Fashion

Attention, Alessandro Michele! The Revival Jewelry Show at MFA Boston Is Right Up Your Alley

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    Bocca Baciata (Lips That Have Been Kissed), 1859, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Oil on panel Gift of James Lawrence

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    Necklace, brooch, and earrings in the archaeological revival style, about 1880, by Castellani Gold and amber Bequest of William Arnold Buffum

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    Necklace and brooches of shell and gold, about 1840
    Gift of the Misses Cornelia and Susan Dehon in memory of Mrs. Sidney Brooks

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    Necklace with a cameo of Elizabeth I, about 1890, by Mrs. Philip Newman Gold, silver, diamond, emerald, pearl, and agate Museum purchase with funds donated by Susan B. Kaplan

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    Renaissance revival neck ornament, 1900-1904, designed by G. Paulding Farnham for Tiffany Co. Platinum, gold, enamel, diamond, ruby, emerald, cat s eye, chrysoberyl, sapphire, and pearl.
    Gift of Susan B. Kaplan

Christian Lacroix is Laird Borrelli-Persson’s fashion raison d’etre; the way he combined romance and historicism set her on the path she is following today. Borrelli-Persson studied literature at Boston College, spending her junior year abroad at Oxford, where she added some art history. After graduation she moved to New York to intern ... Read More