Each year, Swarovski works with a different international designer to impart the debutantes’ tiaras with extraordinary brilliance.
Nadja Swarovski, Member of the Swarovski Executive Board, commented: “We are delighted that the 2018 Vienna Opera Ball tiara is designed by our long-lasting collaborators – the incredible Dolce&Gabbana. The debutantes have been wearing a Swarovski tiara at the opening ceremony of the Opera Ball since the 1950s, and we are honored to collaborate with these fantastic designers to continue this tradition.”
Swarovski
Swarovski delivers a diverse portfolio of unmatched quality, craftsmanship, and creativity. Founded in 1895 in Austria, the company designs, manufactures and markets high-quality crystals, genuine gemstones and created stones as well as finished products such as jewelry, accessories and lighting. The Swarovski Crystal Business is run by the fifth generation of family members and has a global reach with approximately 2,800 stores in around 170 countries, more than 27,000 employees, and revenue of about 2.6 billion euros in 2016. Together with its sister companies Swarovski Optik (optical devices) and Tyrolit (abrasives), Swarovski Crystal Business forms the Swarovski Group. In 2016, the Group generated revenue of about 3.37 billion euros and employed more than 32,000 people. A responsible relationship with people and the planet is an integral part of Swarovski’s heritage. The global Swarovski Waterschool education program has reached 461,000 children on the world’s greatest rivers, and the Swarovski Foundation, set up in 2013, works to support culture and creativity, promote wellbeing, and conserve natural resources to achieve positive social impact.
Dolce&Gabbana
Established in 1985, Dolce&Gabbana is an international leader in the fashion and luxury goods sector. The founders, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, have always been the creative and stylistic source of all the brand’s activities as well as the drivers behind the development strategies. The Group creates, produces and distributes high-end clothing, leather goods, footwear, accessories, jewelry and watches. The brand is present in the Prêt-à-porter segment with Men’s, Women’s and Children’s collections and with Alta Moda, Alta Sartoria, Alta Gioielleria and Alta Orologeria collections. The only activities entrusted to licensee partners are the production and distribution of Eyewear and Beauty lines.
Wiener Staatsoper / Wiener Opernball
The Wiener Staatsoper is one of the world’s major opera houses. The season spans from September to June and offers – unlike any other opera house worldwide – over 300 performances of over 60 opera and ballet works. Every year sees guest performances from the biggest opera stars and conductors at the Vienna State Opera. Once a year, the opera house is transformed into a dazzling ballroom: for the “Wiener Opernball”, which has an undisputed worldwide reputation as Austria’s traditional ball par excellence. This large-scale musical feast combines high culture with entertainment and facilitates meetings between more than 5.000 artists, businessmen, politicians, sport and entertainment personalities as well as ball lovers from home and abroad who enjoy a fabulous party in the most beautiful ballroom in the world.