Van Goethem Ruby Headpiece | EDEN LUXE Bridal

The Van Goethem... a genuine ruby headband headpiece born from sacrifice and Degas. Freshwater pearls, crystals, and art history — wearable upon the Met’s own steps. Wearable art forged from sacrifice and grace. For the woman who understands that beauty costs  — and wears that truth like a crown.   THE ART HISTORY and DESIGNER'S INTENTIONS BEHIND THE DESIGN OF THE HEADPIECE: She was fourteen years old and she did not choose this.... Marie van Goethem was a student at the Paris Opéra Ballet in the late 1870s — a “petit rat,” as they were called, one of the small girls who haunted the wings of the stage and bled quietly into their pointe shoes. Her family was Belgian, poor, dependent. The ballet was not just a dream for Marie; it was a wage.  She danced so her family could eat. She blistered, she bruised, she endured — and then she stood still in Edgar Degas’ studio and became eternal. Degas rendered her in wax, in extraordinary and controversial detail: the thrust of her chin, the set o