Turtle Earrings Pas Plus

Valentino. Turtle-shaped clip earrings with pendant from the Valentino Pas Plus series, circa 1980.

Gold metal, rhinestones, and stones. With original box.

Some enter a boutique searching for a pair of earrings. And then there are those who come face to face with a dynasty of aristocratic turtles that survived the 1980s. These wonders signed by Valentino seem to have emerged from an Italian summer filled with Roman terraces, gold lighters, printed silk, and women capable of wearing the flamboyant with the nonchalance of someone ordering a coffee. The mother and the baby swing together like small couture amulets: gilded, sparkling, ironic, and utterly unable to go unnoticed. Because in the years of great Italian costume jewellery, luxury was not afraid to have fun. In fact, the more theatrical an accessory was, the more it told a story. Turtles, an ancient symbol of fortune, longevity, and protection, become fantastic miniatures to wear: a small baroque fairy tale made of rhinestones, luminous geometries, and details that today no one would dare to create in such a way. And that is precisely the point. True vintage does not aim to be discreet. It wants to be remembered. Valentino Pas Plus, when Italian fashion still played with intelligent excess.