{"id":331442,"date":"2023-06-19T16:24:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T19:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=331442"},"modified":"2023-06-21T16:35:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T19:35:48","slug":"arab-women-the-inspiration-for-brazilian-bijou-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/arab-women-the-inspiration-for-brazilian-bijou-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab women the inspiration for Brazilian bijou collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The Arab world appeared for the first time in the life of Camila Klein when she was little. While she was growing up, her house used to be full of the Arab friends of her mother Ros\u00e2ngela Klein. As time went by, her interaction with such women declined, but this finery-filled world never left her mind. In 2020, when she had already been the owner of her own bijou brand \u2013 which is named after her \u2014 for two decades, she found herself inspired by Qatar and Arab women.<\/p>\n

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Entrepreneur and artist Camila Klein: design and finery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always really liked the queen of Qatar, sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned. She\u2019s a woman of unparalleled beauty, she\u2019s chic and inimitably sophisticated. In 2020 I was invited to go to Qatar for pleasure. I got even closer to this culture, so I decided to design a collection inspired by Arab queens and princesses. Through this collection I wanted to show our capacity to turn our deserts into something concrete, structured and surprising,\u201d said Klein.<\/p>\n

Her taste for jewelry<\/strong> also came during her childhood years, while her appreciation for bijoux came years later. The visual artist points out that her mother had always liked finery and had very different pieces of jewelry. Growing up, Klein took the pieces out of the velvet rolls to admire them, and in her teenage years she started designing jewelry. When she created her own company in 2000, she started making jewelry made of the pieces of her mother.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom 2000 to 2001, I worked on smaller, heavier pieces. But since my mother didn\u2019t let me melt her jewelry, and it was dangerous to mess with gold, I started making bijoux<\/strong>: necklaces, earrings, rings, bracelets, and even belts.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Collection inspired by Arab women<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At first, her brand did business in domestic national and international trade shows. In one of such shows Klein sold to the United Arab Emirates for the first time. Other destinations such as New York made the list of her international buyers. But after her children were born, the shows were left aside.<\/p>\n

Now focusing on domestic stores, Klein grew to have 13 establishments across Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, S\u00e3o Paulo, Campinas, and Recife. The stoned belts, earrings, and large necklaces were the favorite pieces of the Arab women living in Brazil.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Camila Klein brand didn\u2019t come to empower women, as they\u2019re already empowered, but it came to reclaim the essence of the femininity. I\u2019ve always liked to make things that caused an impact and highlighted the female beauty. I believe the Arab women are the ones who best know how to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the pandemic, the stores and two plants that used to produce the pieces closed. In recent years the visual artist<\/strong> has touched on her creative side to design the best of high-end jewelry into bijoux. In order to bring back the essence of the brand, its website has been overhauled, and the entrepreneur will open a new concept store in the neighborhood of Jardins in S\u00e3o Paulo in a couple months.<\/p>\n

Collection inspired by Arab women<\/strong><\/p>\n

Klein has always liked Arab finery and tapestry, so she wanted to design a collection inspired by the Middle East. During her trip to Qatar, she created the O\u00e1sis collection whose pieces are still sold by the company. \u201cThe collection features nearly 100 pieces, there\u2019re four families\/sets that were inspired by four women from the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pieces of the O\u00e1sis collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The O\u00e1sis collection \u2014 Rania<\/strong> was inspired by queen of Jordan. The family is elegant, modern and robust. The creations were structured with the metal luster and the contrast of triangles and tear shapes in organic movements reflects an aesthetics of independence. The green, blue and maroon tones are worked in old gold- and old silver-plated metals, together with crystals, resins and chains complementing the striking look.<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia\u2019s princess and philanthropist Ameera al-Taweel<\/strong> served as inspiration for the O\u00e1sis collection Ameerah. \u201cThe bijoux of this family were made from rectangle- and square-shaped metals and crystals, enameling, resins, and natural stones like purple agate, brown agate, and green and rose Indian agate, rose quartz, and rutilated quartz. The stones are bound by authentic links like the symbol of union and regalness,\u201d said Klein.<\/p>\n

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Colors in the bijou family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The O\u00e1sis family Deena was inspired by Egypt\u2019s Dina Abdul-Hamid<\/strong>, who\u2019s a member of the ruling family of Jordan. \u201cWith her unique style full of kooky clothes and heightened beauty, the princess become a royal that\u2019s a reference in fashion in her country and around the world. Her outfits filled with sparkles, colors and authenticity inspire creations that express power and attitude through colors such as orange, pink, green and turquoise, resulting in a truly lively O\u00e1sis,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The queen of Qatar was the source of inspiration for the fourth and final family O\u00e1sis \u2013\u00a0Mozah<\/strong>. Klein explains the luxury and opulence that revolutionized the architecture of Qatar inspire the design of maximalist and exuberant pieces. \u201cFrom the ocean breeze to the nighttime glow of the cities comes a unique mix of crystals, metals, pearls and natural stones aquarite, rose jasper, fluorite, and metalized volcanic stone. In contrast, the finesse of the creations is represented by the emotional curatorship in stones, making the free spirit, empathy, tenderness and love shine: the true symbol of richness,\u201d the visual artist finishes.<\/p>\n

In the near future Klein wants to design other collections inspired by Arab women and countries.<\/p>\n

Report by Rebecca Vettore, especially for ANBA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hugo Toni and Carol Hoshi<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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