…………My Jac standing pool side at Andrea Pfister’s villa……….Positano is in the background….Capri is straight ahead in the Mediterranean……….Praiano is a Heavenly place…………..Oh, to turn back the clock……….
……………………….The TREVI FOUNTAIN is in the heart of Rome…………..I think the Trevi Fountain may be the most beautiful fountain I have ever seen. You walk down a street in Rome, that looks like all others….you turn a corner…..and there it is….out of no where! The most Magnificent and surprising site you will see. There is a legend behind the “three coins”. The legend claims you should turn your back to the fountain and throw THREE COINS over your right shoulder. The first coin guarantees your return to Rome. The second coin will ensure a NEW romance, and the third coin will ensure marriage…………..From this legend a movie was born, “Three Coins in the Fountain”, and an Academy Award winning song by the same name. I have thrown many coins in this fountain………….and all of my wishes came true…………………….
…………………………Now you know the legend of the three coins. This necklace was created in honor of the fountain and the legend…….Of the “THREE” necklaces the Trevi is the shortest. There are three different coins, in graduated sizes, hanging from a strand of “glass” beads. Mixed in with the beads are two gold beads. One has crystal stones and the other, which is actually “three” spacer beads put together [see close up], is on the other side. These spacer beads, which look like a series of TINY GOLD BEADS, are also used on the Trevi earring to separate the glass bead from the coin……I love the way these two beads are placed randomly with in the color beads….as if the artisan just felt he or she had to have them there for no other reason than it pleased them……..Now we call them glass beads, but the truth is they are semi precious beads…..so why not call them so? There is too much red tape and documentation required by QVC to say they are semi precious, so we decided to just call them glass. It was much easier and saved headaches! You can tell they are semi precious just by looking at them………The Red beads are called….CARMINE RED, and remind me of RED CURRANTS. Jac used to make a delicious Currant Berry Torte!………The Black beads are called…..NERO. The style number for the necklace is J478587………..The lever back earring has a single bead, the two spacer beads. The hanging Roman Coin looks like a SUN DIAL. It is the shorter of the two earrings being offered, and something everyone can wear………It’s a great necklace to wear on its’ own with a white tee and white jeans, some fabulous sandals and BIG sunglasses…..very Italian……or mixed with the other necklaces to create more dramatic looks……………………………………….enjoy……………much Love………………….Luigino
…………………..VERDE is the Italian word for Green. The Trevi necklace and Earring comes in this beautiful JADE GREEN…………Of all the Trevi necklaces these green beads have the most variation of color…..going from dark to light. Even the individual beads vary in shades of green. You can see that the extender chain of each necklace ends in the bead color of the necklace…..a nice touch. In the photos above you can see the Trevi necklace being worn with just the Roma, and then with all three adding the Amalfi…….It all depends how much of a DIVA you want to be that day/evening! LOL Wearing all three certainly gives you the rights!…………………………enjoy…………………..much Love………………….Luigino
……………………COBALT……………is a marvelous BLUE……..It definitely falls into the Sapphire range, and will coordinate beautifully with all of your Sapphire Linea clothes, but it is lighter in color which keeps it from looking too matched……..Every time I see this particular blue with gleaming white, I can’t help but think of the colors of GREECE, which is only a hop, skip and a jump from the east coast of Italy. The two countries share so many historical influences. It was a very creative period in ancient history that they shared….The Cobalt is also a wonderful accent color and will look fabulous against so many other colors like…….red, yellow, orange and hot pink etc…………..click “OLDER” to see more!…………..enjoy…………………………….much Love………………………..Luigino