Vintage Glamour

Long Vintage Earrings with Pearls & Diamonds in Gold & Silver, circa 1950s

€ 1,390.00 ^*

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Long Vintage Earrings with Pearls & Diamonds in Gold & Silver, circa 1950s

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Hollywood set the tone early on: Even in the early 1940s, "The Lake Look" was one of the most desirable hairstyles. We're talking about actress Veronica Lake's long hair, worn with a deep side parting. So influential was Lake stylistically that as the war progressed, the U.S. government asked her to change her hairstyle as a role model: Long hair was considered too impractical and unsafe for work in factories where women worked to support the war effort. So Lake was soon seen in videos propagating strictly pinned-back hair. Many women followed her lead, and others even cut their hair short. From the privations of wartime grew in the 1950s a great fashion of short hairstyles, which, however, had little to do with practicality. They were often elaborately ondulated and shaped - think, for example, of the legendary short hairstyles of Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren or Liz Taylor. As in every chapter of jewellery history, however, hair fashion was also to influence that of earrings. Because what was better suited to show off beautiful earrings than short hair? They were popular both in the form of compact clips and long pendants. The present earrings come from this era and were conceived as long pendants. They present themselves as large flowers that are suspended under leverbacks. In their center, a beautiful cultured pearl shimmers in a wreath of diamond roses. The leverbacks and frames of the earrings are made of light reddish gold, while the diamonds are set in silver - a subtle reference to the diamond jewels of the Victorian era. The pair is beautifully preserved and is characteristic 1950s jewellery that is still easily wearable and versatile today. It found its way to us from London.

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Vintage Glamour

€ 1,390.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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