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TREND LETTER Gold, Inner Warmth PAGE ONE: Piercing the economic gloom with its immutable lustre and heroic strength, gold provides a safe haven for jewellery-lovers, as both ornament and protective talisman, offering the reassurance of its unique historical resonance and its ability to morph and mood shift, to energise and uplift, to change the way we feel. Quadri’s new “Soft Lines” lariat necklace wraps a voluptuous organic spiral of contrasting gold textures, polished and softly etched, around sensual, slinky knitted gold chains, with tassels to move against the skin, a perfect expression of the way in which gold envelops the wearer in its exhilarating inner warmth. PAGE TWO: As if by alchemy, the qualities of gold, soft malleability, invincibility, innate preciousness and the life force it represents, are transferred to the wearer. Around the world, in all societies and cultures, people engage with gold on this emotional level. Now designers maximise gold’s feel-good factor, sculpting, engraving and texturing to intensify physical and emotional responses. In their powerful Italia collection, Italian goldsmiths Tre Spighe explore the elemental connection of gold to the earth, while Sade’s Edera massively sculptural designs enhance classic forms with trail. Page 1 Left hand picture: 18k yellow gold necklace by Quadri from their Soft Lines Collection. Designed by Luca Radin. Right hand picture: 18k yellow gold ring by Tre Spighe from their Italia Collection. Designed by Tre Spighe. Page 2 Left hand picture: 18k yellow gold earrings by Sade from their Edera Collection. Designed by Beatriz Biagi. Right hand picture: 18k yellow gold bracelet by Primavera Preziosi from their Sole Collection. Designed by Roberto Burroni. All designs are from Gold Expressions 2009. Quadri s.r.l. Quadri Via dell’Industria, 2 36010 Monticello Conte Otto Vicenza T: +39 0444 945735 F: +39 0444 945186 E: info@quadrisrl.it www.quadrisrl.it Tre Spighe s.r.l. Tre Spighe Via Maestri del Lavoro, 20 52020 Ponticino - Laterina Arezzo T: +39 0575 898027 F: +39 0575 898057 E: info@trespighe.it www.trespighe.it SADE s.n.c. SADE Via Praarie, 16 35010 San Giorgio delle Pertiche Padova T: +39 049 9344011 F: +39 049 9344043 E: info@sadegold.it www.sadegold.it Primavera Preziosi s.n.c. Primavera Loc. Bagnaia, 13/2 52100 Arezzo T: +39 0575 966266 F: +39 0575 966195 E: staff@primaverapreziosi.com www.primaverapreziosi.com
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