French Jewelry

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In pop culture, a grill (most commonly referred to as grills or grillz), also known as fronts or golds, is a type of dental jewelry worn over the teeth. Grills are made of metal and are generally removable but can also be permanent. They were popularized by hip-hop artists in New York City in the early 1980s, and upgraded during the 1990s in Oakland. They became even more widely popular during the mid-2000s due to the rise of Southern hip hop rap and the more mainstream pop culture status hip hop attained. Since then, grills have reached the mainstream; a "hard flex of both style and wealth, grillz have always been a symbol of power and social status – right from its origins that can be traced back to over 4,000 years ago." African men and women are said to have worn grills to show their status up until modern days. Although grills have been around for over 4,000 years, the rise and fall of their popularity at different times in different countries is a reflection of fashion trends. Grills can imitate and are not mutually exclusive with gold teeth, a form of permanent dental prosthesis in which the visible part of a tooth is replaced or capped with gold. Grills has its roots in the Southern United States. This was a cultural element of poor African Americans who couldn’t afford the proper dental work. This turned into a fashion statement throughout the United States.

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Article Title : Grill (jewelry)
Article Snippet :grills or grillz), also known as fronts or golds, is a type of dental jewelry worn over the teeth. Grills are made of metal and are generally removable
Article Title : Georges Fouquet
Article Snippet :Georges Fouquet (1862–1957) was a French jewelry designer best known for his Art Nouveau creations. In Paris, Fouquet joined his father in the family business
Article Title : Paloma Picasso
Article Snippet :Picasso (born Anne Paloma Ruiz-Picasso y Gilot on 19 April 1949) is a French jewelry designer and businesswoman, best known for her collaboration with Tiffany
Article Title : René Lalique
Article Snippet :Paris. By 1881, Lalique worked as a freelance designer for several French jewelry firms, including Cartier and Boucheron. In 1886, he started working
Article Title : Schlumberger (surname)
Article Snippet :of the Nouvelle Revue Française Jean Schlumberger (jewelry designer) (1907–1987), French jewelry designer for Tiffany & Co. Liesbeth Schlumberger, organist
Article Title : Jacques Cartier (jeweler)
Article Snippet :Jacques-Théodule Cartier (2 February 1884 – 10 September 1941) was a French jeweler and Cartier jewelry company executive. Cartier was born on 2 February 1884 in
Article Title : Van Cleef & Arpels
Article Snippet :Van Cleef & Arpels is a French luxury jewelry company. It was founded in 1896 by the Dutch diamond-cutter Alfred Van Cleef and his father-in-law Salomon
Article Title : Emma Roberts
Article Snippet :new ambassador of the Pretty Woman collection corresponding to the French jewelry firm Fred. Roberts has been involved in various charitable endeavors
Article Title : James de Givenchy
Article Snippet :(born August 27, 1963) is an American businessman and jewelry designer. He is the owner of the jewelry company Taffin, which he founded in 1996. Givenchy
Article Title : François Pinault
Article Snippet :and bought the Yves Saint Laurent company. Pinault then purchased the French jewelry company Boucheron in 2000, Balenciaga in 2001, and the British fashion

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