Slava Zaitsev

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Inseparable ties between arts of jewelry and fashion are indisputable. These ties can be easily traced throughout the centuries as they manifest themselves in unions between famous couturiers and jewelers. Through the course of history of human civilization dress designers’ tendency to combine the new models of clothes with the best samples of coeval jewelry art is obvious. And as they did so, they paid closest attention to the incredible beauty and mystical properties of certain precious stones, which have left a shining track in history. We all know the stories about whole wardrobes designed to fit with a crown inwrought with a royal ruby that is passed from generation to generation as a token of supreme power, or a necklace incrusted with a legendary diamond that had been a present for an emperor’s favorite and since had changed an uncountable number of owners—and with even more mysteries surrounding it. Jewelers, in their turn, would often consider certain dresses as they created jewelry pieces and sets for their clients, the noblemen and the royalty.

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