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Angels and Diamonds: Victoria’s Secret...
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2355 white and cognac-colored diamonds - sparkling stars on a beautiful golden net, Harlequin pattern. A 16-carats heart shaped diamond, designed by Damiani the famous Italian jewellery company. ‘Victoria’s Secret’ unveiled its 2.2 Mio. € ‚Fantasy Bra’. Finest lingerie, cult status! Year by year leading jewelleries are designing ‘The Bombshell Fantasy Bra’.

Victoria's Secret is an American retailer of women's wear, lingerie and beauty products: 1300 stores in USA and Canada. Victoria's Secret is known for its annual fashion show, the ‘Victoria's Secret Fashion Show’, which feature top fashion models. The Victoria’s Secret ‘Angels’ are the brand’s most visible spokeswomen, supermodels, highly-paid: Stephanie Seymour, Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima, Lindsay Ellingson and others.

In 2009 Damiani was chosen to create ‘The Bombshell Fantasy Bra’. 85 year-old Italian jewelry house Damiani, recognized around the world for exquisite design and craftmanship, recipient of an unprecedented 18 ‘Diamonds International Awards’. A team of 15 highly skilled and experienced artisans worked for over 800 hours. Marisa Miller - the Californian supermodel - has been chosen to wear the most expensive Bra of the Year.

Indeed there have been even more expensive diamond Fantasy Bras: Adriana Lima (€5M), Tyra Banks (€6.6M). Most outrageously expensive: Heidi Klum and Gisele Bündchen (each €9M). The ‚Heavenly Star’ of the German supermodel Heidi Klum was designed by New York jewellery Mouawad. Gisele Bündchen’s bra was made by 18k white gold, 2900 diamonds (total 112-carats), 22 rubies and a single 70-carats diamond.

Adriana Lima in 2010 again did present a Damiani creation. A team of 6 artisans worked 1,500 hours: 2,000 diamonds - 60 carats of diamonds and 82 carats of blue sapphires and blue topazes. Soon Vicoria’s Secret will unveil the 2011 Diamond Fantasy Bra. Wait for it with bated breath...



 

Angels and Diamonds: Victoria’s Secret...

2355 white and cognac-colored dia-
monds - sparkling stars on a beautiful golden net, Harlequin pattern. A 16- carats heart shaped diamond, desig-
ned by Damiani the famous Italian jewellery company. ‘Victoria’s Secret’ unveiled its 2.2 Mio. € ‚Fantasy Bra’. [...]

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Diamonds... in the Sky

A giant sparkling necklace with brightly glowing diamonds: Hubble Space Telescope captured a dramatic image of a planetary nebula, aptly named ‘Necklace Nebula’. The nebula consists of a bright ring dotted with brilliant knots of gas resembling diamonds in a necklace. The Necklace Nebula is [...]

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How are Diamonds mined?

At present around 30 tons of diamond are mined annually. This does not translate, however, into the quantity of new diamonds coming into being in the world, for only 20% of all diamond mined has a chance of becoming actual diamonds. The criteria for this complicated selection,  [...]

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Blue
Diamonds

Coloured diamonds are extremely rare, with just one in every 10,000 stones being of this kind. There is talk today of blue diamonds, and these diamonds are very rare, only one in 100 jewellers ever having seen such a stone. Blue diamonds occur in a number of hues, from a light blue through a greyish   [...]

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