![]() He was one of those rare jewelry talents that not only knew how to design imaginative pieces, he could also make them with his own two hands on the jeweler’s bench. The hardware that came with the Love bracelet reflected Cipullo’s experience. A small vermeil screwdriver that accompanied the jewel was used to tighten the screw and fix the bracelet somewhat permanently on the recipient’s wrist. The idea occurred to him when he had insomnia, after a relationship ended, “It was 3 o’clock in the morning, I was feeling very sad and I wanted something nobody could take away from me.”Ĭipullo designed the narrow gold bracelet in the shape of an oval to fit snuggly around the wrist because he believed “Jewelry should be part of the body.” Bold screwhead motifs punctuated the surface and one worked as the clasp. “I was searching for a permanent symbol of love,” is how the charming 34-year-old blonde, blue eyed Italian with movie-star good looks described the inspiration at the time. Just as the name suggests, the origin of the eternally modern bracelet was romance. A 1970 ad for the Love bracelet shows it being worn by a man and a woman. ![]()
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