Mae West: Bling Binge

"MAE WEST, in diamonds, arrived," read one headline long ago. Mae would tell reporters, "Men and jewels are my hobby.”
• • Perhaps one of the best parts of reviving her hit play "Diamond Lil" on Broadway [which opened on 5 February 1949] at the Coronet Theatre (230 West 49th Street, New York, NY) was sitting down with Harry in January of 1949.
• • The program credits jeweler Harry Winston for supplying the Ali Baba's cave worth of glitter for this show. Mae West's adornments included: “Seven part waist decoration, $500,000; necklace, $100,000; three bracelets, $200,000; 46-carat emerald-cut diamond ring, $300,000;30-carat oval-cut diamond ring, $75,000…” The bling was returned each night to the vault - - and brought back to the Coronet Theatre, heavily guarded, in time for each performance. Better than this was never seen on the Bowery during the 1890s.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West
• • Photo: Mae West • • 1918 • •
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