At the heart of DIVA! lies a conception of jewelry as a cultural object. (Credit: Photo provided by the Italian Embassy)
Within the long tradition of commercial exchange between Lebanon and Italy, jewelry has always held first place.For generations, Lebanese jewelers have imported large quantities of semi-finished gold products, chains, and various mountings from Italy, adapting or transforming them thanks to their artisanal excellence and expertise in gemology. But Italian design itself is an endless source of inspiration for Lebanese creators across all fields, and costume or fashion jewelry — less codified and formal than fine jewelry — frees the imagination and often leads to phenomenal reinterpretations.Often phenomenal performances. (Credit: Photo provided by the Italian Embassy) Somewhere between humor and grandiloquence, Italian fashion jewelry, dramatic as it is, is the focus of a traveling exhibition that has just made a stop at the Yacht Club in...
Within the long tradition of commercial exchange between Lebanon and Italy, jewelry has always held first place.For generations, Lebanese jewelers have imported large quantities of semi-finished gold products, chains, and various mountings from Italy, adapting or transforming them thanks to their artisanal excellence and expertise in gemology. But Italian design itself is an endless source of inspiration for Lebanese creators across all fields, and costume or fashion jewelry — less codified and formal than fine jewelry — frees the imagination and often leads to phenomenal reinterpretations.Often phenomenal performances. (Credit: Photo provided by the Italian Embassy) Somewhere between humor and grandiloquence, Italian fashion jewelry, dramatic as it is, is the focus of a traveling exhibition that has just made a stop at the Yacht...
