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Couture GaultierDesigner 2000s SemiPreciousStones Textiles DangleChains Earring

$740
£562.74
€649.09
CA$1,036.60
A$1,160.17
CHF 605.79
MX$14,154.09
NOK 7,689.68
SEK 7,297.03
DKK 4,847.10
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In the early 2000 while French Jean-Paul Gautier remained the designer at his eponymous Parisian fashion house, a Paris-based haute-couture runway-accessory designer was commissioned by him to create this handmade decadent street-culture-inspired wire-hook earring with multiple tumbled semi-precious stones, gilt chain and cord, and multi-color sequins that suggest divergent international cultures. On both the front and back, an explosion of deconstructed couture-textile remnants in red, fuchsia and pink silk chiffon, burgundy silk brocade, and black net from one of his early 2000s collections are embroidered on a gold-painted leather triangle. The sequin colors include fuchsia, red, gold and silver. Meant to be worn in an Egyptian-Revival style as a single earring for a piercing, it was part of a parure featuring most of the same materials. We did not initially recognize that this earring was part of it until after we had sold the other pieces. The parure was acquired from the sole owner who purchased them during a Paris Haute-Couture Fashion Week between 2002-2004. From the top of the textiles to the end of the longer dangling chain, the relatively lightweight earring measures 6 inches. So like other Gaultier couture single-earrings, at least one of the chains will brush the collarbone when worn. Since founding his eponymous brand in 1982 and ending his ready-to-wear collections in 2015, Gaultier retired in January 2020 after his 50th-anniversary haute-couture show since 1997. Beginning in 2003, TheMet Costume Institute showcased his work with several other international designers during its "Braveheart: Men In Skirts" exhibition. The Parisian Grand Palais, which was the setting for a documentary about Gaultier, was among international museums that hosted his touring retrospective from 2011-2015, which was curated by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

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