It seems that the most sought after treasures today are actually
treasures from the past. No one knows this as well as Olwen Forest,
a first class collector and dealer of vintage cinema and couture
jewelry. She has the most extensive collection of designer vintage
jewelry that I have ever seen, not to mention the most beautiful
collection. A beautiful women herself she speaks with great passion
when discussing her jeweled treasures from history. Ms. Forest
is very knowledgeable about the history of jewelry and so she has
amassed a very important and valuable collection. Included in her
collection are pieces designed by Josef of Hollywood and Patsy
Carnegie for Hollywood films in the 1930s, 40s, 50s, and
60s. The fantasy and history of Hollywood film is captured in the
earrings worn by Rita Hayworth in The
Lady from Shanghai and the belt worn by Elizabeth
Taylor in Cleopatra, just
to name a few. Ms. Forest’s most prized pieces are those
designed by Elsa Schiaparelli. Most of these pieces dating
from the 1930s are just spectacular, including a lobster broach
and a dragon fly broach. Schiaparelli worked with two master craftsmen, Jean
Clement and Roger Jean-Pierre, who also
worked for Christian Dior and Balmain.
Other designers represented in her shop are Chanel, Kenneth
Jay Lane, and Miriam Haskell. Olwen
Forest’s
collection can be seen at her location in the Marchee Serpette,
110, rue des Rosiers. Her jeweled passion chronicles the history
of glamour and fashion and proves that beautiful things are not “of
the moment” but rather are “of all time”!
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