Coral Drop Earrings
$88.30 NZD
1 in stock
Description
These intricate earrings are molded coral celluloid flowers and filigree beads. Lever back.
Burnished bronze metal finish.
Background Story:
Between WWI and WWII, the fashion houses of Chanel, Dior and Schiaparelli dominated the world of fashion design. But, it was Elsa Schiaparelli who was the most innovative and experimental. She produced a string of fashion ‘firsts’– patterned knitwear, pop art themes, surrealist trompe l’oeil images printed on fabric, divided skirts and culottes (shocking!).swim and ski wear. Readers of 1930s Vogue magazine perused Schiaparelli fashion pages in private. She dazzled the fashion world with costume jewelry designs of large scale and materials made expressly for her collections by companies such as Daniel Swarovski. These filigree bead collar and earrings are based on her notion of the importance of fashion jewelry to fashion
