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Born as an embellishment,
paillettes have become an element that characterizes a piece or an accessory in
order to attain the shimmer of a jewel
Dazzling, shimmering, colourful, and beaming with light: paillettes are the bona fide protagonists of the night. Useful not only on clothes, they are a low cost adornment for every kind of jewel, giving birth to the era of costume jewelry. The origin of these embroidery accessories, both valued and prosperous of imagination, or not, comes from a series of political and social turmoil that shook Europe in the 18th Century. At that time, with the Enlightenment ideals of freedom and equality, the lower classes showed interest towards luxury objects, that until that time had been a privilege of a few.
Dazzling, shimmering, colourful, and beaming with light: paillettes are the bona fide protagonists of the night. Useful not only on clothes, they are a low cost adornment for every kind of jewel, giving birth to the era of costume jewelry. The origin of these embroidery accessories, both valued and prosperous of imagination, or not, comes from a series of political and social turmoil that shook Europe in the 18th Century. At that time, with the Enlightenment ideals of freedom and equality, the lower classes showed interest towards luxury objects, that until that time had been a privilege of a few.
The prominent company in
this field is Langlois Martin, founded in 1919, specialized in the manufacturing and development of high quality
glitter, which offers a vast assortment of paillettes of any form and color to
suit the needs of the consumer: concave or flat, shaped as a "soleil"
or "demi-soleil", in fluorescent, pastel, or metallic colors.
Paillettes make black
shine, make any color more bold and vivid, they sweep shoulders with gold and
silver and let white shimmer like the dress of a fairytale character.
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