Amazing Discovery

These majistic Bijou Champagne horses were designed exclusively for the celebration of females royalty.

After deciding upon these huge horses for Bijou Champagne, finding them on the market was a formidable task in and of itself. But that task pales when compared to getting the hair properly applied to these cast replicas, sourcing and setting layers upon layers of human hair, millions of Swarovski crystals.

To make the horses stable and ready for transportation, we built a stand, created with champagne glasses and thousands of LED lights which required weeks and weeks of hard work and dogged determination.

 

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Swarovski Crystals

We used Swarovski Crystals of various sizes and colors. These crystals are known to be of the finest quality and throw out the most "bling." They are the most costly gem-like material we saw on the market and they did the best job for the look of these horses. This was an enormous expense but well worth it for the beauty they impart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The making of bijou champagne horses.

After a long, problematic time we now have the preliminary part of our project completed.

 

 

The black horse's name is DIAMOND and the white horse is CHANEL. Both of these breeds were used by knights in tournaments during the Middle Ages as well for warfare. These horses were expertly painted to enhance the muscular bodies of these wonderful stallions.

 

Then the mane, tail, forlock and feathering were applied using wefted human hair that ran into thousands of dollars. This hair was used because it gives the proper look and movement that we were

trying to achieve. It has been a time consumming, expensive procedure but the beautiful results speak for themselves.

 

Now we are ready to dress up our horses in their genuine, hand-tooled leather tack, and Swarovski crystals.

 

These are an exclusive pair of horses, designed expressly for In females we trust. Once again, we thought that we would simply buy the necessary bit and bridle things

we needed and place it on our horses being careful to get the appearance of living, breathing animals that were wearing the proper gear. We bought bridles and bits, then quickly learned

that this was not going to work. We had to be schooled in how to fit tack and how to put it on a horse.

 

Each strap has a specific placement and an exact measurement. All

the pieces of leather work together to give comfort to the horse as well as security and control

to the rider. We designed our bit rings in such a way

as to hold a concha with our horse logo on each one. These concha pieces are made of a stamped metal that carry our horses.

We are using Swarovski Crystals of various sizes and colors. These crystals are known to be of the finest quality and throw out the most "bling." They are the most costly gem-like material we saw on the market and they did the best job for the look of these horses. This was an enormous expense but well worth it for the beauty they impart.

 

Setting each "gem" individually was a labor of love. It simply took hours and hours of gluing.The next phase of production for these horses was to get them mobile. We had to be able to safely transport them from the studio to the show.

 

The legs were the first part to be measured and fitted to our design. Black metal "socks" will be bent around the lower legs to encase them and chrome will cover each of the eight hooves. The foundry will also add the decorative touches of three chrome studs on each hoof. In order to add stability to the raised right foreleg on each horse, we designed a chrome stabilizer bar to attach to the leg and then bolt it to the cart that moves along on wheels. Each wheel of the cart has a brake to hold it immobile once the horses are positioned for the show. The cart itself is a kind of platform. It is rectangular in shape and covered in a chrome-like material.