HISTORICAL CURIOSITIES

It was the ’70s, via Condotti with its eternal charm, an indelible memory of our craftsmen when the beautiful Brigitte Bardot entered the store.  She had a special desire for herself, a woman with a unique charm: to weld a golden chain around her waist. How not to accommodate her wish!

The sketch of an hand drawn by their dear friend the artist Guttuso, while sitting on the sofa, inspired by the Capuano’s atelier atmosphere and the company of the Capuano brothers. The artist encapsulates in that sketch the aesthetic beauty of a woman wearing a marvelous jewel.

Jewelry has always been the small kingdom of Peppino and Vincenzo to showcase their Neapolitan allure, the verve of Capri. Friends of Joan Crawford, Lana Turner, Marcello and Flora Mastroianni, their lounge shop was a must for those who wanted to find unique pieces, who trusted the advices of the two true Neapolitan gentlemen, bearers of irony and discretion.

This corner of Via Condotti was also the ‘well of joys’ of Luchino Visconti who did not want junk or trinkets for his movie sets but only real jewels: the necklaces worn by Claudia Cardinale in the movie ‘Sandra (of a Thousand Delights)’, the brilliants of Ingrid Tulin in the ‘Fall of the Gods’, the pearls of Silvana Mangano in the ‘Death in Venice’. Luchino came to the Capuano’s shop, took the jewels and then, at his own pace, brought them back!