Van Cleef & Arpels: the last Zip Necklace

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All is never acquired for Van Cleef and Arpels, a House, among other equally prestigious, which symbolize the beauty and wonders of the French Jewelry, Place Vendome.


But I confess that one of my favorites.

On the occasion of the Fashion Week, Van Cleef and Arpels we delight in having nominated the magnificent reinterpretation of the famous necklace ZIP, everyone knows that closed, it becomes a bracelet.12Collier-Zip-diamants-turquoise-chloromelanite-chrysoprase.jpg

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Magic of a harmless object turned by the creativity of Rene Puissant, then director of the Creations Van Cleef, an idea blown to the ear, we are told, by the Duchess of Windsor.2van-cleef-zip-necklace

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It was not until 1951 that the first way Necklace Workshop ZIP Van Cleef, he has been constantly reinvented, recreated.

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Hilary Swank :collier zip pompon sources trends.com

By Jade, Pearls, Turquoise, Diamond, Sapphire, Chrysoprase a festival of precious stones and virtuosity 11Collier-Zip-diamants-saphirsvan-cleef-arpels

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