Wednesday, August 8, 2012

High Fashion Fasteners

Have you ever seen a ring or bracelet that looks like this?
A company called Cartier  (I know you've heard of them!) sells them and they're called the LOVE Ring or the LOVE Bracelet. 

Do you recognize what they are using to evoke love?
Slotted Flathead Screws - my favorites.
And the jewelry is hugely successful!

Below is what the Cartier website says about their LOVE Collection: 

"The original provocative bracelet -created in the 1970's- which could only be opened with a tiny screwdriver. It soon became a piece of cult jewellery for modern day lovers.  A Cartier icon, the LOVE collection is both a provocative talisman and a bold symbol of passionate love. Allow yourself to become one with your partner, possess or let yourself be possessed… How far would you go for LOVE?" 
Very cool. 

The LOVE Collection was designed by a man named Aldo Cipullo, a designer for Cartier between 1969 and 1974. Recently the Cartier Mansion on 5th Avenue in New York, their flagship store, displayed an exhibit of archival images called, "Cartier & Aldo Cipullo, New York City in the ’70s".  This line was a huge success for Cartier then and even now!

“I became a great connoisseur of nuts, screws and other fasteners. This hardware, as hard as it is in appearance, has a certain warmth. The jewelry must generate heat.” said Aldo Cipullo, from an article on Stylerumer.com

So I thought I should get myself one and I looked them up on Ebay - $855 PEOPLE!!!  And that's discounted! Whoa...I think I'll just admire them from a far actually.  

But thanks Aldo for making my little fasteners sexy...and expensive!

Aldo Cipullo (1935-1984) conceived the Cartier Love bracelet

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Aldo Cipullo (1935-1984) conceived the Cartier Love bracelet

More Information: http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=54760#.UABt8PVdD7c[/url]
Copyright © artdaily.org
Aldo Cipullo (1935-1984) conceived the Cartier Love bracelet

More Information: http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=54760#.UABt8PVdD7c[/url]
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