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This Wednesday, May 12th, we are thrilled to be a

This Wednesday, May 12th, we are thrilled to be a part of GemX’s Gem XX Series celebrating strong women in jewelry. We hope you will join us as Belperron Archivist, Caroline Perkowski, who has spent more than a decade researching Suzanne Belperron’s life and jewels, discusses what made Madame Belperron truly “modern, before the world was.” Belperron was one of the few women in charge of a jewelry workshop in early 20th century Paris. She used this freedom to create bold jewels with organic shapes and material combinations that had not been seen before. Her life spanned two world wars, the modern movement in the arts and feminism. Through it all, Belperron never stopped making jewelry so true to her own ideas that she never signed it, once explaining, "My style is my signature." Link to register in bio. @gemxclub
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An up-close look at Belperron’s Corne Earclips:

An up-close look at Belperron’s Corne Earclips: Madame Belperron’s departure from the house of Boivin in 1932 marked a turning point in her designs: she left behind the angular, geometric compositions of the Art Deco period and began pursuing a more organic, sculptural style.

One of her novel ideas from this period was the concept of trompe l’oeil jewels that gave the impression of a series of separate bands and bangles layered upon one another.

For earclips, she designed a series of graduated hoops that simulate the effect of numerous earrings. The “Corne” earclips, reminiscent of an animal’s horns (for which they are named), symbolize strength and power, a message that still resonates a half a century later. Seen in 2017 in the pages of Marie Claire.

Today, the Corne Earclips are offered in 22k virgin gold and platinum and diamond. Worn by modern-day powerhouses, Karlie Kloss, Amber Valletta, Sarah Paulson and Oprah Winfrey.
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An up-close look at Belperron’s Saddle Cuffs: On

An up-close look at Belperron’s Saddle Cuffs: One of Suzanne Belperron’s greatest talents was her ability to economize. Growing up in a working-class family with a widowed mother during WWI, she learned to adapt her designs to the limited materials on hand. Even with her success as a jeweler years later, she retained her principles of frugality, using materials to her advantage.

One service she was known for was resetting or remounting clients’ outdated jewelry. In the 1930s she conceived a novel and economical way to reimagine Edwardian or Art Deco bracelets and necklaces. When presented with an intricate pearl and diamond piece, she commissioned her lapidary to carve a wide chalcedony cuff with raised edges reminiscent of a riding saddle, and set the bracelet along the center, securing it with concealed screws on either end.

As always, her designs were deceptively simple: there was a sophisticated art in her choice of materials.

Today, Belperron continues the tradition of reimagining vintage bracelets and necklaces as unique, bold cuffs, playing with the color, tone and opacity of materials, like the one modeled by Rihanna in 2021 for Essence Magazine.
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An up-close look at Belperron’s Bamboo Necklace:

An up-close look at Belperron’s Bamboo Necklace: Suzanne grew up in the French city of Besançon, the site of the first public museum in France, the birthplace of the national watch industry and the capital of the French countryside. Founded in 1694, the Besançon Museum was France’s first public gallery. Thanks to several major bequests, it had amassed a diverse collection of art which served as Suzanne’s first introduction to international cultures, including “Le Jardin Chinois” by Francois Boucher, 1742.

Suzanne’s formative years as a student in Besançon imparted a lifelong love of museums and foreign influences, particularly Asian artwork and symbolism.

During the German occupation of Paris in WWII, Madame Belperron returned to the building blocks of her education and her early love of oriental symbolism. In a special commission for her friend, Mary Picha-Eisenstein, she explored the bamboo motif, a traditional Chinese symbol of virtue, strength and renewal, a poignant choice during a prolonged period of deprivation and fear. The two bamboo elements are actually brooches that clip into a detachable necklace torque.

Almost eighty years after it was created in 1943, the Bamboo Necklace is still a striking symbol of beauty and strength, modeled in the Carolina Herrera runway show in 2016.
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Belperron’s take on the classic pearl necklace.

Belperron’s take on the classic pearl necklace. The Tahitian Cultured Pearl Col de Cygne Necklace features a single “wave” strand of light gray Tahitian cultured pearls strung on a 22k gold Col de Cygne clasp with a virgin gold finish.
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