Mode Swarovski Haute Couture Designer Quotes Posted by Caroline Lobo × 2013/07/10 at 12:37 Swarovski is definitely heard by everyone, especially couturiers, who use these alluring crystals in their dresses. But the company rarely talks about its history: In 1895, Daniel Swarovski, the founder, from Wattens, a village in Austria, emerged as a young entrepreneur. He invented an electric cutting machine that facilitated the production of lead crystal and glass jewellery and developed all the possibilities of shapes, colors and brightness. These features quickly earned him distinctions including the immediate attention of Charles Frederick Worth, the first fashion designer in history. In 1900, as Haute Couture blossomed in The Golden Era of Paris, Worth’s corseted dresses were adorned with glittering constellations of Swarovski crystals, capturing the attention of couturiers and their clientele. These rich collaborations with the world of fashion will acclaim a company today culminating of five generations. Theatre and cinema have also exploited the peculiarities of this exceptional provider. Designers such as Callot and Paquin Doucet, used Swarovski, as an art to beautify their dresses. Jewelry dresses of the Roaring Twenties are soaked with sequins, beads or crystals, which are arranged to touch-key, in sinuous lines or fringes that shine brightly in their short styles and simple lines. Featuring models such as Jerome Beer or at Agnes, the geometric embroidery was completely daring. In the 1930’s, renowned designers such as Chanel, Jeanne Lanvin and Elsa Schiaparelli handle crystals sparingly and in good taste be it to emphasize a shoulder, flatter a waist, or highlight the graceful curve of a back. It was not until the 1950s that the introduction of excessive crystals resurrected in fashion. Bracelets and necklaces by Roger Scémama for Jacques Fath and Cristóbal Balenciaga show the right amount of sparkle and elegance. In 1956, at the request of Christian Dior in search of a specific color, Manfred Swarovski creates the Aurora Borealis crystal, to embody the nuances of the North Pole. The creator of the “New Look” used crystals in abundance. To cover his cocktail dresses, to adorn plunging necklines and as a base for the neck. vintage laguna clear crystal aurora borealis ab clip earrings Collected in a frieze around a neck or at the bottom of a dress, embroidery crystals play a radical and revolutionary role in the 1960s. In 1962, drenched with embroidered Swarovski crystals that appear on the skin as a dress accentuating her curves, Marilyn Monroe appears for her unforgettable 1962 rendition of Happy Birthday for President JF Kennedy. marilyn_rhinestone_dress In the 1980’s, Christian Lacroix and Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel give Haute Couture a new life. They encouraged the return of embroidery and baroque splendor. Thierry Mugler, in his Haute Couture collections, used crystals to transform his gowns into nocturnal cityscapes. Claude Montana for Lanvin, John Galliano at Dior, Alexander McQueen at Givenchy all recognized the virtues of a specific diffused light inside a crystal and to make clothes that appear as shooting stars. Since 1999, Nadja Swarovski (the great-granddaughter of the founder) develops collaborations diligently in constant concern to preserve and deepen the close relationship with the fashion of the time. Today, Swarovski puts its know-how and technical quality of experimental and stylistic research. This is seen in the gorgeous shimmer of the LED dress; a phenomenon of precision engineering created by Hussein Chalayan. Acting in all disciplines, not only in fashion but also in design and the visual arts, Nadja Swarovski wanted to push the limits of expression and application of the crystal. It is now a land of endless experimentation apart from fashion, the Bouroullec brothers, Ron Arad find themselves drawn to Swarovski for special and unusual orders. Swarovski has expanded to all industries of fashion, ready-to-wear jewelery, but it is in the rare and noble discipline of haute couture that the company has been revealed. Swarovski offers more than a century of involvement in Haute Couture through the fads and classics, which was beautifully displayed at the Paris Haute Couture Exhibition at Hotel de Ville in Paris.
Posted on: Mon, 26 May 2014 12:00:00 +0000
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