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Count Fulco Di Verdura: Iconic Jewels

Posted by Daniel Dunt on February 26, 2011 at 5:12pm
8842879062?profile=originalThat's So New York - Coco Chanel in the 1930's hired a young designer of Italian aristocracy, named Count Fulco Di Verdura to do textiles for her. She and he soon found that his strengths as a designer lie elsewhere, namely jewelry. Chanel had her opulent pieces of jewels reworked into what would become classic symbols which endure today. The famous Byzantine cross studded with multi-colored gemstones was born from the creative minds of Chanel in collaboration with Verdura. Coco famously wore, o
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Count Fulco Di Verdura: Iconic Jewels

Posted by Daniel Dunt on February 26, 2011 at 5:12pm
8842879062?profile=originalThat's So New York - Coco Chanel in the 1930's hired a young designer of Italian aristocracy, named Count Fulco Di Verdura to do textiles for her. She and he soon found that his strengths as a designer lie elsewhere, namely jewelry. Chanel had her opulent pieces of jewels reworked into what would become classic symbols which endure today. The famous Byzantine cross studded with multi-colored gemstones was born from the creative minds of Chanel in collaboration with Verdura. Coco famously wore, o
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