Lorraine Schwartz's creations have stunned on red carpets. Now, some of her best-known pieces are up for sale on Pharrell Williams' Joopiter auction platform.
Speaking to CNN from a suite in Hong Kong's The Upper House hotel, where viewings have taken place over the past week to coincide with Art Basel, Schwartz said that she"took some persuasion" to participate in the sale.
Beyoncé completed her Grammys outfit this year with white diamond drop earrings by Lorraine Schwartz.A pair of four-panel kite-shaped earrings, for example, were recently seen on Taylor Swift at February's Grammy Awards . Worth over $1 million and made with white gold, diamonds, purple sapphires and paraiba tourmalines — among some of the world's most prized gemstones — the splashy earrings perfectly complemented the singer-songwriter's shimmering blue gown.
"We changed people's perceptions; we made that color popular," she explained."Everybody started making similar looks."Credit:The American designer has steadily built her New York-based business since launching the brand in 2001. Her success, she said, is based on what she describes as"authentic relationships."
"There's not enough reverence or appreciation for creators and inventors," Williams told CNN during a group Q&A session at a launch event in Hong Kong.
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