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2021. március 22., hétfő 08:30 |
Tiffany's star jewelry designer and philanthropist Elsa Peretti dies in Spain (part 1) |
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Zurich, 22 March, 2021 (APA/OTS) - It is with great sadness that Elsa Peretti's death yesterday from natural causes was announced by her family office in Zurich and by the Nando and Elsa Peretti Foundation. The designer, who was famous for her creations for high-end US jewelers Tiffany, passed away in a village close to Barcelona, Spain, at the age of 80. Her legacy comprises a body of exceptional design work as well as a foundation dedicated to humanitarian, environmental and conservation causes. A true citizen of the world, her absence will be strongly felt within all the different circles where she played such an active and creative role. |
A pioneering designer
Elsa Peretti was born in Florence and educated in Rome and
Switzerland. She later returned to Rome to pursue a degree in
interior design. By 1969, she had established herself as a fashion
model in New York and Barcelona and was also beginning to design her
own jewelry.
American fashion designer Giorgio di Sant'Angelo used a few of her
pieces in a fashion show, where they were an instant hit. By the
following day, she was the toast of New York. It was during this
period that she met the legendary US fashion designer and seventies
icon Halston, who became her lifelong friend and with whom she
collaborated frequently. Halston also introduced Elsa to US jewelers
Tiffany & Co. in 1974, with whom she rapidly started working in an
exclusive collaboration which was to last throughout her entire
career.
Her inspiration was often drawn from everyday items - a bean, a
bone, an apple could be transformed into cufflinks, bracelets, vases
or lighters, scorpions and snakes were turned into appealing
necklaces and rings, often in silver which was one of her preferred
materials. She herself stated that 'There is no new design, because
good lines and shapes are timeless', and indeed her pieces are as
modern and wearable today as they ever were.
Elsa Peretti's designs are in the permanent collections of the
British Museum in London, England; The Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York City; the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts; and
the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas. In recognition of her
remarkable work, Tiffany established the Elsa Peretti Professorship
in Jewelry Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology, the first
endowed professorship in the history of FIT. Among other honours,
the designer was given an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from
FIT in 2001. She also received the 1971 Coty American Fashion
Critics' Award for Jewelry and the Rhode Island School of Design
President's Fellow Award in 1981. In 1996, the Council of Fashion
Designers of America named her Accessory Designer of the Year.
Philanthropic work
Elsa Peretti was renowned for her witty charm, openness to others,
kindness and generosity. She had a deep humanitarian calling and
supported cultural, scientific and educational initiatives as well
as committing to the defence of human rights. In 2000, she created a
charity in honor of her father, the Nando and Elsa Peretti
Foundation. The Foundation supports a broad range of projects for
the promotion of human and civil rights, with a special emphasis on
the right to education, children's rights, and women's rights and
dignity. Proposals are solicited internationally, and the Foundation
has supported requests from around the world, including initiatives
on behalf of unrepresented people and oppressed minorities, to
defend their right to exist and preserve their culture. It also
supports medical and scientific research projects to promote
physical and mental health, as well as specific interventions
including the building of hospitals and other sanitary facilities.
It has funded public awareness campaigns for wildlife conservation
and environmental protection, and promotes culture and the arts. The
Nando and Elsa Peretti Foundation has financed more than 1,000
non-profit projects in more than 80 countries, for a total
investment of over EUR 56 million.(continues)
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2021. március 22., hétfő 08:31 |
Tiffany's star jewelry designer and philanthropist Elsa Peretti dies in Spain (part 2) |
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Zurich, 22 March, 2021 (APA/OTS) - |
Sant Martí Vell, her Catalan refuge
The small village of Sant Martí Vell in Catalonia was always close
to her heart. In 1968, she bought a mustard-yellow house there,
which she lovingly restored over the next ten years and which had
become her preferred residency over the past few years. While living
abroad, she subsequently had entire segments of the village
restored, acquiring and preserving further buildings including the
church, and supporting the excavation of Roman ruins and the
archiving of the village's history. She also established a working
vineyard, which has marketed fine wines under the Eccocivi label
since 2008.
She promoted the visual arts and fostered the consolidation,
protection and dissemination of the historical, artistic, cultural,
architectural and craft heritage of Catalonia. In 2013, Elsa Peretti
was the first non-Catalan person to be awarded the National Culture
Award by the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CoNCA).
Picture is available at AP Images (http://www.apimages.com)
For further information / photographs, please contact:
Elsa Peretti Holding AG Dufourstrasse 90 8008 Zurich moosmann@elsaperetti.com
A few things people have said about Elsa Peretti:
She is one of the greatest jewelry designers of the 20th century
and has taken us beyond the realm of commercial success into design
history. She is a halo for the entire brand." - Michael Kowalski
former chairman and CEO of Tiffany and Co.
"Elsa brought out all these things-the bone bracelet I remember
best. Everything was so sensual, so sexy. I just loved it. It was
different from anything I'd ever seen, and I'd seen a lot. I've only
really worn #Peretti jewellery from then on." Liza Minnelli talking
about Elsa, Vanity Fair, August 2014.
"She looks at the thing, but she just doesn't look at it. She
touches it, she turns it around, back of it, front of it, side of
it. To really get to the object she is looking at, and that's what
comes through" Hiro talking about Elsa.
"She was the most unique, most wonderful, most chic woman I had
seen for years. With that men's hat and that marvelous gait... " Joe
Eula on Elsa - Vogue Italia , 1996.
"She doesn't come from one locked culture, it's all blended. It's
not American, it's not Europe, it's not Japanese, it's Elsa" Hiro on
Elsa from "Elsa Peretti 25 years Retrospective" 1999.
"We believe Elsa's work to be a continual testament to the truth
that great design transcends fashion, the heart of our company
philosophy. She is one of the greatest jewellery designers of the
20th century and has taken us beyond the realm of commercial success
into design history. She is a halo for the entire brand" " Elsa's
work has a unique instinctive elemental magnetism. She is a design
genius" Michael Kowalski Former CEO of Tiffany and Co from an
interview for How to Spend it
"In Japan they have an honor bestowed on extraordinary individuals.
If we were in Japan, and all over the world, Elsa Peretti would have
this honor. She would be considered an international living
treasure. I am in awe of Elsa - I always have been because she
possesses the very rare combination of the most individual chic made
even more individual by her simplicity, kindness, and startling
vision. She is a woman who has assisted in creating a new notion of
beauty for the rest." Ralph Rucci, couturier, Lampoon Magazine,
Maggio 2020.
"Elsa brought a new intensity, a new commitment, a new passion to
our focus of design" Mike Kowalski From "Elsa Peretti 25 years
Retrospective" 1999.
"She'll notice someone's shoes. She notices something in a corner
that you know, most people wouldn't notice, and she'll pick up on it
and say: "Well isn't this beautiful? Look at this" …you know. She
makes you see things." Liz Franceschini, from "Elsa Peretti 25 years
Retrospective" 1999.
"All of us at Tiffany feel a deep sense of loyalty to Elsa and
she's always returned that loyalty." William Chaney, From "Elsa
Peretti 25 years Retrospective" 1999.
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