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Dolly Parton Would Have Loved This Butterfly Necklace
This Buddha Mama butterfly is our Piece of the Week honoring the legend, who embraced the beautiful insect as her symbol.
Earlier this week, the country lost an irreplaceable legend. Singer-songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, and humanitarian Dolly Parton died Tuesday at age 80 after a brief battle with cancer.
A self-professed “rhinestone girl,” Parton was known to the world for her sparkly outfits, sky-high heels, and gravity-defying wigs.
While she no doubt owned pieces of fine jewelry that were meaningful to her privately, her public persona did not leave much room, or much need, for fine jewelry.
It also seems that natural diamonds and colored gemstones were not big enough for Parton.
In a 2021 interview with W magazine, the author describes Parton and her creative director, Steve Summers, examining a tray of Chopard jewelry that included a “very large” amethyst.
“I can’t wear a jewel that small,” Parton said. “Do you have anything bigger?”
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A self-professed “rhinestone girl,” Parton was known to the world for her sparkly outfits, sky-high heels, and gravity-defying wigs.
While she no doubt owned pieces of fine jewelry that were meaningful to her privately, her public persona did not leave much room, or much need, for fine jewelry.
It also seems that natural diamonds and colored gemstones were not big enough for Parton.
In a 2021 interview with W magazine, the author describes Parton and her creative director, Steve Summers, examining a tray of Chopard jewelry that included a “very large” amethyst.
“I can’t wear a jewel that small,” Parton said. “Do you have anything bigger?”
While Parton was not a fine jewelry collector to the level of say, Elizabeth Taylor, she was known for her love of butterflies.
She embraced the beautiful insect as a symbol in her music and her business ventures, explaining to W in that same interview that she felt a kinship with butterflies because they are colorful and gentle, just like her.
So, for this week’s Piece of the Week, we have chosen a piece of butterfly jewelry that we think would have been big and beautiful enough for Parton.
Buddha Mama’s 20-karat yellow gold butterfly necklace features diamonds surrounding a butterfly with army green enamel wings decorated with diamond-studded flowers.
The butterfly has a 12.94-carat green tourmaline body with 20-karat yellow gold fringe featuring round- and marquise-cut diamonds and comes on a gold bead chain set with round diamonds (price upon request).
The necklace is pictured at the top of the article and in the video above.
Rest in peace, Dolly. Thank you for everything.
The butterfly has a 12.94-carat green tourmaline body with 20-karat yellow gold fringe featuring round- and marquise-cut diamonds and comes on a gold bead chain set with round diamonds (price upon request).
The necklace is pictured at the top of the article and in the video above.
Rest in peace, Dolly. Thank you for everything.
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