Amanda Triossi remembers the day she got hooked on jewelry. When she was four, her mother brought home an Italian celebrity magazine with photos of the coronation of Iran’s Farah Diba, bedecked in a crown and necklace dripping with diamonds, emeralds and pearls. “For me,” she says, “that was fantastic. I’ve always had a passion since then.”




From top: Bulgari’s 18k yellow gold, enamel and sapphire snake belt, circa 1970, owned by Diana Vreeland; 18k yellow gold, ruby, emerald and diamond necklace, circa 1969; platinum and diamond ring, circa 1950, owned by Anna Magnani.




18k yellow gold, polychrome enamel and diamond bracelet, circa 1970s; and 18k yellow gold and diamond necklace, circa 1978.




From top: Bulgari’s 18k yellow gold, ruby and diamond brooch, circa 1972; 18k yellow gold, ruby and diamond bracelet, circa 1988; and 18k yellow gold, ruby, sapphire, emerald and diamond necklace, circa 1960s, worn by Keira Knightley to the 2006 Oscars.