L'Atlantide

One collection inspired by the sea is their L'Atlantide range

L'ATLANTIDE - Van Cleef & Arpels recreates the universe of the wondrous isle of the lost city of Atlantis. There Neptune reigned with his queen Cleita and their court of nymphs, mermaids and other mythical sea creatures.

The Odyssey to Atlantis
The Héra ClipThe Odyssey to Atlantis begins with the exploration of this secret world and the discovery, amidst the oceans waters and undercurrents, the fabulous creatures that play in the shining surf. The Van Cleef & Arpels Design House uncovers this lost paradise. Their craftsmen create exquisite gemstone pieces that represent the fabulous creatures that live and play in this submerged universe.
Héra from L'Atlantide, is the most fabulous of their high jewellery clips and is shown right.

High Jewellery

The Van Cleef & Arpels Couture Collection

The Van Cleef & Arpels House was inspired by the extravagance, daring and happy-go-lucky spirit of the roaring 20's.
Now at Van Cleef & Arpels, high jewellery unite in a world of exceptional craftsmanship, characterized by unique artistry and demanding standards. Van Cleef & Arpels celebrates this union with its Couture Collection: where fabric becomes jewellery, and jewellery becomes fabric, the result is to drape a woman in majestic splendour. You really need to study the detail of the picture (or the real article) to appreciate the extent of the craftsmanship.
The renowned jewellery ornaments and accessories of high fashion are transformed into rare objects such as: shimmering gold lace, tassels in precious stones, detailed embroideries, ribbons covered in rubies and magical zippers.

Above Left - Van Cleef & Arpels shimmering gold lace Clip Dentelle - 1949 and to the right - Van Cleef & Arpels Noeud Dentelle a gold lace clip -1945.
How could anyone fail to love these vintage jewellery pieces? Thanks to the most exquisite technique, the gold work is so fine that it looks exactly like hand worked golden lace.
As mentioned above, such antique and vintage pieces are bespoke collector's items. Some even find their way back to their original home at Van Cleef & Arpels, either as museum pieces, or for resale among the owners within the exclusive Van Cleef & Arpels vintage circle.
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Indian Lac Fashion Jewellery

How Indian Lac Costume Jewellery of Rajasthan is Made - Pictures 1

Some months ago when jewellery wholesaler and exporter Pradeep Kapur of Jaipur India first wrote to me, I began at last to put a name to the intriguing traditional Lac enamel fashion jewellery from India I've seen occasionally before. I had seen Indian costume jewels many times in Bollywood films and paintings depicting Indian lifestyle and fantasy. Now I want to tell you about one type of traditional Indian jewellery called Lac jewellery. On this page (with Pradeep's help) I explain how Lac (wax filled) jewellery is made and on these pages show examples of some of his Lac jewellery samples. I have seen real samples of these products and this jewellery is superior to other Bollywood style ethnic jewellery I've seen before

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Pearls Please For An Instant Facelift

Pearl necklaces and pearl earrings can lift a woman's complexion and bring light and radiance to the face helping melt away years off a woman whatever her age. A matching real pearl necklace whether freshwater or cultured, will enhance the skin and lift it so that it glows and glimmers with luminosity. If you are feeling jaded do yourself a favour and invest in some quality pearls.
Combinations of pearl necklaces and earrings come in and out of fashion with regularity so pearls are a must in any fashion wardrobe

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Jewellery for the 21st Century

Costume jewellery can enliven a fashion wardrobe and bring a dash of panache especially for one off special occasions. Costume jewellery can be superb. The superb is usually plated at least seven times with 18 or 22 ct gold.
For example Joan Rivers does a range of good costume jewellery modelled on original fine gem pieces. One of her trademarks is to make jewellery doubly useful and she produces sets of interchangeable earrings, pendants and tennis bracelets. For example you might be able to slip a range of up to 10 different coloured stones, pearls or Swarovski crystals into an 18ct gold plated earring to vary the look. Her jewellery is exclusive to the QVC shopping channel in the UK and she is constantly working on new ideas such is her enthusiasm.

Highest grade Cubic Zirconium man made imitation diamonds often set in precious metals is of such a good standard that almost everyone can afford to have attractive jewellery.
The best crystals used in costume jewellery are the first grade crystals that the top Austrian firm Swarovski can offer. Butler and Wilson costume brooch.
Some of the costume jewellery I have come to love, comes from companies like Ciro, Adrian Buckley, Butler and Wilson, Swarovski Crystal Jewelry Napier, Joan Rivers, Joan Collins, Christian Dior, California Crystal, Property of A Lady and of course Kenneth J Lane

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Italian Gold and Roman Coinage

Eight centuries BC the Italian Etruscans in the Tuscany region produced granulated textured gold work. They made large fibulae or clasps, necklaces, bracelets and earrings. They also made pendants that were hollow and could be filled with perfume. The Italians are still renowned for high quality stylish trend making gold work today.
In coinage the Romans used 18 and 24 carat gold. Being fairly easily available the coinage was the craftsman's raw material for decorative jewel work. 2000 years ago the Romans were using sapphires from Sri Lanka, cloudy emeralds, garnets, amber and Indian diamond crystals. When England was under Roman rule, fossilized wood called jet from the North of England was carved into interesting pieces.
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Gold and Gems in Greece 1400 BC

In ancient Greece, beads shaped as natural forms like shells, flowers and beetles were manufactured on a large scale. Beautiful and delicate necklaces and earrings were found in burial sites in Northern Greece. By 300 BC the Greeks were making multi coloured jewellery and used emeralds, garnets, amethysts and pearls

Right - Greek earrings.
They also used coloured stones, glass and enamel. Carved cameos of Indian Sardonyx (a striped brown pink and cream agate stone) along with filigree gold work were widely made. Beads were made by joining two flat pieces of gold and filling them with sand.

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PAKISTANI JEWELLERY

Pakistani jewellery is famous for its wide range of styles designs and delicatehand work. Jewelery is a very special item among Pakistani women on any occasion or celebration. It has a great role in bridal getup. Jewelry is not only wore by Pakistani women on functions but almost all women wearjewellery depending on nature of their work and life-style. So Pakistan fashion.net jewelry page brings to you all vriety of Pakistani jewelry worn in Pakistan. These include gold, silver, bronze, stones and alsofake jewelry items. The styles displayed in our jewelry portfolio arefor both casual wear and formal wear. Some of these styles are blendedwith western styles to produce elegant combination of gold and stones for bridal jewelry and also for casual wear. Stones and gems of various colors are embedded in yellow gold or white gold to produce jewellery to match clothes of different colors. Some of these stones are garnets, topaz, blue sapphire. This has given wide choice to brides for selecting color of their bridal dress and and giving rise to new trends. Write to Pakistani jewelry page about your needs and we will help you making best selections out of your range.

INDAIN JAIPUR JEWELERS DESIGNS

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