The History of Swarovski Crystal

1895  Daniel Swarovski moved from Bohemia to Wattens in the Tyrol, a centre of jewellery production since the 18th century. The area provided what he needed to found his new company - an abundance of energy in the form of water. 

1956  Swarovski launched "Aurora Borealis", often referred to as AB, an iridescent effect for jewellery stones. 1962 The glamorous film star Marilyn Munroe wore an evening gown sparkling with more than 10,000 Swarovski crystal stones when she sang happy birthday to President John F Kennedy. The dress was later auctioned for one million dollars.

1965  A new and brilliant range of chandelier components was launched under the trademark Strass. David Malik declared that he had not seen anything like it and became the first person in this country to adorn his lighting designs with Swarovski Strass.

1987  The Swarovski Crystal Society was formed and SCS members had the opportunity of collecting an annual edition which is a limited production for one one year only of themed crystal objects. The annual edition for the year 2009 is the Gorilla.

1995  In October of the Centenary year, Swarovski opened Crystal Worlds in Wattens, Austria, a magical world of crystal which has had 8 million visitors to date.

Crystallized with Swarovski Elements

Love Swarovski? Our favourite shoemakers GINA have beautiful  footware, with the added sparkle of Swarovski crystal.  There is a wonderful selection of shoes and bags in their London boutiques. Visit GINA at 189 Sloane Street, London SW1X 9QR and 9 Old Bond Street, London W1S 4PJ or online www.gina.com

                               

We Can Also Supply Swarovski Elements Round stones, sew-on stones, fancy stones, buttons Air Blue opal (285) Amethyst (204) Aquamarine (202) Black Diamond (215) Blue Zircon (229) Burgundy (515) Capri Blue (243) Caribbean Blue opal (394) Chrysolite (238) Chrysolite opal (294) Crystal (001) Crystal antique Pink (001 antP) Crystal aurore Boreale (001 aB) Crystal Bermuda Blue** (001 BBl) Crystal Bronze shade (001 BrsH) Crystal Comet argent light* (001 Cal) Crystal Copper* (001 CoP) Crystal Dorado* (001 Dor) Crystal Golden shadow (001 GsHa) Crystal Heliotrope** (001 HEl) Crystal matt Finish*** (001 mat) Crystal metallic Blue* (001 mEtBl) Crystal metallic light Gold* (001 mlGlD) Crystal moonlight (001 mol) Crystal red magma* (001 rEDm) Crystal sahara** (001 saH) Crystal satin* (001 sat) Crystal silver night (001 sini) Crystal silver shade (001 ssHa) Crystal tabac** (001 taB) Crystal vitrail light** (001 vl) Crystal vitrail medium** (001 vm) Crystal volcano** (001 vol) Cyclamen opal (398) Dark indigo (288) Dark red Coral (396) Dark siam (308) Denim Blue (266) Emerald (205) Erinite (360) Fern Green (291) Fuchsia (502) Garnet (241) Greige (284) Hyacinth (236) Indian Pink (289) Indian sapphire (217) Indian siam (327) Indicolite (379) Jet (280) Jet Hematite* (280 HEm) Jet metallic silver* (280 mEtsi) Jet nut* (280 nut) Jonquil (213) Khaki (550) Light amethyst (212) Light azore (361) Light Colorado topaz (246) Light Grey opal (383) Light Peach (362) Light rose (223) Light sapphire (211) Light siam (227) Light smoked topaz (221) Light topaz (226) Mocca (286) Montana (207) Olivine (228) Pacific opal (390) Padparadscha (542) Palace Green opal (393) Peridot (214) Provence lavender (283) Purple velvet (277) Rose (209) Rose water opal (395) Ruby (501) Sand opal (287) Sapphire (206) Siam (208) Silk (391) Smoked topaz (220) Smoky Quartz (225) Sunflower (292) Tanzanite (539) Topaz (203) Turquoise (267) Vintage rose (319) Violet (371) White alabaster (281) White opal (234) White opal sky Blue**/*** (234 sBl) White opal star shine**/*** (234 sts)