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Sophie Bille Brahe’s bubbles of diamonds and pearls

Published on January 9, 2023

Anello Plateau Diamant in oro e diamanti

Venice has inspired poets, painters, musicians. But also jewelers and designers. In the case of the Danish Sophie Bille Brahe, however, Venice was not the muse, but Murano. The island near the lagoon city is famous for its glass craft workshops. And it is precisely the artisans-artists of Murano, who work the delicate material, that Sophie Bille Brahe has decided to combine pearls and glass spheres, in an unusual and refined mix.

Bracciale tennis in oro 14 carati e diamanti

In short, the Copenhagen designer added something more to her way of making jewelry, a passion she has cultivated since she was a child. Once grown up, she studied jewelry design at the Royal College of Art in London and trained with master jewelers in her hometown. She founded his brand in 2011. The jewels are handmade using secular jewelery techniques.

Orecchini Jardin de Coeurs in oro 14 carati e perle di acqua dolce

She divides his jewelry into two broad lines: pearls and diamonds. In both cases she uses that simple and intelligent design that is typical of the Nordic countries. Pearls are often used in clusters with ever-changing volumes, while diamonds are aligned with a rivière that provides movement to the composition. Simple, but effective.

Collana Jardin de Peggy in oro 14 carati e perle di acqua dolce

Orecchini chandelier in oro q4 carati e perle di acqua dolce

The two streets of Sophie Bille Brahe

Published on September 11, 2022

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Orecchini ispirati alle sculture di Calder con perle di acqua dolce

Sophie Bille Brahe summarizes in itself the characteristics of Nordic design: simple, yet surprising, light despite the dimensions, rigorous without missing the imagination. Well-outlined ideas: on her website you can choose two ways: pearls or diamonds. Stop. But behind the choice restricted to two types of jewelry, there is a vast world.

Orecchino singolo in oro giallo 18 carati e diamanti per 1,52 carati VVS

Sophie is Danish. She was born in Copenhagen (Denmark), one of the cities with the highest percentage of jewelers. The designer is one of those who started to deal with jewelry early, as a child in a small laboratory where she expressed her alternative bohemian attitude. The designer studied jewelry design at the Royal College of Art in London and trained with master jewelers in Copenhagen. She founded his Maison in 2011. A curious aspect: a great-great-great-grandfather of the designer was the famous sixteenth-century astronomer Tycho Brahe, who discovered the phenomenon of supernovae. And Sophie Bille Brahe often is inspired by the night sky for her collections.

Anello Ocean de Fleurs in oro giallo 18 carati e diamanti

Bracciale Fleur de Tennis in oro giallo 18 carati e diamanti

Anello Grand Ensemble Ruban in oro giallo e diamanti

Collana di perle Grand Peggy in oro 14 carati e perle di acqua dolce — Collana Grand Peggy in oro 14 carati e perle di acqua dolce

Orecchini Grande rosette in oro 14 carati e perle di acqua dolce

Orecchino Claudia con perle di acqua dolce su oro 14 carati

Guide to new trendy earrings

Published on November 27, 2021

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Strange forms, new names: learn to recognize the different types of trendy earrings. Quick guide ♦

Have you ever wanted to buy earrings on Etsy, Asos or eBay and feel a bit confused between earcuff, wrap-around and wire? Blame vocabulary: once there were only three models of the jewel more loved by women, stud, hoop and pendant. Then, came the chandelier, an elaborate variation of cascading earrings, but nothing has been the same again after the appearance of the ear cuff.

Orecchini della collezione Eyes, indossati di Cora Sheibani

And so for a few years every season here comes a new version, with a few more details, maybe a little wire on the back of the lobe, or an item that dangles in front and behind, or chains that make the first earcuff seem a traditional object. Here is a glossary with the explanation of each style, taking into account the real novelty are ear jackets, while the most embellishing are climbing earrings. If they are also a bit pendant, is the ultimate trendy.

Earcuff band Will appeal to those who faints at the sight of the needle because it is the only model of earrings that does not require piercing: in fact it comes to bands decorated with stones or thin opened circles to overlap along the top of ear. And often they cost less than all the others.

1 Stone, oro rosa 18 carati e diamanti. 2 Maria Francesca Pepe, ottone placcato oro e perla. 3 Bjørg, argento placcato oro. 4 First People First, ottone con tre coni.

Ear chain Modern bohemian, is very Coachella style (the musical event that takes place in late April in Indio, California) with its chain that starts from the top of the lobe and goes to end in the piercing. You can match it with more ear band cuff stacked on cartilage.

1 Ileana Makri, orecchino ear cuff in oro rosé 18kt con diamanti, zaffiri e tsavorite. 2 Lara Bohinc, orecchini con rodio.

Ear jackets Similar to wrap around as a concept, these earrings are focused in the lobe and have a front end that can be a stud or a horizontal bar and something more intricate and the real highlight comes out from the back and hugs the curve of the lobe as a semicircle.

1 Niko Koulis, oro nero 18 carati diamanti blu. 2 Perlota, oro bianco e giallo18 carati e ovali con diamanti bianchi pendenti. 3 Sidney Evan, accessorio per ear jacket in oro giallo 14 carati e diamanti grigi. 4 Ca&Lou, metallo e strass colorati.

Ear stud double sided Variation on the theme: the form is replicated on the back in a bigger size. Wear it with other models.

1 Vita Fede, ottone placcato oro e cristalli Swarovski. 2 Yoko London, orecchini in oro rosa e diamanti con due perle Tahiti grigie. 3 Dior Tribale, orecchini in palladio con pavé di cristalli grigi e perla ricoperta in resina rosa.

Ear stud hoop Neither fish nor fowl, you might say. And, instead, are a combination of the two that makes a classic hyper modern: the button front and the unfinished circle that extends from the back.

1 Luxory Fashion, metallo e cristalli Swarovski. 2 Maria Francesca Pepe, ottone e strass. 3 CZ by Kenneth Jay Lane, ottone e zirconi.

Ear wire It is a jewel that requires a piercing with a wire which passes behind the ear to be well positioned along the cartilage. The result is a jewel looking ethereal, delicate and floating.

1 Perlota, oro bianco 18 carati e diamanti bianchi. 2 Cristina Ortiz, oro rosa 9 carati e diamanti brown. 3 Sophie Bille Brahe, oro giallo 18 carati e pietre multicolore.

Ear wrap-around More elaborate than their cousins, is wrapped behind the ear with an end hanging from the front on top of the ear and another, often more conspicuous or larger and with a greater amount of stones, which comes out from the back at the bottom of the earlobe.

1 Vickisarge, metallo placcato palladio con Swarovski. 2 Delfina Delettrez, oro 9 carati, 9 topazi multicolore e un peridoto. 3 Vibe Harslof, metallo dorato con due perle bianche. 4 Emanuele Bicocchi, argento con strass.

Pearls that surprise

Published on August 22, 2017

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Anello Liberty. In oro bianco, diamanti, onice, perla centrale

The pearls not everytime are used with traditional jewelery, such as the classic one or two-strand necklace. Here are some pearl jewelry that are amazing ♦

Pearls that break the model, contradict the classic form of jewelry that use this fruit of oysters, so prized and used. But beware, these five jewels not spring from strange idea of some designers which want to amaze. On the contrary, they are great and fine jewelry offered by affirmed Maison or run in from creators of unique pieces. The selection, made by the New York Times, simply goes against the current, with a small parade of jewels able to debunk the common use of pearls: necklace, earrings, rings sometimes, but in a context of simplicity. On the contrary, in this case the pearls are capable of amazing, even when they are white, the most common. The secret is in the re-interpretation of the role of pearl, in pairs or alone, but determined to act in tandem with the fanciful gold frames. An entire gallery to watch.

Anello di Melanie Georgacopoulos, oro e diamanti, perla

Orecchini Nautilus, perle, ebano, diamanti — Mazza, orecchini Nautilus, perle, ebano, diamanti

Anello con perla dorata South Sea e diamanti — Yoko London, anello con perla dorata South Sea e diamanti

Orecchini in oro bianco, diamanti e perla — Rosario Autore, orecchini in oro bianco, diamanti e perla

Anello, rana e orchidea, con perla — FancsV, anello, rana e orchidea, con perla

Anello in oro rosa e perla di Thaiti — Lauren Chisholm, anello in oro rosa e perla di Thaiti

The flowers of Sophie Bille Brahe

Published on July 11, 2017

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Orecchino della nuova collezione di Sophie Bille Brahe, oro giallo e diamanti

Danish designer Sophie Bille Brahe presented her new collection in Paris ♦ ︎
In Paris, during the week of Haute Couture, she presented a collection of jewels made of small yellow gold and diamonds. In the French capital, the designer of Copenhagen, Sophie Bille Brahe, celebrated the 5th anniversary of its brand. As is the tradition of North designers, Sophie’s jewels are very straightforward, no frills, simple and at the same time with cute shapes. Inventing without adding anything, it could be the guiding idea.
Also in the collection combined with large exuberant flowers, with a contrast that does not go unnoticed, the rule is preserved. Nothing too much, nothing fancy, less is more: Sophie Bille Brahe graduated at the Royal College of Arts in London. Her work was immediately successful and her jewels were sold by prestigious stores and jewelery chains as well as online. She uses a few classic elements, such as yellow gold in combination with small diamonds. But to make her really original jewels are the soft lines with which earrings and rings are drawn, the pieces that can surprise more. Margherita Donato

Anello La Pirouette Grand Ressort, fa parte della collezione Pirouette. Prezzo: 1,750 euro

L'orecchino Imagine. Prezzo: 9.800 euro — L’orecchino Imagine. Prezzo: 9.800 euro

Orecchino Elipse Yasmin. Prezzo: 1.350 euro

Orecchino Ligne, oro e diamanti. Prezzo: 5175 euro

Orecchino Ligne d'Or. Prezzo: 885 euro — Orecchino Ligne d’Or. Prezzo: 885 euro

Bracciale Etoile Lucia, collezione Venise. Prezzo: 4.600 euro

Orecchino La Pyramide, con perle. Prezzo: 1700 euro