Her Cartier rock crystal and diamond bracelets, Gloria Swanson wore them in pairs.
In the city as on the poster.
It was in 1932 that the silent star bought these expandable jewels from the rue de la Paix jeweler which can be put on without a clasp - the rock crystal discs being ingeniously mounted on a spring wire.
The actress loves them so much that she will go so far as to wear them in two of her films:
Le Parfait Accord (Perfect Understanding),
in 1933, then
Sunset Boulevard,
in 1950, where she stacks them on the same wrist.
Their voluminous structure and their effects of transparency underlined by brilliants are perfectly suited to the black and white of the time.
On film, their brilliance is accentuated by the white satin dresses, the sumptuous light sets and the strong, sometimes dazzling, lights of the studios.
The glamor of large stones
At the time, the actress was not the only one to wear her own gems on screen and Mary Pickford, Merle Oberon or Mae…
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