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If ruby is called the king of gems, then as Grace Kelly once observed, pearls are definitely "the queen of gems and the gem of queens."
As the oldest known gemstone officially and the only gem created by living things, pearls have long been a symbol of wealth, sophistication and power, and have no obvious flashy connection with other precious gems. In fact, before the birth of cultured pearls in 1893, pearls were actually rarer than diamonds, which made them very expensive and became treasures of the royal family (or gods): as early as 2300 BC, pearl strings were dedicated to the king of China; In 762 BC, Homer praised the "sparkling" pearl earrings of the goddess Juno in "Iliad"; fragments of pearl jewelry were found in the sarcophagus of a Persian princess in 420 BC, which is now located in Lu Floating palace.
The European royal family finally imitated and adopted their own power pearls. When Catherine de Medici went to France to get married in 1533, she carried six "biggest pearls ever" rope; one was later given to her future daughter-in-law, Queen Mary of Scots, and was eventually taken by Elizabeth Queen I collection (after she executed her cousin). The virgin queen has become synonymous with sparkling white gems, and countless people wear them to take portraits — hung on jewels or ribbons and sewn on her clothes — as a symbol of her purity, chastity and authority.
It's not that Pearl doesn't have a rock moment. Elizabeth Taylor almost lost the infamous 50.6 carats La Peregrina (one of the largest pear-shaped pearls ever discovered when she visited the Caesar's Palace Hotel in Las Vegas). Gift from his husband Richard Burton). "I reached out to touch La Peregrina, it's not there!" She later described this in her book "Elizabeth Taylor: My Jewelry Love." "I glanced at Richard, thank God, he didn't look at me, then I walked into the bedroom, fell on the bed, buried my head in the pillow and screamed." Then the pearl was found in her dog's mouth. Quality gems.
Recently, the most powerful woman in the world used pearls to express sentimentality, style and authority: the queen wore three strings of pearls from her beloved father, King George VI, to convey her reassuring message: "We will be in the UK See you again during the first lockdown in 2020"; when Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first female vice president of the United States in January, she wore a custom-made pearl necklace by Wilfredo Rosado to show her A member of the university sorority (often referred to as "Twenty Pearls") of Unity since graduating in 1986, she has been engaged in public activities.
Prabal Gurung, the creative director of Japanese jeweler Tasaki and fashion designer, said of the new charm of pearls: "These gems are uniquely refined, sexy and powerful, and resonate deeply with the current concept of matriarchy."
In the hands of designers such as Gurung, Alessandro Michele and Simone Rocha (pearl earrings worn by the Duchess of Cambridge), pearls have also got rid of the quaint and old-fashioned connotations in the past few years, and have appeared deformed, asymmetry and mismatched items. It is one of the most popular contemporary jewelry. Even the classic single-stranded and double-stranded necklaces (favored by the famous pearl lover Coco Chanel) are being adopted by modern fashion leaders such as Harry Styles, Marc Jacobs and Rihanna, just like Jacqueline Kennedy (Jacqueline Kennedy) ) As said, it proves that "pearls are always suitable."
Pearls and golden hoops, £395 each, Annoushka
Gold-plated pearl necklace, £225, Anissa Kermiche
Pearl and diamond hoop earrings, £4,500, Jessica McCormack
Pearl and gold ring, £2,380, Tasaki
Pearl and gold necklace, starting from £750, Jessie Thomas
Pearl and gold earrings, £675, Sophie Bille Brahe
Pearl and sterling silver necklace, £2,000, Tiffany & Co.
Gold and pearl earrings, £610, Gucci