The Cartier Love bracelet: symbol of eternal love
It all started in 1969, when Aldo Cipullo , a heartbroken Italian-American designer, designed these “modern love handcuffs”: a minimalist design bracelet called Love .
To create this piece of jewelry, Cipullo was inspired by the Middle Ages, and more specifically by the chastity belt . By reinterpreting this object that once symbolized purity and fidelity, Cipullo has created a modern jewel expressing fidelity within a couple.
A symbol of eternal love, the bracelet, once attached, can only be removed with a screwdriver . Aldo initially proposed his design to Tiffany & Co., where he worked, but was rejected. He later left the house and turned to Cartier.
To mark the collection's release, Cartier sent the bracelet to 25 of the era's most iconic couples , including the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, as well as Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
Elizabeth Taylor contributed greatly to the bracelet's fame, wearing it at Marie-Hélène de Rothschild's Bal Proust in 1971, in the film A Beautiful Tigress (1972), and on the set of Under Milk Wood (1972).
In 1978, the Love bracelet was released as a ring. Now a signature of the house of Cartier , the Love design extends to white gold and pink gold, is adorned with precious stones or diamonds set in the screws, and a mini version was released in 2016.
