JEWELLERY PARADE

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 111, 8 February 1928, Page 4

JEWELLERY PARADE

Jewellery worth £1,000,006 was worn by mannequins taking part in a dress

parade in the ballroom of tbe May Fair Hotel in London recently (states an exchange). “Oh-li-h-h!” breathed the feminine

part of the audience as Toastmaster Knightsmith announced £160,000 as the value of a three-string pear] necklace worn with a Paul-Caret lame gown, the limelight being turned on the pretty frock and the gleaming milky gems. Other necklaces at £70,60u and £65,000 gained respect, while a simple unpretentious little string at £11,600 worked out at more than £5OO an inch.

A diamond sautoir rippled over a filmy wisp of a black chiffon frock down almost to the waist like captured (magnified) dewdrops. A £5OO ruby and diamond brooch pinned back the folds of a twisted black felt hat. A £2OOO

platinum mesh bag was carried with a fur-trimmed russet velvet and gold lace wrap.

The equivalent of £6OOO was slipped on to one slim wrist in the form of a couple of 2in. wide diamond bracelets, while a mannequin’s jewels on one occasion included a £20,000 single-stone diamond ring. The arrival of the jewels was so well managed that only those who brought them knew when they had arrived.