Signed Elle vintage costume jewelry

Signed Elle vintage costume jewelry
Clown with balloons brooch. Gold tone metal, enamel. 7.8 cm. 1970s. Signed Elle vintage costume jewelry

Signed Elle vintage costume jewelry
Using fashion as a benchmark for creative inspiration, ELLE’s designs, like the pages of ELLE magazine, changed from season to season as colors and fashion trends changed. A series of figural clown brooches in colorful enamel clothing on gold-tone metal, marked on the back with capital letters “Elle”, appeared in the mid-1980s. Circus-inspired style, bright clothes, and statement jewelry was in the 1980s fashion trend, partly embodied in the casual style.
Magazine Elle was first published on October 1, 1945 in Paris, but the history of costume jewelry labeled Elle began in the 1960s. The English translation of the French word “Elle” is “She”, it was SHE who became the inspiration for the first jewelry pieces. A tall and slender model from the runway or from the pages of a fashion magazine formed the basis of the design of the 1960s.
The value of vintage jewelry made in the 1960-80s is that the jewelers made them by hand. Hand painted in bright colors, each brooch, each bracelet, or a pair of clips is a work of art. Traditionally, jewelers used high-quality alloys of metals, zinc, rhodium, and sometimes 10 K gold and silver. Jewelry made before the 1990s is quite heavy, in contrast to jewelry made from lightweight aluminum after the 1990s.
Elle markings include: “ELLE” (1960-80s), “Elle Woman Paris” (1980s), and since 1990s – “925 Elle China”.

Fashion model woman in a long coral red dress brooch. 1980s
Fashion model woman in a long coral red dress brooch. 1980s

Noteworthy, the Elle jewelry trademark, like the magazine itself, belonged to the oldest French company Hachette Filipacchi Medias. Initially, Elle costume jewelry was produced in the USA, since the 1980s in France, and since the 1990s in China. Accordingly, the labeling of these products, style and materials vary. Thus, items marked “925 Elle China” with small ruby ​​insert are traditionally made of sterling silver. Elle’s modern costume jewelry is no longer hand-made, and is not at all like the vintage pieces from the 1960s.

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Signed Elle vintage costume jewelry

1960s brooch. Jewelry alloy of antique gold tone, enamel
1960s brooch. Jewelry alloy of antique gold tone, enamel
1970s Clown brooch. Gold tone metal alloy, enamel
1970s Clown brooch. Gold tone metal alloy, enamel
Balancing Clown Pin. Gold plated metal alloy, enamel, art glass
Balancing Clown Pin. Gold plated metal alloy, enamel, art glass
Clown playing the violin brooch. Gold tone metal. 7.8 cm. 1960s
Clown playing the violin brooch. Gold tone metal. 7.8 cm. 1960s
Cottage house brooch pin. Gold and silver tone metal alloy, enamel
Cottage house brooch pin. Gold and silver tone metal alloy, enamel
Dancing Clown brooch. Gold tone metal alloy, enamel. 7.3 cm. 1960s
Dancing Clown brooch. Gold tone metal alloy, enamel. 7.3 cm. 1960s
Diamond shaped faux pearl gold tone earrings
Diamond shaped faux pearl gold tone earrings
Fashion Lady brooch pin. Gold plated alloy, enamel. 4 cm. 1960s
Fashion Lady brooch pin. Gold plated alloy, enamel. 4 cm. 1960s
Four-petal flower pierced earrings. Gold plated metal alloy, enamel, rhinestones. 1980s
Four-petal flower pierced earrings. Gold plated metal alloy, enamel, rhinestones. 1980s
Gorgeous vintage clown brooch. Gold tone metal, enamel
Gorgeous vintage clown brooch. Gold tone metal, enamel
Grumpy Beethoven Playing The Cello gold plated brooch pin
Grumpy Beethoven Playing The Cello gold plated brooch pin
Happy clown gold tone enamel brooch
Happy clown gold tone enamel brooch
Jester clown beating his drum brooch. Gold tone metal alloy. 1980s
Jester clown beating his drum brooch. Gold tone metal alloy. 1980s
Jester clown beating his drum brooch. Gold tone metal alloy. 1980s
Jester clown beating his drum brooch. Gold tone metal alloy. 1980s
Mardi Gras vintage brooch. Purple, green, pink enamel, gold tone metal alloy
Mardi Gras vintage brooch. Purple, green, pink enamel, gold tone metal alloy
Panther enameled brooch
Panther enameled brooch
Woman silver tone pin
Woman silver tone pin
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French costume jewelry “Elle Woman Paris”:

Modernist design bracelet. Sterling silver enamel
Modernist design bracelet. Sterling silver enamel
Elle Woman Paris signed
Elle Woman Paris signed

925 Elle China (1990s):

925 China Elle signed
925 China Elle signed
Art Deco sterling silver screw back earrings
Art Deco sterling silver screw back earrings
Cuff bracelet. 925 Sterling Silver, rhodium, Cubic Zirconia, ruby
Cuff bracelet. 925 Sterling Silver, rhodium, Cubic Zirconia, ruby
Faux pearl sterling silver pendant
Faux pearl sterling silver pendant with ruby insert
Geometric design pendant. Sterling silver, tiger eye, citrine
Geometric design pendant. Sterling silver, tiger eye, citrine
Heart brooch pendant. 925 sterling silver, topaz
Heart brooch pendant. 925 sterling silver, topaz
Long Woven Sterling Silver 925 Ring. 1990s
Long Woven Sterling Silver 925 Ring. 1990s
Modernist design sterling silver cuff bracelet
Modernist design sterling silver cuff bracelet
Mother of pear sterling silver art glass bracelet
Mother of pear sterling silver art glass bracelet
Pastel colored gemstones chalcedony, mother of pearl, rose and clear quartz and ruby sterling silver toggle Bracelet
Pastel colored gemstones chalcedony, mother of pearl, rose and clear quartz and ruby sterling silver toggle Bracelet
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