Elsa peretti

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A primer on the free-spirited design legend, Elsa Peretti, the late model and friend to Halston who famously designed collections for Tiffany & Co that made her arguably the most successful jewellery designer ever.

Designers, stylists and editors paid tribute to the Tiffany legend

Remembering the woman who revolutionized jewelry design in the 1970s.

Remembering the woman who revolutionized jewelry design in the 1970s.

“Halston,” says its director, “is a true American story of a self-made man.”

For 50 years, Elsa Peretti's designs have inspired countless women and left an indelible mark on the jewelry world. We look back at her incredibly life and legacy.

Celebrities wore Ms. Peretti’s creations on the red carpet and in the movies. Some years her merchandise represented 10 percent or more of Tiffany’s sales.

The revolution began with a sterling silver bud vase that walked the runway for designer Giorgio di Sant’Angelo in 1969. The woman responsible for the creation, Elsa Peretti, found the vase at a flea market and had it rendered in silver to be worn as a pendant. She followed that sophisticated stunt by abstracting snakes, scorpions, and skeletons in sterling, reducing natural and ancient forms to their essence for Tiffany & Co., where she went on to design myriad collections, beginning in…

Jill Krementz remembers the great Italian jewelry designer, Elsa Peretti.