Valentino Garavani vintage costume jewelry

Grape brooch. Gold tone metal, enamel, faux pearls, Swarovski crystals. Valentino Garavani vintage costume jewelry
Valentino Garavani vintage costume jewelry
Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani is a legendary Italian couturier. His design works – brilliant jewelry, feminine and luxurious dresses became symbols of glamor and bohemian life of aristocrats, movie stars and celebrities.
An artist by vocation, for more than forty years, he has been inventing outfits, accessories and jewelry that appeal to people of delicate taste.
In 1967 Atelier turns into a respectable Fashion House. Valentino dresses style icons such as Jacqueline de Ribes and Babe Paley, the maestro transfers seasonal fashion shows from Florence to Rome and receives the Neiman Marcus Award in Dallas, one of the most prestigious in the fashion industry.
Noteworthy, for the first time in the history of modern fashion, Valentino uses the logo as a decorative element (1968). In 2008, he retired, but Valentino brand continues to set the tone in the world of haute couture. In 2008, the Master, distinguishing thirty shades of red, left the throne of the fashion king, realizing that he had done everything for it, from Jackie Onassis’s wedding dress to Jay Law’s wedding dress. After so many years spent among fashionistas and women of fashion, the maestro chose to spend time in the company of his favorite pets.
Aries bracelet from the Zodiac collection. The collection included rings, earrings, bracelets and necklaces, and all of them were made in the form of zodiac signs. Volumetric, detailed lions, fish, rams, aquarius … made of light alloy and covered with matte, satin gilding. In addition to jewelry, zodiac signs adorned the top of handbags, sandals and belt buckles. Sold out very quickly, the collection was very successful and now almost never found.
Valentino Garavani vintage costume jewelry

Gemini pendant necklace from the Zodiac collection. Alloy of metals, casting, gilding, Matte gilding, 18 cm. 1990 – 1994