De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Lebanese-Italian jeweler Fawaz Gruosi (b. 1952) founded the Geneva-based de Grisogono in 1993, naming the luxury jewelry company after his mother, who had been the Marquise de Grisogono. He wanted a name that would conjure elegance and rarity. Gruosi would soon have his own aristocratic nickname — “King of Black Diamonds” — for the stones that made his jewelry house famous.
Born in Beirut, Gruosi grew up in Florence and as a teenager got a job with the Florentine jeweler Torrini and went on to work for luxury jewelry houses Harry Winston and Bulgari in the years that followed. When de Grisogono was established, most jewelers favored the simplicity of white diamonds and platinum. Gruosi was more interested in color and diamonds with character. Along with the then-undervalued black diamonds, he designed vibrant pieces that exuberantly mixed stones like emeralds, sapphires, amber, pink opal and jade.
De Grisogono's earrings, bracelets, rings and other audacious pieces bedecked with black diamonds captured the fancy of well-heeled buyers in the 1990s, leading to the brand’s meteoric rise to fame. It entered the world of luxury watches in 2000 with the Instrumento Uno for men, which led to the development of the Crazy Skull in 2015. The playful made-to-order timepiece could be outfitted with up to 45 carats of gems.
Since the early aughts, de Grisogono has become synonymous with A-listers who donned the jeweler’s wares on red carpets; the company was also known for hosting an annual party at the Cannes Film Festival. De Grisogono made headlines in 2017 by partnering with Christie’s to sell a necklace made with a dazzling 163.41-carat emerald-cut diamond for $33.7 million — a record price for a D-color flawless diamond.
In January 2020, the jewelry house filed for bankruptcy. Today, Gruosi continues to sell his intricately designed decadent pieces from his namesake boutique in London.
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2010s European De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
2010s European De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
18k Gold
2010s De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Early 2000s De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
18k Gold
2010s European De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
18k Gold
Early 2000s De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Diamond, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s European De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Early 2000s Swiss Contemporary De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Diamond, Black Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Peridot, Ruby, White Gold
Early 2000s De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Gold
2010s De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
White Diamond, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Contemporary De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Diamond, Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Thai Art Deco De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Amethyst, Diamond, Opal, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Pink Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Amethyst, Freshwater Pearl, 18k Gold
2010s De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
White Diamond, Gold
Late 20th Century De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Coral, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Tourmaline, 18k Gold, Whi...
Early 2000s De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Diamond, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s British De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Amethyst, Tourmaline, Gold, 9k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
White Gold
20th Century Swiss Modern De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Amethyst, Diamond, White Gold
2010s Swiss Modern De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Diamond, Onyx, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s Swiss Contemporary De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Swiss Modern De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Yellow Sapphire, Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Swiss De GRISOGONO Drop Earrings
Diamond, Cultured Pearl, 18k Gold