So Braccialetti Cruciani has hit Australian shores and I have the absolutely inside scoop on who/what/where/when to share with you. Hopefully by the end of this post you will be as excited as I am, not only because I’m sharing this with you exclusively BUT because you will have the chance to win some of these bracelets in the colour of your choice.
Before I get to that stage however I need to tell you about how these bracelets came in to exisitance, as was told to me by Janine from Miss Italy who is importing the label to Australia:
‘Arnaldo Caprai is the lacemaking company in Umbria in central Italy where the Cruciani bracelets are made. You can see straight away how traditional they still are by the look of the website and product!  The Cruciani brand (sits under the umbrella of Caprai). It was Arnaldo’s son, Luca Caprai, who invented the bracelets as a way of opening up the brand to a young, more style savvy customer. It’s modern folklore now, but the story goes that fans queued day and night outside the Cruciani store in Forte de Marmi (Tuscany) to get their hands on the four-leaf clover bracelet when it was first launched. The rest as they say is history….
Every product is made with the best yarn, sourced from all over the world, including cashmere, silk, wool and cotton, as well as the Diamante Rosso, which is the finest and longest cashmere fiber in the world. These precious raw materials are selected and then stored in what is in fact an ageing process that bring to life their inherent luster and quality.
The Cruciani C Bracelet was the idea of Luca Caprai and was created to communicate the Cruciani brand to a young and increasingly well-informed and demanding public and has become a global phenomenon. Cruciani C bracelets are made of macramé lace produced by the Arnaldo Caprai Gruppo Tessile, founded by Luca’s father, Cav. Del Lav. Arnaldo Caprai, and of course are proudly 100% Made-in-Italy.’
Retailing at $19 it’s not such a stretch that you could add multiples of this to your arm party, or that you could give them to your girlfriends as gifts. Wedding parties? Christenings? I love also that there is all manner of meaning in them- the four leaf clover in particular:
‘A wish for every four-leaf clover … a four leaf clover for every wish.Â
A symbol of hope and unexpected joy and luck, clover, all over the world, is associated with new events and happy. Because of the rarity, many people consider it to be a sacred plant and a powerful charm.Â
brings luck to those who find it and who receives it as a gift. According to tradition, each leaf represents a quality reputation first, the second wealth, health third and fourth sincere love.Â
An amulet for yourself or for your loved ones?’
Or, you may just like it as a fashion item!
Miss Italy and I have teamed up to give you the chance to win 5 x Cruciani bracelets of your colour choice. Amazing. Enough that you can keep them all for yourself, or choose for the special peeps in your life.
All you have to do to be in the running is…
1. Like the Miss Italy Facebook Page
2. Leave a comment on this blog post telling me which colours you would like to win. You can view the full range on the Miss Italy website.
3. Sit back and wait to see if you’ve won!
Competition closes Thursday 6th December 5pm AEST. Competition open to international readers- hooray!
Winner will be chosen at random and posted on www.ladymelbourne.com.au
76 comments
I would love to win a light grey or soft lilac bracelet 🙂
I love the yellow and purple bracelets for men and women.keep it up.
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You should all come to Melbourne central Level 2, Full Stop market kiosk! We sell Cruciani bracelets here for $19.90!! x
What a great give away! I particularly like the white, soft lilac, azure blue, fuschia and navy Miss Italy lace (??) bracelets !! It would be great if I could win this prize for my dedicated and hardworking mother’s birthday!!
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ALL of them! Gorgeous!
I love the colours and the delicate execution… The chance to wear a little bit of Italy with me all day long! I love the neon yellow and orange – so on trend and the grey and black to ground these with any outfit. I love them!
Love, want, need!
What more needs to be said!
Wow, these are original. I have never seen anything like these before. Start of a new trend I feel!
Love the purple and blue
merry xmas
Pink and black pretty please!
They’re all so lovely, but the citrus green is my favourite. What a beautiful bright colour!
i love them all, surprise me, maybe a purple and blue
Wow thanks so much. My choice would be:
Silver Grey, Mint, Bright Lilac, Bronze and Azure Blue!
Azure blue. Every time I’d look down at it, I’d think of the ocean.
Red and black!
Red and black for me!
The Yellow Four Leaf Clover, the color of Summer.
Love the lilac one
What a great array of colours and what a fabulous
design. Love the Olive, Bronze, Silver Grey and Grey
Hard to choose but i do love cornflower blue
i’d so love to win……all my Italian friends are sporting them and I want to be part of the club!!! I love black obviously being a melburnian and any other colour just as long as I have one!!!x
china blue please
Love Azure Blue, Fuchsia, Mint, Pale Pink and Bright Lilac 🙂
Love these, & the Baby Pink four leaf clover is really sweet.
bright lilac please!
Four leaf clover rosa baby,
azure blue too
Miss Italy has a brilliant range, so feminine, I so love them all
Just beautiful…I would pick all pink..one for myself and one for each of my friends who have been touched by breast cancer
Four leaf clover bracelet ‘mint <3
With a little bit of Irish, the lucky colours of olive, military green, yellow, white and steel grey will adorn my freckled kissed wrist! Liked the miss Italy page!
Bronze or Olive I’m not sure I could choose between the two which would compliment my olive complexion. Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous.
It was so hard to choose but azure blue, mint green, bright lilac, flag green, sky, bright red, ferrari red and soft lilac are my favourites! I love them all!! My ultimate favourite is azure blue.
I love cornflower ble
Red is my favourite colour but they are all beautiful. Mint green is also stunning.
Four Leaf Clover in bright red. Stunning.
Love blue, always have.
My favourites are bronze, olive and military green. They are gorgeous bracelets
Love the lime green and bronze together:-)
So many gorgeous colours, however my favourites are: Sky, Silver grey, Lilac, China Blue and Flag Green
Im a mint kind of Gal 🙂
pink 🙂
I love the Four leaf clover bracelet ‘mint’ as its a great piece of wear with a classic LBD or white capri pants and bright heels. Very cute and practical, I’m in love x
I love the racing colours or the purple/pink shades, just gorgoeous
I love the Four leaf clover bracelet ‘fluro green’
It will brighten my day
http://www.missitaly.com.au/products/four-leaf-clover-bracelet-fluro-green
blue and yellow – mwah!
I adore these ‘lucky pieces’ my colours are:
anthracite, silver grey, white, citrus green, fuschia – my summer outfits will be complete with these splashes of colour!
Very pretty and versatile braccialetti. Love the Ferrari Red one!
Oh wow these are beautiful! I would LOVE to get the
Four leaf clover bracelet in ‘yellow’
Why would I try and pickblack when Ferrari Red is my stand-out favourite? I tried so hard to be modest but I just can’t.
Roses are red, violets are blue, I’d love this bracelet in red so true
I love the yellow and purple, so bright and perfect for summer ♥
I love Rose, Mint and Baby Pink. They are so pretty together.
Bronze, Military Green, Olive, Anthracite and Rose all gorgeous.
Blue orange or black:)
Great giveaway! I really like the bright lilac colour 🙂 Have liked the facebook page too.
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these bracelets are so cute and perfect for the summer months. i love the bright lilac, citrus green, bright red, yellow and sky.
Love these bracelets !!
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I just love the mint green and baby pink
The citrus green and fluro yellow would work beautifully with recent summer additions to my wardrobe.
i love the white, bronze and anthracite colours!
Azure blue, orange, fuschia, yellow and citrus green are my faves! <3
gold, bronze, olive, rose and china blue are beautiful.
I love the one in mint 🙂
Wow, nice! I would choose a mix of colours- I especially love fuchsia, ferrari red, avion blue, sky and white.
Beautiful. Fuschia, military green, olive, ferrari red and navy are simply gorgeous.
Love these. I would choose: Yellow, Black, Soft Lilac, Pale Pink and Baby Pink
I love them all!
These are fabulous. Just the perfect little accessory to be shared by a Mum and her 3 daughters. Might need a roster!
These are adorable. Would be cherished by me and my three daughters. We love mint, azure blue, orange, olive.
So cute! Loving the bronze, olive, anthracite, silver grey and my fave is lilac 😉
Choosing a fav is soo hard because they are all beautiful. However the winners in the end for me are citrus green, flag green, fluro green, military green and white. Yayyyyy
Citrus Green, Mint, Pale Pink, Fuchsia and Sky- All the colours available are beautiful, and would look so pretty altogether.
Having married into a big ol’ Italian famiglia, these bracciali will be the talking point of my Christmas. I pick… ferrari red to better enjoy my laps from Lygon Street to the Mediterranean Wholesaler and back.
These bracelets are beautiful! There is such a range of colours but I think my faves are definitely Azure Blue, Bright Lilac, Citrus Green, Bright Red, and Silvery Grey. Love these bracelets!!
I would have a autumn leaf inspired collection, ranging from beautiful gold to the rich caramel color. They’re so pretty! x
Cute and pretty! My lucky colour this week will be mmmmmmm *cornflower blue*.