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Post by MyAdia on Jul 5, 2011 7:57:00 GMT -5
Here is information about Charlene’s other new tiara that she had designed – which the French-German jeweler Lorenz Baumer declined to state how much it cost but did state it was a :consequent sum!” My favorite Baumer comment as he sucks up to the new bling bling and clothes horse Princess because clearly he knows he will get more business from Princess Gold Digger – Charlene “has a strong idea of what she wants and she knows how to make her self heard and respected.” No one can say this about Albert. – the Village Idiot of Monaco running to get this woman because he really thought that she was going to give all this up. Can someone please please point me to a similar documentary of the design process and of a future princess (or even a current one!) trying on and marveling about her tiara? Anyone. Only in Monaco – the new Capital of Trash and bling bling. Check out the process that Albert and Charlene did for bids for the tiara – so much for using Monaco jewelers and the official palace jeweler Repossi. I guess Conlene didn’t like he fact that he spilled how Albert bought the ring the night before he proposed. Here is the short documentary. Here is an AFP article about the "Diamond Foam" tiara, symbolizes Charlene's love for the sea. It also includes an interview with the designer, French-German jeweler Lorenz Baumer, who states,
Monaco's Princess Charlene chose daring tiaraBy Jenny Barchfield of the Associated PressJuly 4, 2011
MONACO -- At her royal wedding, Britain's Kate Middleton donned an heirloom tiara charged with historical significance. Princess Charlene of Monaco opted for something much more personal, choosing a bold, asymmetrical creation in diamond and white gold that symbolizes the one-time Olympic swimmer's love for the sea.
Made by French-German jeweler Lorenz Baumer, the "Diamond Foam" tiara in white gold and nearly 60 karats worth of diamonds evokes the spray thrown off a crashing wave. Thin strips of precision-cut diamonds arch up from behind the left ear and fan out in an almost punk-ish explosion at the temple. Large round cut diamonds, the largest weighing 8 karats, punctuate the ends of the sparkling arcs.
"Princess Charlene is a swimmer and Monaco is this little contort on the Mediterranean, so the reference to the sea was something very personal for her and at the same time a symbol of the Monegasque people," Baumer told The Associated Press in an interview.
The princess wore the headpiece to the lavish multi-course gala dinner that capped the two-day-long festivities around Charlene's long-awaited marriage to Monaco's ruling prince, Albert II, the palace said Sunday.
Baumer said the palace contacted him about five months before the wedding to ask him to submit designs for a tiara that was to be among the prince's wedding gifts to his betrothed. Baumer submitted three sketches, as did "all the major jewelry houses you can think of.
"They spread the drawings out. None of them had the names of the houses, just the drawings, and the prince and princess chose mine," said Baumer, who is also artistic director for Paris luxury label Louis Vuitton's fine jewelry line. "It was really an honor."
Baumer traveled to Monaco for the first of four meetings with Charlene, "who received me in the palace wearing a sweat suit - she's really relaxed." The princess, who before her civil marriage Friday was known as Charlene Wittstock, gave Baumer ideas on how to improve the design.
The jeweler, an engineer by training, said the tiara can be taken apart to be used as a small or large brooch or a hairpiece. It comes with a chic little screwdriver topped with flourishing Cs for Charlene.
Baumer declined to give the price of the tiara, but hinted at a consequent sum.
The son of a German diplomat father and French mother, Baumer was born in the U.S. and lived in half a dozen countries before settling in Paris. After studying at the French capital's prestigious Ecole Central, Baumer started designing costume jewelry.
"I had nothing, no money, no connections and I was working in a tiny little maid's quarters," he said. "I moved into fine jewelry after a client of mine asked me to do a costume piece in gold. So I did one and then another and then another."
After founding his eponymous house 19 years ago, Baumer set up shop on Paris' tony rue Royale before moving to the world's fine jewelry mecca, Place Vendome.
How was collaborating with Charlene?
"It was wonderful. She's not at all like the image some may people have of her as kind of cold and distant. She's sweet but also has a strong idea of what she wants and she knows how to make her self heard and respected, but in a soft way.
"I've no doubt she's going to make a great princess," he said with a smile.
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Post by MyAdia on Jul 5, 2011 7:59:26 GMT -5
Made by French-German jeweler Lorenz Baumer, the so-called "Diamond Foam" tiara in white gold and nearly 60 karats-worth of diamonds evokes the spray thrown off a crashing wave. Thin strips of precision-cut diamonds are arch up from behind the left ear and fan out in an almost punk-ish explosion at the temple. Large round cut diamonds, the largest weighing 8 karats, punctuate the ends of the sparkling arcs. 
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Post by margarita on Jul 5, 2011 8:05:18 GMT -5
Made by French-German jeweler Lorenz Baumer, the so-called "Diamond Foam" tiara in white gold and nearly 60 karats-worth of diamonds evokes the spray thrown off a crashing wave. Thin strips of precision-cut diamonds are arch up from behind the left ear and fan out in an almost punk-ish explosion at the temple. Large round cut diamonds, the largest weighing 8 karats, punctuate the ends of the sparkling arcs.i54.tinypic.com/qq4ew2.jpgi53.tinypic.com/2hoyao1.jpg ... it rather looks like a antenna to receive what Stahl is cabling to her  ... in order what to say or .. move to the other room quick, Albert is talking to another woman for more than 2 minutes!!! AdminNote: Removed display of photo from quoted text since photo is displayed right above |
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Post by paca on Jul 5, 2011 8:16:52 GMT -5
told you she was gonna have two: one for each child |
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Post by MyAdia on Jul 5, 2011 8:33:02 GMT -5
told you she was gonna have two: one for each child Charlene like many trophy wives with cheating husbands, will be doing a whole lot more of shopping for specially made designer clothes and specially made jewelry - to ease the pain and loneliness. Here's a close up of the Diamond Foam tiara - notice Conlene knows to name her tiaras after years of reading the message boards. She couldn't wait to have thread for her where everyone just exalt all her jewelry. All that money - still cannot buy her class. This tiara that is worth a "consequent sum" is not spectacular at all - it definitely doesn't deserve its own documentary.  |
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Post by paca on Jul 5, 2011 8:39:33 GMT -5
LOL it probably took the guy 5 minutes to think up.It really looks like one of the do it yourself things. Love the part with the screwdriver.... the other one doesn't look any better. So far I have not seen one piece of jewelry that I would consider tasteful . Apart the one she borrowed from Caro. I didn't really like it with the dress as the dress was geometrical whereas the jewelry was feminine.
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Post by mrszinck on Jul 5, 2011 11:58:08 GMT -5
She gets half a tiara… Who has the other half??
;D
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Post by cm7007 on Jul 5, 2011 14:33:02 GMT -5
[/quote] Charlene “has a strong idea of what she wants and she knows how to make her self heard and respected.”
Yes, I've seen this side of her! It's called BEING RUDE!
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Post by cstone on Jul 6, 2011 21:16:30 GMT -5
u have to ask the question why didnt she rec'd a tiara like kate middleton?
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Post by temporary on Jul 6, 2011 22:50:36 GMT -5
I do have to say this thread improves my opinion of her, I thought she was getting jewelry from Albert before marriage (e.g. the diamond waterfall earrings she was photographed on- on the street- they haven't been posted to this thread yet).
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Post by cm7007 on Jul 6, 2011 23:38:45 GMT -5
Part of her "plan" was to come across - especially to dumb Albert as a woman with simple tastes and desires. She was trying to convince him she didn't care for material things - like jewels. They didn't matter to her. Same with fashion.
It's the reason I asked if anyone there knew "how small" her apartment in Monaco was. She's mentioned a dozen times that she lived in a very small apartment Albert provided for her. (Small compared to the Palace?) She had no money and no way to provide for herself - ever - she lived there for years on his dime. She said she lived modestly - but it is rumored (but I've heard it from reliable sources) that Albert OR maybe Monaco gave her 40,000 Euros a month. There are millions of people all over who would love to really "earn" 40,000 euros a YEAR! A month!!!! And she says she lived modestly. It was reported that she was living in Steph's old apartment. That could not have been to bad! The photos of that apartment from the outside are lovely - and quite spacious. Maybe she lived modestly - but she sure wasn't being paid modestly and SPOILED, DUMB, CLUELESS ALBERT DOESN'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. To him 40,000 Euros isn't very much. He never worked to know how hard it is to earn it either!
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Post by MyAdia on Jul 7, 2011 8:06:39 GMT -5
Part of her "plan" was to come across - especially to dumb Albert as a woman with simple tastes and desires. She was trying to convince him she didn't care for material things - like jewels. They didn't matter to her. Same with fashion. Thank you CM7007 for responding as such. This is what I've been saying all along with Charlene's con that is similar to the Swedish folktale of The Traveler and the Stone Soup. Charlene conned Albert into thinking that she was not interested in the trappings of his life, especially all the jewelry and the designer clothes. But, her documentaries on her tiaras (which she bragged about wearing to her first official function in Monaco) and her extensive and expensive designer wardrobe (which she bragged about wanting to be a style icon) - is more than enough proof that Charlene was lying as usual. As I have stated a hundred times already, Charlene's post engagement life is revealing the true Charlene! This is why I keep calling Albert the biggest sucker in Monaco. the Village Idiot of Monaco. Again, we only are aware now that Charlene's (FIRST) apartment in Monaco was small because she herself made a note to describe it as small in her Tatler interview. However, she later moved into a much larger and grander penthouse apartment. again, only accepting a "small" apartment when she moved to Monaco was part of the con on Albert, the biggest sucker in Monaco, to "prove' to him that she was not interested in his trappings and only preferred simple things. Any man with a lick of common sense would have seen through this con because they would have known that this girl had no ways of supporting herself except form him and more importantly she was not looking for a way to independently support herself. Hence, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco is the biggest sucker in Monaco and will be the laughing stock of the world when all he baby mamas and Charlene finish with him. |
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Post by countess on Jul 7, 2011 8:26:41 GMT -5
fugly and cheap looking JUST LIKE HER!!!
she looks skelator in that video, you don't suppose FatAl has lived up to his name ....you don't suppose he's given her AIDS? jmo
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Post by cstone on Jul 8, 2011 9:44:00 GMT -5
I wish my business would bring in 40,000 a month- I could go on vacation =)
I'm sure to all those sugars out there u love that tiara But imo its a tiara for young lady not her. I really don't like the look of that thing-she should have kissed up to one of her future sis n laws and got a classic tiara.
Boy... I feel sorry for anyone that has to directly assosicate with her now-im sure she'll b even more snottie
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Post by refia on Jul 10, 2011 6:45:08 GMT -5
 A tourist takes a photo of a diadem belonging to Princess Charlene at the exhibition ''Story of the royal wedding'' at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco July 10, 2011 CREDIT: ERIC GAILLARD/RTR/Newscom |
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Post by dolcevita on Jul 10, 2011 8:15:38 GMT -5
It's on display in a museum already? Why? It's brand new...there's no great history behind it! Those tiaras, expensive as they may be, look like the big gaudy things that are given out at a beauty pageant or part of a Halloween costume.  Why isn't she wearing Grimaldi jewels/tiaras? Isn't that the real coup? When you are truly part of the family and can have/use the historical stuff that actually has meaning? Way too "nouveau riche" for me! Oh well, I guess that would mean she's willing to pay homage to the lineage... HA! Fat chance on that... This is a new era of Starbucks and Manolos! Hope you're ready Monaco!!  |
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Post by mrplowfan on Jul 10, 2011 8:21:32 GMT -5
Because Caroline inherited the family jewels/tiaras. My guess is that she's not sharing and not into allowing Albert to purchase them. We knew she had Princess Charlotte's jewelry. That was made public years ago. Charlotte hated Grace and bypassed her by giving Charlotte her jewelry. Most of Grace's jewelry was paste. The ones that weren't were left to her children. Charlene has said that Caroline allowed her to borrow the pins she wore in her hair for the wedding. That may happen in the future - Stephanie also borrows from Caroline on occasion.
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Post by dolcevita on Jul 10, 2011 8:29:44 GMT -5
That's what I mean, it's "all in the family", right? Wouldn't Caroline at least gift a major Grimaldi piece to her brother's wife, the new Princess? Instead of having him go out and purchase such major pieces? Who's going to wear Charlotte's jewels when Caroline is gone? Her daughter isn't titled...
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Post by mrplowfan on Jul 10, 2011 10:08:27 GMT -5
Caroline would never give any pieces to Albert or his wife. She's put the up for auction first.
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Post by MyAdia on Jul 10, 2011 10:31:33 GMT -5
i53.tinypic.com/1253n80.jpgA tourist takes a photo of a diadem belonging to Princess Charlene at the exhibition ''Story of the royal wedding'' at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco July 10, 2011 CREDIT: ERIC GAILLARD/RTR/Newscom This woman's narcissism has NO LIMITS! It's repulsive - she's repulsive. Monaco announced its worst budget deficit ever and she is displaying her new expensive tiara! She hasn't even worn the thing, yet she displays jewelry at at an aquarium solely for the to show off and having the moist people possible to see it. Monaco meet your Marie Antoinette. |
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... in order what to say or .. move to the other room quick, Albert is talking to another woman for more than 2 minutes!!!
