Van Cleef & Arpels Exibition at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana-California

November 14, 2013 by Raluca Stoica

The Place Vendôme jewelry house is going to  California for the exhibition they are holding at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana until February 15. The exhibition, entitled “A Quest for Beauty: The Art of Van Cleef & Arpels” shows  over 200 of the brand’s most iconic pieces, from a collection of 700, starting from the early 20th century and going along the 21st century from the Maison’s own archives. The necklace designed with a working zipper that can convert into a […]

Categories: accessories • Tags: Arpels Van Cleef, Bowers Museum, California, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, jewelry, luxury, Maria Callas, Place Vendôme, Van Cleef & Arpels

20th Century Jewelry And The Icons of Style-Thames and Hudson’s New Book

November 6, 2013 by Raluca Stoica

For jewelry lovers, it’s not the sex and scandal surrounding  20th century icons like Wallis Simpson, Daisy Fellowes, Barbara Hutton that are so fascinating, but their incredible collections of fine jewelry. With Thames and Hudson’s new book 20th century Jewelry and the Icons of Style, which explores both aspects of the women’s lives, there’s no need to choose. Not a single jewelry sale goes by at Sotheby‘s or Christie‘s without a gem formerly owned by one of these femmes fatales popping up under the hammer. […]

Categories: accessories, books, fashion, people • Tags: 20th Century Jewelry And The Icons of Styl, art, Barbara Hutton, cartier, Cecil Beaton, Daisy Fellowes, jewelry, Maria Callas, Sotheby, Wallis Simpson