Pearls are, probably, the only common point between Rihanna and the Empress Eugenie, between Henri III and Harry Styles. This appetite for the most beautiful, the most perfect of gems (the only one that does not require any size before being mounted), contaminates today's women and their daughters. Up to the men who are no longer shy to unbutton their shirts on a thin row of mother-of-pearl. Swept away, the bourgeois and aristocratic image that sticks to the skin of this great classic jeweler? On the contrary! " There is an air of bourgeois time, which goes from Gucci to Celine, suggests Serge Carreira, lecturer at Sciences Po. In this movement, the pearl plays a central role, being rooted in a classic aesthetic, inscribed in a jewelry and decorative heritage. But behind its tidy side, it expresses freedom and creation. By diverting the cliché, the designers were able to make it cool. ”
Sirene Venus earrings, in gold and baroque pearls, Sophie Bille Brahe at White Bird. Sophe Bille
Gucci 2018 cruise. On the catwalk, the models appear covered with pearls,
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