It may be precisely because the jewels in the film are so bright, so the Chinese name of the film is translated into jewels in addition to Tiffany's breakfast. The film is about Holly & middot, a small town girl played by Hepburn; Golay is bent on living a high-class life. As a result, she pursues fame and wealth all day and becomes a social flower among many handsome rich and famous politicians. But in the end Holly & middot; Golay understood the true meaning of love, fell in love with the ordinary Paul, and had real happiness. It looks like the plot of 'Mary Sue', but it has become the top of Hepburn's many films. In order to shoot the film, Tiffany set aside a day in the store to provide a venue for the play.
Each set of Hepburn's shapes in the film will be haunted by gorgeous jewelry, but among these jewelry, the most notable is the yellow diamond Ribbon Necklace Hepburn wears in the film publicity poster. The main stone of this necklace is today's protagonist -- Tiffany diamond.
Although Hepburn's shape of wearing this necklace is well known, in fact, she did not really wear it in the film, but wore a real yellow diamond necklace in the poster. Until now, this diamond has only been worn by three women. One is socialite Mary & middot; Mrs. Mary Whitehouse, one is Hepburn and the other is Lady Gaga -- interestingly, every time it appears on them, the yellow diamond presents in a different posture.
In 1877, this stone was born in the Kimberley diamond mine in South Africa, the 'famous family' of the diamond mine. Many famous diamonds were mined in this mine. The yellow diamond weighed 287.42 carats when it was first discovered.
In 1878, Tiffany's founder Charles & middot; Louis & middot; Charles Lewis Tiffany successfully purchased this yellow diamond through various channels at a cost of $18000. This price may not seem expensive now, but you know that the price has increased by many times for more than 100 years from 1878 to now. Think about it, you can see how expensive this yellow diamond is.
Tiffany diamond cutting design sketch and final product: Tiffany diamond weighing 128.54 carats
To make this expensive yellow diamond shine, cutting the right cut is the first step. After Tiffany's senior craftsmen spent a year thinking about its cutting method, Tiffany did not hesitate to sacrifice more than half of the carat weight of the yellow diamond for cutting in order to show the greatest light of the yellow diamond.
The yellow diamond was cut and ground by Tiffany's chief gemologist George & middot; Under the personal supervision of Dr. Kuns, 82 sections were cut by hand, which finally showed up as a 128.54 carat exquisite pillow shaped yellow diamond and shone in Tiffany's flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York.
After the cutting and grinding is completed, it is designed. In order to show its beauty to the greatest extent, Tiffany has designed it four times from the completion of cutting and grinding to today. Each design brings different appreciation to this yellow diamond.
The first time: a surprise in 1957
The first inlay was on this diamond necklace in 1957. Because of the age, only a black-and-white photo was left at that time.
The first inlay of this yellow diamond was on this diamond necklace in 1957. Socialite Mary & middot; Mrs. Whitehouse wore this necklace at Tiffany's ball in Newport, Rhode Island in 1957, which was the first time Tiffany's yellow diamond was worn.
The second time: the fame of 1961
Let & middot; Tiffany diamond Ribbon Necklace by Sloan Berger
The second design is from Tiffany's talented designer - Jean & middot; Sloan Berger. But of the four shapes of the yellow diamond, two were made by his genius. This necklace was worn by Hepburn on the publicity poster of the film Tiffany's breakfast in 1961.
The third time: 1995 became a classic
Let & middot; Tiffany diamond 'bird on stone' Brooch designed by Sloan Berger
When the legendary yellow diamond appeared for the third time, it turned into a wonderful 'bird on stone' Brooch: on the huge yellow diamond, a diamond bird stopped on it, forming a strong contrast between huge and small. This work also makes & middot; Created by Sloan Berger, it was specially designed for participating in the retrospective exhibition of the Museum of decorative art in Paris in 1995. This design also makes the shape of 'bird on stone' become a classic design of Tiffany, deriving many giant gemstones and brooches of birds.
Fourth: the 175th anniversary of 2012
2012 is the 175th anniversary of the birth of Tiffany brand. In order to commemorate and celebrate Tiffany's redesign of Tiffany diamond, this reset is also a huge project, which takes more than one year. The necklace is inlaid with more than 120 Carat White Diamonds (20 lucida diamonds and 58 bright cut diamonds), and even the base is a transparent hollow pattern made of 481 shiny diamonds. In 2013, the redesigned legendary yellow diamond visited China for the first time.
Redesigned Tiffany diamond in 2012
Since then, it was not until 2018 that the redesigned necklace really appeared on a star. At the 91st Academy Awards, Lady Gaga, who won the Oscar nomination for Best Actress for the first time and the best original song award for her perfect performance in the film "the birth of a star", appeared at the award ceremony wearing the 'the Tiffany diamond' Tiffany legendary yellow diamond necklace, continuing the indissoluble relationship between Tiffany and Oscar.
At the 91st Academy Awards, Lady Gaga appeared at the award ceremony wearing the 'the Tiffany diamond' Tiffany legendary yellow diamond necklace
Now this legendary yellow diamond is on display at Shanghai Fosun Art Center and is open to the public. This exhibition, entitled "ingenuity and wonderful art - Tiffany's 180 year innovative art and diamond Treasures Exhibition", brings together more than 350 Tiffany's masterpieces from six chapters: Tiffany's dream blue, Tiffany's creative world, Tiffany's Blue Book premium jewelry, Tiffany & middot; Love, Tiffany's breakfast and Tiffany diamond show Tiffany's historical heritage in creativity, design and technology.
The exhibition also moved the movie scene of Tiffany's breakfast to the scene.
This not only tells the historical origin of Tiffany blue, but also shows the evolution of Tiffany Blue Book premium jewelry over the years. What's more, the exhibition also moved the film scene of Tiffany's breakfast to the scene to tell the wonderful details of the film in front of and behind the stage in an immersive exhibition hall. Of course, at the end of the exhibition, you will meet this legendary yellow diamond, just like a period and a starting point, indicating the infinite possibilities of this yellow diamond in the future.