Women in jewellery and other artistic disciplines

The earliest known jewellery appeared in the Stone Age, when natural elements such as minerals were used to differentiate oneself from others, using everything from bones, shells, conch shells or stones…

Later, with the discovery of metal around 5000 BC, the profession of goldsmithing, pendants and bracelets began to be created, moving from bronze to silver and finally to gold, becoming objects of desire among the most influential people in society.

Societies such as Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt had a great impact on the use of talismans and unique jewellery which marked the status of gods and pharaohs. These decorative elements were also used in ceremonies, rituals, and burials.

Origin of International Women's Day

International Women's Day was declared by the United Nations in 1975. However, it was two years later when it was renamed International Women's Day and International Peace Day.

Why 8 March? In the midst of the Industrial Revolution, on 8 March 1857, thousands of textile workers demonstrated in New York City to protest the working conditions they were forced to endure. They demanded a reduction in working hours and an end to child labour.

From then on, numerous demonstrations and movements took place in different countries, which served to set the date for the International Women's Day on 8 March. 

Women in jewellery and other artistic disciplines

Women such as Frida Kahlo, Cleopatra, Coco Chanel, Marilyn Monroe, Nina Simone, and Aretha Franklin, among many others, have been role models in different artistic disciplines and were undoubtedly icons of society who made a mark on feminism with their lives and professions. .

Coco Chanel : Although we associate it with haute couture, in 1932 it launched its first jewellery collection, which did not leave French society and contemporary brands indifferent.

Frida Kahlo: The jewellery that the famous Mexican artist wears in her paintings is a window into her identity. In her works, she captured the physical and emotional challenges she endured, as well as her feminist sentiments.

Cleopatra: She was one of the most important women of antiquity, her jewellery in snake form have been worn on women's wrists. Originating in the Hellenistic period, Snake-shaped bracelets, symbols of fertility and immortality. These amulets, often in the form of necklaces, were seen as powerful protectors of their wearers and as a means of obtaining the favour of the gods.

Marilyn Monroe: The sex symbol of the 1950s is inextricably linked to the glamour, wealth and diamonds. In some of her most iconic images, she wears maxi earrings, diamond necklaces or more minimalist hoops.

Nina Simone: This great blues and soul singer, throughout her life fought for the freedom of his art, his music and his identity as an African American. Throughout her career, her very identity broke taboos: Nina Simone was a bisexual black woman in a world dominated by heterosexual white men. A great woman who led the civil rights movement for African Americans.

Aretha Franklin: Another of the great African-American singers, considered the daughter of gospel or the queen of soul, was another woman who, with songs such as Respect, marked a movement among women in society and the fight for their rights to equality.