September 08, 2010 :: Posted by - admin :: Category -
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By inviting the actress to the celebration in Madison Square Garden, the organizers warned her that should come demurely in the toilet. Monroe also wore a long gown with open back of a transparent voile, entirely embroidered with stones. In the spotlight fabric solution, and a luxurious body Monroe surrounded by a diamond halo. The sparkling stones on the dress Marilyn were not diamond, but only a glass, although they looked amazing plausible: these were crystals from Swarovski.
Falsify gems people aspired from time immemorial. This craft has always been a means of deception and illegal gain. In ancient Egypt there was a way making artificial gems of crystal with the addition of lead oxide, from the glitter and the game is very similar to the present.
In the XVIII century, this business has revived the famous silversmith George Frederic Strass, nazhivshy a large fortune. His name is now known as imitation precious stones – crystals.
But perhaps it did not occur in the XVIII century, Georges Frederic Strass, there would be 100 years later by Daniel Swarovski. In 1862 in a small village Dzhorzhental, located in the mountains of North Bohemia, was born Daniel Swarovski. This land since time immemorial is famous Bohemian glass, and in the house every self-respecting bohemians working glass studio. Was no exception and the father of Daniel, but a special scale enterprise it is clearly no different. Swarovski Jr. for several years worked in the family business, playing in his spare time on the violin, and then got bored. Close to him was the Bohemian village. Big things, he decided, made in large cities. For example, in Paris.
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