Meghan Markle is often pictured wearing her Cartier Love bracelet, which she’s owned for years. It was only when Tiffany rejected the design that Cipullo took it to Cartier. I was searching for a permanent symbol of love,” he said. I wanted something no one could take away from me. Inspired by the American hardware stores he loved to visit with his brother, the seemingly minimalist, functional design actually had the deeply romantic intention of holding onto the memories of a lost love. The charismatic and good looking Cipullo quickly become part of New York’s social set and he moved on to design for Tiffany & Co, where he brought a rich sculptural dynamism to Blue Book, Tiffany’s high jewellery collection.īy the end of the 1960s, his designs for the New York jeweller reflected the graphic modernism for which he later became famous, and it was only when his contract was expiring in 1969 that a romantic breakup led him to conceive of the Love bracelet. The 1960s and 1970s were a time when the city, which was in economic and social decline, was also bubbling up with creativity thanks to the likes of Cipullo’s friend Andy Warhol, and other artists who were taking advantage of its cheap rents. Renato CipulloĪldo finally arrived in New York in 1959, and in 1961 he started working for top Manhattan jeweller David Webb. Pictured here at a party in 1978, Cipullo worked hard and played hard, and was a regular on Manhattan’s social scene.
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