Retro Jewelry: Fashion’s Forgotten Decade

Moonlight Serenade plays in the background, couples in their most stylish attire sway around the ballroom… I would love to have been there dancing the night away.

Retro Jewelry ca 1940’s is influenced by the geometry of Art Deco with an eye to the Atomic Era.  Spare architectural lines are counterpointed by curls and botanical designs.

Hedy Lamarr, the Beautiful Genius, photo source wmfindia.com

Think Old Hollywood Glamour, Lauren Bacall, Olivia de Havilland, and the brilliant Hedi Lamarr who actually held many patents, including one that brought us WIFI. 

More photos and an excellent article about this beautiful genius can be found at 
https://www.wmfindia.com/

These are some examples of the vintage Retro Era Jewelry seen in our Retro Jewelry pinboard “She Danced to Glenn Miller”.