FROM THE HOUSE "CHAUMET", BASED BY JEWELRY GENIUS MARI-ETHIENE NITO, - RESCUE FOR THE NEWLY MARED, WISHING TO LOOK FOR AN ESSENTIAL. A RECOGNIZED LEADER IN THE WORLD OF HIGH-ART JEWELRY JEWELRY OFFERS BRIDES JEWELS, ABLE TO UNDERSTAND ELEGANCE OF HAIRDRESS ON WEDDING DAY.
Experts say that modern women are much more active than their predecessors. And they perceive changes and innovations more positively. Therefore, Chaumet creates transformer jewelry: lush plumes almost instantly become a playful bando or elegant brooch. And the bride can only decide which transformer to choose ... There are traditional ones - bando low-sitting on the forehead and eyebrow level, massive kokoshniks in the 1910s style, as well as graceful almost weightless rims literally interwoven with curls and strands. And there are laconic and surprisingly elegant diamond hairpins designed to complement a luxurious wedding outfit with a complex cut or texture.
For those who still have not decided what exactly to set off to meet a new and promising life, in the spacious halls of an old mansion located on Vendome Square, 12, there are a huge number of tips. Even the walls of the legendary Chaumet House are decorated with mock-ups and sketches of tiaras that once belonged to the first women of fashion of the past. In a place of honor are the jewels of the empresses. Including the companions of Napoleon I. Here is the ceremonial portrait of Maria-Louise of Habsburg-Lorraine in luxurious earrings and a tiara by Nito ... The languid Austrian possessed not only a passion for embellishment, but also an enviable sense of humor. It was thanks to her that Chaumet had and is still in demand in acrylic bracelets (line ABC), invented by Nito back in 1810 and which were the favorite entertainment of the empress and her maid of honor. Treasured words and phrases are assembled from precious and semiprecious stones - the first letter of the name of each gem corresponds to the letter of the alphabet ... If you want imperial fun and honors, feel free to put a tiara on your wedding and string treasured words of love on golden threads! Speaking of Nito. Marie-Etienne Nito studied jewelry at Auber himself, the court jeweler of Marie Antoinette.
He very quickly opened his own Chaumet Paris House in Paris. He raised a son, Francois-Reno Nito, who inherited the talent of a jeweler from his father, survived the Great French Bourgeois Revolution, stayed afloat and even won the respect of nobles and bourgeois. And later - and the emperor himself, by a happy coincidence, owed the Nito family his miraculous salvation. The fact is that Nito Jr. participated in the Italian campaign of General Bonaparte, supporting the operation "100 days" and, according to a historical joke, stopped Napoleon's horse when she suffered a rider.
Valor and courage were fully rewarded! So, in 1803, Nito received an order from Napoleon for the manufacture of a gold sword with a hilt encrusted with rock crystal. And soon he was already making part of the coronation regalia for the emperor and his Josephine. A few years later, numerous applications were received from Maria Louise. Empress tiaras reminiscent of the times of resounding success, demonstrating the changes in bijoux de tête jewelry design since 1802.
By the way, the beginning of the popularization of head jewelry was laid at the end of the 19th century with the opening of the first Chaumet boutique on Place Vendome. The strategically correct location of the store helped - directly opposite the prestigious Ritz Hotel with its constant stream of wealthy customers and regulars in trendy restaurants. Today, Schaumet still works for the bourgeoisie. And even miniature jewelry in the form of golden bees (a sign on the emblem’s personal emblem) remind of the brand’s involvement in the history of France.
Tiaras, tiaras, egrets and bandos are still made of gold, platinum and diamonds. The cost of products sometimes reaches one million euros. All this is in demand and preserves the traditions of high French jewelry. Products from Chaumet can be found in the collections of most European monarchs. Indeed, at the beginning of the last century, the tiara became an integral attribute of the dress code of the aristocratic bride. As usual, fashion was supported by girls from other social strata. For example, the English magazine Tatler in 1906 wrote the following: "The modern bride expects to see at least two or three tiaras among the guests at the ceremonial part and four to five headdresses of a less formal sense." An example is the popular story of the time about a young girl from a colony who arrived in London on the eve of her wedding “for new mods” and was surprised to find that even a bride with an annual income of £ 500 must wear a tiara on her wedding day.
In the Chaumet archives one of the iconic tiaras is presented - a replica of the decoration of Empress Josephine. When creating it, all her wishes were taken into account: delicate handmade work emphasizes originality, aristocratic taste and the desire for a modest charm of luxury. Tiara is crowned with 597 diamonds with a large stone, 3.2 carats in the center. The total value of the jewelry is 33 carats. The tiara with cameos of the granddaughter of Empress Josephine also went down in history as the main wedding decoration of the bride in the royal family of Sweden. However, she became widely known for the sensational marriage of 1976: ex-stewardess and translator of German-Brazilian descent Sylvia Sommerlat married King Charles XVI Gustav. The royal couple went to this marriage for four difficult years, since the girl was three years older than the heir to the throne and did not have a noble birth. The young man’s grandfather, King Gustav Adolf, spoke out “against an alliance with a commoner.” The tragically dead father of Karl could not intervene in the situation. As a result, the young heir threatened the family with the abandonment of the throne.
And it is not known how this whole story would end if the grandfather did not die, opening Karl the path to a marginal marriage. Therefore, both opponents and supporters of the newly-made Cinderella sighed with relief when Sylvia, with her iconic tiara on her head, was finally taken to the altar and called the queen. However, this story would not have been almost fabulous if the daughter of Sylvia and Carla Victoria did not repeat the path of their parents. The 32-year-old princess, in turn, married fitness coach Daniel Westling. It is said that during the ceremony the groom was so worried that he hardly put a wedding ring on the bride’s finger. To support him, Victoria bowed her head in the same legendary tiara and kissed a trembling hand. The audience gasped: they say, miracles and more! Weddings of sheikhs and princes in the Middle East, too, could not do without tiaras.
For example, in the late 1980s, Chaumet House received a grand order from King Morocco Hassan II, one of the most influential statesmen of his time. At the wedding of his beloved daughter, the monarch ordered the Chaumet designers original tiaras not only for the bride herself, but also for all her daughters and granddaughters! However, there are shooting galleries in the House’s collection, which played a fatal role. For example, the one who put on a wedding singer Louise Ciccone, better known as Madonna. She was perhaps the only Chaumet star client to rent a tiara and put it on top of a veil on her wedding day with director Guy Ricci. British opponents of marriage immediately rendered their verdict: they say, diva, still pay for such an obvious neglect of tradition!
Indeed, in Scotland, as, indeed, throughout the world, the bride’s headdress is something sacred: it cannot be transferred, exchanged, and even less taken for a while! The divorce only confirmed the predictions of the opponents: with her misconduct, the Madonna herself doomed her marriage to failure already on the day of the wedding. Well, Guy Ricci got married again, Madonna is still on the lookout. Nevertheless, she herself still does not comment on the story with the tiara, and she answers her tabloid lunges with a proudly raised head. If you want your marriage history and wedding ceremony to look perfect, learn to hold your head right! Interior designer Thomas Anthony Buckley described his visit to an American business woman and socialite Mergory Marriweather Post: “Going down, she said:“ Just don’t be surprised at my outfit, I train! ”Everyone was in anticipation of the upcoming spectacle ... When suddenly she went out in one of her peignoirs with the huge tiara of the Empress Maria Louise on her head, the tiara was very difficult, and she decided to practice a little before “walking” her at some official reception .... Even without the formal attire, the hostess of the evening looked slepitelno. She's so hot! "
