The King’s Speech is a 2010 British historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler.    The film won the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival People’s Choice Award and has been nominated for twelve Academy Awards, fourteen BAFTA awards and was nominated for seven Golden Globes.  The actress Eve Best, who plays Wallis Simpson, wears the following Van Cleef & Arpels High Jewellery:

Zip Pompom necklace, white gold and diamonds Cosmos earrings, white gold and diamonds Forêt ring, Mystery Set rubies, yellow gold and diamonds Cadenas watch, yellow gold and pavé diamonds

With a blend of humour and refinement, the Zip Necklace delights in the art of diversion. The suggestion to create a jewel based on this piece of technical magic was made by the Duchess of Windsor to the Artistic Director of Van Cleef & Arpels, Renée Puissant, the daughter of Estelle Arpels and Alfred Van Cleef, who founded the Maison in 1906. Renée decided to «divert» the design codes of the zip fastener. So an invention that was intended to close and discreetly hide away became a necklace that openly displayed its delicacy and refinement to the whole world.

The first Van Cleef & Arpels Zip necklace was a sensation, a genuine artistic and technical triumph. Worn open as a necklace or zipped up into a bracelet, it captures the astonishing expertise of the Maison in the Place Vendôme. A genuine piece of High Jewellery, the Zip consists of two gold ribbons bordered with tiny hooks that fit into one another. The extreme precision of the gem-setting highlights the purity of the stones while the articulation technique gives the Zip an extraordinary flexibility, and allows the mechanism to function perfectly. As if by magic, the Zip opens and closes as the elegant diamond set tassel moves the slider up and down.

 

©Speaking Film Productions Ltd 2011

 

 

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