The ruby bracelet

#didyouknow Actress #MarleneDietrich’s family owned a jewellery shop on Berlin’s most fashionable thoroughfare,Unter den Linden. Jewellery ran in her blood, and she was an avid collector. Many of her jewels were made by special order fron renowned jewellers including #PaulFlato, #FulcodiVerdura, #Mauboussin and #vancleefarpels. The most noteworthy, and most dramatic, of her jewels that appeared in one of her films also happened to be her favorite: a three-dimensional #ruby and diamond Jarretière cuff bracelet made by Van Cleef & Arpels circa #1937. According to Dietrich’s grandson, this striking cuff was made with “all her bits of jewellery” after the actress brought an odd assortment of more than 20 personal pieces of jewellery, including a ruby bracelet and necklace, a pair of diamond earrings, and a diamond necklace, and a handful of brooches into Van Cleef & Arpels. Dietrich’s jewellery was re-set into the stunning Jarretière cuff that exudes Old Hollywood glamour. Marlene Dietrich was regularly photographed with this bracelet, which she also wore in Alfred Hitchcock’s film, Stage Fright (1950).