Oh I just had to share this little story with you from my workday in Burlington Arcade last week: in the Richard Ogden-shop we also have the beautiful collection from Moira Jewels on display, and so I was browsing Moira’s website, trying to find a photo of a glorious piece of jewellery to add to Instagram. Out of all the hundreds of stunning pieces on the website I immediately fell in love with this one:
A 1940s diamond bracelet from Moira Jewels at Richard Ogden
It is a diamond bracelet mounted in platinum, with round brilliant-cut diamonds and alternating flowers with diamond borders, set with eight-cut and round brilliant-cut diamonds. My colleagues however thought it was very funny, as apparently I had managed to pick out the one piece of jewellery that was Swedish! Such a coincidence indeed, and I suppose that we are all influenced by our origin whether we know it or not. This beautiful piece with its elegant lines and striking design is thought to have been made in Sweden in the 1940s.
During the 40’s lots of materials were in fact heavily rationed because of the war, and ladies’ outfits were sober in style, very much influenced by the military gear that the gents would wear. These streamlined outfits however found their opposites in the jewellery worn, as our beautiful ladies of the time would go for rather imaginative and decorative pieces! I find it so fascinating to see how the social situation influenced people’s style and I think that a blog post on 1940s fashion will be in place soon!
Have a lovely Wednesday dear!
Decades of Elegance 