The Seventies vibe is all-pervasive on the catwalk, in jewelry stores at .co right now, and what says Seventies luxury more than malachite jewelry?
Said to be the guardian stone of travelers, malachite was mined as early as replica Cartier jewelry 4,000BC by the ancient Egyptians. The opaque, richly saturated stone takes its distinctive green color from the presence of copper in the earth, and its most prized examples offer rich bands of alternating dark and light green, often in mesmerizing patterns.
First designed in the Sixties, the  Van Cleef long Alhambra necklace has become a  Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry classic. Princess Grace of Monaco acquired a malachite necklace in 1974, and also owned several other versions. Even today the Maison offers a similar necklace - the Magic Imitation Trinity de Cartier BraceletAlhambra features the four-leaf clover motif in malachite in varying sizes, and it is as elegant today as it was then.
Designer Madyha Farooqui has long admired the Van Cleef & Arpels Vintage Alhambra Necklace outlet and other mid-century greats such as Cartier and Hermes. "Yet malachite was out of fashion for decades," she says. "It didn't seem to me that it should be, because it was so beautiful in both color and pattern. There's something so romantic, modern and old-world about it." The New York designer started making malachite Knockoff Van Cleef Perlee Bracelet Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry UK in 2013 and the response was immediate and overwhelming. It has since become a key part of her collection - her dramatic, yet elegant, District Link malachite cuff features wide bands of the striated gem studded with diamonds.
Finally,  imitation Van Cleef Butterfly Earrings Hermes Clic Clac H Enamel Bracelet celebrates the sculptural possibilities of this gemstone in a playful concoction of beads studded with fire opal and rose gold.