the brothers expanded their jewelry production and moved to new, more suitable premises. By this time, they already had two dozen employees.
Noteworthy, the Neiger brothers did not label the jewelry they produced. They saw no need for this. Besides, the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic, by a decree of October 14, 1920 required marking only for items made of gold and silver.
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American jewelry designer Paul Flato

American jewelry designer Paul Flato

Flower basket brooch. Gold, Pearl, Diamond, precious stones. American jewelry designer Paul Flato

American jewelry designer Paul Flato
The life of the famous American jeweler of the 1930s-1940s, Paul Flato is worth writing a book or making a film. It had everything – ups and downs, stunning success and imprisonment. But he, like a Phoenix bird, again and again returned to his favorite work. Married three times, he was familiar with many famous people of that time, but in difficult times was left without the support of family and friends.
Born into a wealthy German family in Texas, from childhood he was fascinated by the jewelry of his mother and other women who visited their house. In 1920 he moved to New York, dropping out of his studies at the Austin University and losing the support of his family.

He began working as an assistant at jeweler and watch dealer Edmund Frisch. After a while, he opened his own store on nearby 57th Street. In March 1941, he founded two trademarks, Paul Flato and Flato (with a claim to be used since October 1924) for silver, gold and platinum jewelry.
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Signed HR Helena Rubinstein vintage costume jewelry

Signed HR Helena Rubinstein vintage costume jewelry

1960s dangle clip on earrings. Gold tone, green and black glass cabochons. Helena Rubinstein vintage costume jewelry

Helena Rubinstein vintage costume jewelry
The history of the Helena Rubinstein Inc jewelry manufacturing company began in 1929, but the “HR” iconic label first appeared in 1928.

Rubinstein, the creator of the empire of beauty was the first to teach women how to take care of themselves. Noteworthy, the personal life of this woman is amazing. She had several marriages, and the last one at the age of 66 – Rubinstein became the wife of a real Georgian prince, who was 23 years younger than her. He adored his wife and said with admiration: “I am not interested in any other woman next to Helena.” Rubinstein died at the age of 93, having outlived her young husband.

According to Helena, “Jewellery is a woman’s best friend”. Indeed, she spent thousands of dollars on art and jewelry, and owned a rich jewelry collection. This love of jewelry inspired her to create her own line of jewelry, which she sold in boutiques along with her cosmetics.

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20th century most jeweled film director Alfred Hitchcock

20th century most jeweled film director Alfred Hitchcock

In his films, the choice of jewelry design was not accidental. Most jeweled film director Alfred Hitchcock

20th century most jeweled film director Alfred Hitchcock
Undoubtedly, Hitchcock was the most “fine-cut” film director of the 20th century.
First, because in most of his films stylish precious stones appear. Second, due to the fact that the plot and playwriting of all his creations resemble well cut gems.
The son of the faithful London Catholics and a pupil of the Jesuit College of St. Ignatius, Hitchcock learned the values of painstaking work of which the Lord God himself exercises.
With amazing jewelry precision he worked out and carried out everything – from psychological collisions to building composition of the frame. Also, the most stellar and stylish ladies and gentlemen of the past embodied his ideas. Among them – Marlene Dietrich and Ingrid Bergman, Grace Kelly and Tippi Hedren, James Stewart and Gregory Peck, Carrie Grant and Sean Connery …
Ladies who are able to easily wear breathtaking diamond necklaces and pearl necklaces with natural ease. Men who could properly tie ties and gracefully use a gold-plated cigarette case.
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MGM Queen jewellery lover Norma Shearer

MGM Queen jewellery lover Norma Shearer

Marie Antoinette played by MGM Queen, jewellery lover Norma Shearer

MGM Queen jewellery lover Norma Shearer
Hollywood diva Norma Shearer loved and wore lots of jewellery, both in life and in films. Thus, in the Collection of Academy Award winning actress Norma Shearer was a gold, platinum and diamond necklace (est. $150/200,000). Retailed by famed Hollywood jeweler Flato, the necklace is a wonderful example of Flato at his best and most dramatic days. In fact, Shearer bought it around 1941 when both she and the designer were in their heyday. Created by Flato’s talented designer George Headley as a cascade of flowers, diamond-set leaves and a bow, this jewel decorated a 1941 edition of Vogue magazine.
Born in 1902 in Montreal, Norma Shearer grew in the family of a businessman. Since childhood she dreamed of becoming an actress. Already at the age of nine she decided to become an actress. However, her mother was very skeptical, because she understood that her chubby shorty with strabismus will be difficult to get on the screen. But time showed that she was wrong.
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