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Tinkerbell brooch. White gold, diamonds, turquoise. Sotheby’s auction. Tinkerbell – a symbol of fidelity, love and good beginnings. Michele della Valle jewellery

Michele della Valle jewellery

Geneva-based designer Michele della Valle has become one of the most sought-after contemporary jewelers in the world. Created by him jewellery gallery features Nureyev and the ballet, Hollywood stars, from Marilyn Monroe to James Dean and Italian opera singers.
Born in 1960 in Rome, he began designing costume jewellery at the age of 16. During his trip to Burma in 1976, Michele purchased his first stone which he showed to the famous stone dealer Roger Varenne. The last suggested to take the gem to Christie’s.
At the age of 18 he opened his own workshop (1978). In search of precious stones, he started traveling to Asia. This was the beginning of a collaboration with Bulgari. In 1987, he moved to Geneva and developed a line of jewellery which now bears his name.
Still a rarefied name in the world of jewellery, a destination jeweler, della Valle lives and works in Geneva, where he presents ideas and designs to clients in his appointment-only studio. The team of sixteen highly skilled craftsmen implement della Valle’s designs in his atelier in Rome.
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American actress, Jewellery lover Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995)

Jewellery lover Ginger Rogers
1941 Oscar winner, Rogers became famous for her duo with Fred Astaire (1899-1987). She won the 14th place in the list of the 100 greatest movie stars in 1999. Icon of style, she was an expert in jewellery, and had a large jewelry collection.
Part of her collection appeared at 2000 December Sotheby’s auction in New York. In particular, an Art Deco charm bracelet, circa 1933 made of platinum, diamond, seed pearl and enamel (est. $5/7,000). It was an engagement present from her second husband, comic Lew Ayres. The delicate platinum chain supported five charms that related to events in her career. One charm, a telephone decorated with opaque white enamel with a moving dial and round diamonds revealing the letters “I Love U”. Also, an engagement ring set with diamonds, and a bouquet of seed pearls and diamonds with green enamel leaves. And a wedding band and a musical staff, both set with diamonds.
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Italian film actress is in awe of a Cartier 200 grain pearl ring in a Parisian boutique. Photo by Jack Garofalo, Paris, 1956. Jewellery lover Sophia Loren

Jewellery lover Sophia Loren
She did not buy anything in the boutique, but the managers gave her a bronze Eiffel tower gift.
When we hear the phrase “icon of style”, we imagine Audrey Hepburn, Sophia Loren, Marilyn Monroe, and Catherine Deneuve. They have conquered the hearts of millions of men and women. Their beauty and talent have earned them the status of style icons and made them trendsetters.
Legendary Italian film star inspired fashion and jewelry designers to create exclusive collections. One of them was Italian jewelry house Damiani, that dedicated to her charming beauty and elegance collection in 2006. The designers used pink and white color gold. The collection kept balance between contemporary fashion (it symbolizes the pink gold) and the familiar classics (white gold). The collection included necklaces, rings, brooches, pendants and two kinds of earrings. All ornaments were designed in one style – circles, swirls of pink gold, decorated with flowing cascade of clear classic cut round diamond.
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One of the most beautiful and glamorous women of the time, film actress and Jewellery lover Anna Sten (December 3, 1908 – November 12, 1993)

Jewellery lover Anna Sten
In 1935 French actor, cabaret singer and entertainer Maurice Chevalier (1888 – 1972) listed the 10 most beautiful women in the world. He named Anna Sten, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, French actress Annabella, Loretta Young, Merle Oberon, Clara Bow, Kay Francis and two more.
In the mid-1930s Hollywood, Anna became famous for her ability to pick up jewellery and clothes. American film producer and studio executive Darryl Francis Zanuck (1902 – 1979) said that she dresses better than anyone he had ever seen. A female director Dorothy Arzner (1897 – 1979) filmed Anna Stan in drama “Nana”, put her on a par with Garbo, Miriam Hopkins, Katharine Hepburn and Ruth Chatterton in his list of the most glamorous actresses.
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Fall/Winter 2016-2017, Milan. Dolce Gabbana Jewellery Fantasy

Dolce Gabbana Jewellery Fantasy
Kaleidoscope of jeweled details presented in the “Fabulous Fantasy” collection at Milan long-awaited show was really bright and magical. Designers have remained true to themselves, and the podium again was ruled by feminine silhouettes, lots of lace, sparkling jewelry, floral prints and beautiful applications on the theme of fairy tales.
Every girl in her childhood dreamed of becoming a princess, and the new collection demonstrates this desire in a fairy-tale atmosphere. Magic was in the air with a fabulous coach on the podium, old chandeliers, decorated with flowers. Inspired by the Cinderella, The Nutcracker, The Frog Princess and other fairy-tales, the designers had no limit to the imagination. The mouse and horses, pumpkins and coaches, princes and princesses, dwarfs and nutcrackers, candlesticks and chandeliers, tiaras and watches… . Special attention to handbags and transparent clutches, and, of course, “crystal” slippers.
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Ear-clips – large pear-shaped cabochon emeralds capped by round diamonds, surmounted by a diamond-set curling ribbon. Loretta Young jewellery

Loretta Young jewellery

An actress known within the film industry as ‘Hollywood’s Beautiful Hack’, she starred in so many mediocre movies. In a career that began in 1927, Young appeared in more than 90 films, yet she was personally memorable due to her big doe eyes and high cheekbones. She was truly one of Hollywood’s most striking beauties and one of the first to win an Oscar and an Emmy award and to command a six-figure salary.
A true jewellery lover, Loretta Young could afford a large collection of expensive high, as well as costume jewellery. Looking through her photographs, one can hardly find Loretta not wearing clips, a necklace, a brooch or a bracelet. She was synonymous with the glamour, that was Hollywood in the 1930s and 40s. In the above photo Loretta wears the brooch by Ruser, circa 1960 (est. $10/15,000).
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Angel Vintage brooch pendant with charms. Lunch at the Ritz jewellery

Lunch at the Ritz jewellery
The duo of jewellery designers Esme Hecht and Zander Elliott founded “Lunch at the Ritz”, or LATR 2 GO in 1982. The basic idea behind the creation of the brand is to show to the world of fashion that tastes differ. Indeed, there are women who love creativity and fun, and who don’t care what the fashion magazines and even the whole fashion world dictate. Noteworthy, Esme and Zander still have been creating decorations for 31 years now.
So, what’s the secret of this American jewelry company? According to the designers, it’s breaking the rules. Never read fashion magazines, and never pay attention to what someone else thinks. Just be true to yourself, or simply love life! That’s why, in 1998, they built a new factory with an area of ​​15,000 square feet. Implementing all their creative plans, their factory is the same unique as their colorful jewelry.
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