Österreich, seit 1895
Title:Die Geschichte von Swarovski
Subtitle:Sobald Swarovski Kristalle der Welt vorgestellt wurden, übten sie eine geheimnisvolle Faszination aus, da sie präzisen Schliff mit der natürlichen Schönheit des Sonnenlichts und des Nachthimmels verbanden. Daniel und seine Söhne arbeiteten instinktiv mit Couturiers zusammen, die ihrerseits von den kreativen Möglichkeiten der sich ständig weiterentwickelnden Materialien von Swarovski inspiriert wurden. Am markantesten waren die irisierenden Aurora-Borealis-Kristalle, die in den 1950er-Jahren zur charakteristischen Verzierung von Christian Dior wurden.
Glanzvolle Highlights
Title:Die Swarovski Zeitleiste
Subtitle:Glanzvolle Highlights beschränken sich nicht nur auf Mode und Schmuck. Swarovski Kristalle haben auf Bühne und Leinwand geglänzt und sogar Strassen erleuchtet – durch Partnerschaften mit BMW und Mercedes. Bedeutende Meilensteine in unserer Geschichte sind mit philanthropischem Engagement verbunden – insbesondere durch die Initiierung von Umwelt- und Ethikprojekten sowie durch Partnerschaften in diesen Bereichen.
Dominio de los cristales
Title:Savoir-faire de Swarovski
Subtitle:Cada diseño y cada colección rinde homenaje a la dedicación del fundador Daniel Swarovski a la excelencia creativa e irradia nuestro savoir-faire mágico.
El inconfundible savoir-faire de Swarovski, combinado con la incesante búsqueda de la innovación, ha inspirado colaboraciones con los nombres más importantes del mundo de la moda, el cine y la música durante casi 130 años, haciendo de la empresa una influencia líder y duradera en la cultura pop.
Diseños atrevidos
El acercamiento de Giovanna a la creación con cristales es, en una palabra, audaz: dejar que las piedras hablen por sí mismas y mimarlas para aprovechar su luz interior natural. Y jugar con el color. “Para mí, el color es muy importante para la colección; es algo que me encanta”, explica Giovanna. “La belleza es que ya está incrustado en el cristal en sí”.
Dirección creativa
En 2020, Swarovski contrató a una directora creativa para toda la empresa por primera vez en su historia. La colección inaugural de Giovanna Battaglia Engelbert, Collection I, incluía collares, pendientes, anillos y cadenas corporales, y ponía de relieve el color y la geometría. Su nombre se debe al artículo n.º 1, el primer cristal que Daniel Swarovski esbozó, y se inspiró en sus dibujos manuales de cristales.
A Golden Era of Light & Color
Throughout the decades, Swarovski’s unparalleled savoir-faire gave rise to trends and collaborations with dozens of fashion houses and designers including Christian Dior and Elsa Schiaparelli. As our brand and reputation grew, so did our offering and creativity as we mastered bold new cuts including oval navette and elegant baguette cut crystals. We embraced the spirit of each passing zeitgeist, creating opulent pieces of glamorous jewelry that adorned celebrities, socialites, and all discerning lovers of luxury.
Extravagance for Everyone
When Daniel Swarovski first produced his brilliant crystals, he changed the way the world perceived diamonds and jewelry. At a time when jewelry was worn only by the wealthy elite, Daniel recognized crystal's potential to infuse luxury and glamour into everyday jewelry and fashion, and have an empowering effect on women from all walks of life. His vision reshaped the fashion landscape, offering opulence to the masses.
Mesmerizing Collaborations
For almost 130 years, Swarovski has turned heads on the red carpet and runways. From Oliver Rousteing’s first haute couture collection for Balmain to McQueen’s Swarovski Crystal Catsuit for the Deliverance show, technical innovation and savoir-faire keeps Swarovski at the forefront of fashion. When Donatella Versace was asked what Swarovski Crystals added to her unmistakable designs, she replied: ‘They add magic to every fabric.’
Swarovski & Dior: Partners in Style
The enduring partnership between Swarovski and Dior has produced some of the most captivating pieces in fashion history. Throughout the 1950s, crystals embellished many of Christian Dior’s most iconic designs, but in 1956, the partnership reached new heights with the creation of the Aurora Borealis effect. Named after the Northern Lights that deeply inspired Daniel, its unique reflective properties brought unprecedented movement and color to Dior’s couture creations. From Yves Saint Laurent to John Galliano, the Aurora Borealis crystal effect continues to delight fashion’s most brilliant minds with its creative possibilities.
Swarovski in Fashion
The birth of Swarovski in 1895 coincided with the dawn of haute couture, so Daniel would travel to Paris’s first fashion houses, collaborating with everyone from Jean Patou to Pierre Cardin on new cuts and colors of crystals. His creations were a huge hit, and since then designers have relied on Swarovski Crystals to embellish their most dazzling looks for collections in New York, London, Paris, and Milan.
Swarovski on Stage & Screen
The story of Swarovski in entertainment goes back almost one hundred years to the early days of Hollywood, when its crystals made their debut in the Marlene Dietrich film Blonde Venus (1932). Fast forward to 2023 and Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour when the iconic singer opened her performance in Amsterdam in a breathtaking Iris van Herpen custom look embellished with thousands of Swarovski Crystals.
Swarovski Rocks
Through the ages of rock and roll, Swarovski has proudly shared the stage with many legendary showmen, creating decadent, fabulous costumes for Elvis, Elton John, and Queen. In 1972, Elvis Presley’s costume designer chose Swarovski Crystals to catch the light, creating the most famous glittering white jumpsuit in musical history. Elton, a devotee of sequins, feathers, and crystal-enrobed outfits, regularly collaborated with fashion designer Bob Mackie, and together the pair created dozens of spectacular costumes that would come to define Elton’s visual identity right up until his final tour.
The authenticity of swarovski
Brand Protection
Illuminating the many facets of Swarovski from heritage to lifestyle and beyond.
