Marlene Dietrich

is an Old Hollywood actress who became a legend during her lifetime.

She created one of the perfect images of a femme fatale in cinema and had a great influence on fashion and style.

Dietrich knew how to be elegant in a dress with sequins, and in a strict men's tuxedo, top hat and monocle.

But if in clothes she preferred strictness and brevity, then in jewelry, which was her passion, she allowed herself more original options.

The actress's mother came from a wealthy family that owned a jewelry store in the fashionable Unter den Linden district of Berlin.

From an early age, Marlene understood that jewelry purchased at the best stores would retain its value and remain a profitable investment.

Therefore, the actress collected various jewels throughout her life, but the best of them appeared at the peak of her film career in the 1930s and 1950s.

She also used jewelry as props for her films and photo shoots to make the shots more spectacular.

Most often, Marlene chose massive bracelets, rings and pendants.

The favorite stone of the actress was emerald, because she believed that it perfectly suited her blond hair and pale skin.

Many of the jewelry were given to her by her lovers, but she purchased many items from her collection herself.

Towards the end of her life, Dietrich lived in seclusion and in order to support herself, she was forced to sell off many of her jewelry.

After the death of the actress, the rest of her jewelry and other belongings were put up for auction at Sothebys.

Jarretiere Ruby Cuff Bracelet

Louis Arpels, the head of Van Cleef & Arpels in 1937 made an unusual piece of jewelry from rubies and diamonds to Dietrich's individual order.

She gave 30 of her jewelry to a jeweler, from which he took precious stones for a bracelet.

Translated from French, Jarretiere means garter, supposedly alluding to the object of women's toilet, which gave the bracelet even more audacity in those conservative times.

The huge disc was decorated with cushion-cut rubies, and it was framed by baguette-cut diamonds, which was rarely used.

The base of the jewelry is made of platinum.

The bracelet was the most favorite in the actress's collection and she often appeared with it at various events, photo shoots and ceremonies.

With this bracelet on her arm, Marlene also appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's 1950 thriller "Stage Fright."

After Dietrich was forced to sell almost her entire jewelry collection, this bracelet was the only one she had left.

But in 1992, the jewelry was put up for sale at the Sothebys auction and sold for $990,000 and is now in a private collection.

Shortly after the auction, on May 6, 1992, Marlene died.

Marlene Dietrich.

The actress is wearing a Jarretiere bracelet and a ruby ​​pendant / Photo: Getty Images

Set with cabochon emeralds, consisting of two bracelets and a brooch

Dietrich loved unusual jewelry and knew how to wear it.

One of her major pieces was a set by Trabert & Hoeffer-Mauboussin, which consisted of a 128-carat emerald bracelet and a 97-carat diamond and emerald cabochon brooch.

Marlene Dietrich and John Gilbert.

The actress is wearing a brooch with emeralds / Photo: Getty Images

Dietrich's second emerald and diamond bracelet was made by jeweler Paul Flato.

The actress often wore her bracelets together, and the brooch decorated not only clothes, but also hats.

She demonstrated her emeralds in the films "The Devil is a Woman" in 1935, "Desire" in 1936 and "Angel" in 1937.

Marlene Dietrich, 1943.

The actress is wearing two bracelets with emeralds / Photo: Getty Images

Diamond brooch in the form of a rose

A diamond brooch in the form of a rose was presented to Marlene in the early 1930s by the director Joseph von Sternberg, thanks to which she gained world fame by starring in some of his films.

The brooch was made of platinum, diamonds of various cuts and was one of her signature jewelry, in which the actress appeared in the films "Blue Angel" in 1930 and "Shanghai Express" in 1932.

Marlene Dietrich, 1932.

The actress is wearing a brooch in the form of a rose / Photo: Getty Images

At the Sothebys auction, the brooch was sold for 98.5 thousand dollars.

This price was three times higher than the original declared cost of the product.

Marlene Dietrich brooch in the form of a rose flower / Photo: Getty Images

Bracelet by Marlene Dietrich in the form of a flower

The bracelet called Lily was created by Verdura jewelry house.

The jewelry is made in gold, platinum and decorated with encrusted diamonds.

Initially, actress Doris Nolan appeared in such a bracelet in the 1938 film "Holiday", but a year later Marlene Dietrich modeled her own version of the jewelry and appeared in it in the film "Destro Again in the Saddle".

Marlene Dietrich, 1970.

The actress is wearing a Lily bracelet / Photo: Getty Images

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