Magnificent Costume Jewelry Earrings

Maison Gripoix Vintage Faux Turquoise and White Small Dangling Earrings Set in Gold Tone. There are small pieces of faux turquoise wrapped in Gold, surrounding a white center. Clip On. These are so stunning and so classic in the style of Chanel. These can be worn in both winter and summer. I love these. Truly my taste. Guy de Maupassant wrote a famous story about a necklace. The story is about a young, pretty, intelligent, well-educated but poorly endowed bride who has to marry a petty official; thus, suffering from the limitations of living a life with a husband that lacked any exquisite qualities. One day, to entertain his dejected spouse, her husband receives an invitation to a ball and gives his wife the 400 francs he had saved for a hunting rifle so that she can order an appropriate dress. However, when the dress is ready, it becomes clear that it is lacking jewelry, and it would be impossible to attend the ball while looking so poor. The protagonist approaches her wealthy childhood friend, with whom she was raised at the monastery, and borrows a diamond necklace from her. The ball is a great success, and she is the centre of attention. However, when the woman returns home, she discovers that she has lost the necklace. To conceal her faux pas from her friend, she buys a new necklace identical to the one she lost. To pay it off, the woman gets into a huge debt, which, over the years, gradually drags her down the social ladder from the bourgeoisie to poverty. Ten years later, having lost her good looks, the woman encounters her friend on the Champs Elysees, who still looks young, beautiful, and rich. The protagonist reveals to her friend the entire story about the necklace, but her friend replies in amazement that the diamonds were fake and would “cost 500 francs at most.” Maison Gripoix starts out with a dramatic story. In 1869 (or a year earlier, according to other sources), Paris master glass-maker Augustina Gripoix began making replicas of pearls and crystals, casting glass into different shapes and colours and inserting them into the most sophisticated settings. She used the pâte de verre (glass paste) technique, whereby a traditional ceramic or gypsum form was filled with a multi-colour piece of glass and special gluing substances and then baked in a furnace, resulting in objects featuring fantastical hues. Only Augustina made her crystals by pouring the melted glass paste into the press moulds, skipping the furnace step, allowing her to achieve the purity of colour, transparency, and shine. She found a simple method to create beautiful jewelry, and thus, Marquises, Duchesses, and Princesses queued up. Madame Gripoix would then make them replicas of their own jewelry in case of robbery or loss, or some unusual jewelry pieces for their new wraps, neckpieces, or boas. The so-called ‘costume jewelry’ emerged to a large extent thanks to the work of Maison Gripoix. Augustina Gripoix earned her fame in the 1890s when she began creating necklaces for Sarah Bernhardt to wear on stage and later designed costume jewelry for the first high-fashion house of Charles Frederick Worth. Later, Paul Poiret, the leading couturier of 1910, contacted her, and she created sophisticated Oriental-style jewelry for him to match his famous Oriental costumes, based on the aesthetic of Diaghilev’s initial Russian seasons. The value of costume jewelry was now being recognized in its own right and not just for imitation purposes. The taste of emancipated young girls, who were gaining more and more freedom and opportunities, was best met with bijouterie. So in the 1920s, when Augustina’s daughter Susan became the head of the House, Gripoix prospects became even more exciting. Girls with short-cropped hair in short dresses zoomed by in open-top cars wearing bijou rather than diamonds. Everyone ordered bijouterie from Madam Gripoix during this period, from Jeanne Lanvin to Jean Piguet...

Kent Raible's all gold 'Acorn Drop' earrings are our most popular earring to date! Easy to wear everyday with an elegant shape and fine granulation detail. From the limited edition '...

18 Karat White Gold 1.59 Carat Diamond Dangle Earrings This incredible invisible set emerald cut diamond long hanging earring is timeless. The i...

18 Karat Gold 0.89 Carat Diamond Dangle Drop Earrings This fantastic invisible set emerald cut diamond long hanging earring is classic. The invi...

2 Handcut Coral stones (8,70ct) Set with 6 White Diamonds (0,06ct) Set in 18kt Yellow Gold Made in Italy These dainty earrings have been handmade in our 150 year old workshop in Italy. Our fifth generation goldsmith has cut them in house and set them in 18kt Yellow Gold with 6 White Diamonds crowing...

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Cast in 14 karat gold. These beautiful earrings are hand set in 49.67 carats rubies & 2.1 carats of sparkling diamonds. FOLLOW MEGHNA JEWELS storefront to view the latest collectio...

A pait of simple and elegant hoops hancrafted in 22K Gold with a pair of diamond briolettes hanging from each of them. The diamonds are 4.35 carats altogether and add just that touch...

18 Karat Rose and White Gold 2.57 Carat "Illusion-Set" Diamond Dangle Earrings This incredible invisible set emerald cut diamond long hanging earring is timeless. The invisible diamond emerald cut is a crafty design wherein 3 smaller baguette-cut diamonds in the center, 2 on the sides and 4 round diamonds on the edges are carefully combined to shape together an illusion of a larger diamond emerald cut shape. The pieces are perfectly inserted into a rose gold collate to give a more classy and elegant look. The solid gold link in between each invisible set diamond emerald cut separates the seven emerald cut collates to provide the long hanging look. The invisible set hanging earring...

Flaunt your style with the Double Bubble earrings, showcasing a sleek 7.5mm hollow ball in 14k yellow gold, polished to a mirror shine, paired with a captivating golden-hued baroque ...

These stunning tourmaline are handmade in 18-karat gold, it is set with 34.06 carats tourmaline and .52 carats of glimmering diamonds. FOLLOW MEGHNA JEWELS storefront to view the l...

These stunning hand carved Jade earrings are thoughtfully and meticulously crafted in 18-karat gold. It is set in 18.35 carats of Jade, 2.62 carats emerald and 1.02-carats of glimmer...