Van Clef & Arpels ballet story

Van Clef & Arpels ballet story. Since the introduction of Claude Arpel and George Balanchine, held in 1961, resulted in the creation of the famous ballet "Jewels" by jewelry house Van Clef & Arpels. The jewelry house is strongly associated with iridescent emeralds, rubies and diamonds ballerinas. However, sparkling brooch in the form of delicate ballet dancers appeared on the shelves of boutiques much earlier - at the beginning of World War II. And since then, Van Clef & Arpels repeatedly returned to this theme. As a result, appeared the whole "ballet story" lasting more than half a century.