<UL> <LI>From 1910 to 1975 Trifari was ran by the originating founders and sons of those founders <LI>In 1975 Trifari was purchased by Hallmark Jewelry Co. <LI>In 1988 Trifari was purchased by Crystal Brands <LI>In 1994 Trifari was purchased by Chase Capital Partners, a Lattice Holding Co., a division of the Monet Group <LI>In 2000 the Monet Group, was purchased by Liz Claiborne. Liz Claiborne then moved operations to Puerto Rico <LI>Trifari, is now an off shore operation </UL>

In the early part of 1930 Afred Philippe joined Trifari as head designer. He was a top notch designer who had worked with companies such as Cartier. Philippe was instrumental in turning Trifari into a profitable company in just a few years. His designs in the art deco period were extremely popular and because he was able to work with less expensive metals he was able to design the overly large flower pins and the fruit salad jewelry.

During this period Trifari designs were created to resemble the fine jewelry of the time. As time went on the designers became more flamboyant often creating outrageous designs. However, their main production always focused on resembling fine jewelry. During the 1940's Philippe's jewelry was "the best". There was no designer who had more influence on the fashion industry. Afred Philippe's spent 4 decades with Trifari from the 1930s until his retirement in 1968. Starting as head designer and eventually becoming the president of Trifari, he lead the company as the leader in the costume and high fashion jewelry industry

There were several well known designs who designed for Trifari over the years.: <UL> <LI>1930-1968 - Alfred Philippe <LI>1930-1940 - Alfred Spaney <LI>1930-1940 - David Mir <LI>1940 - Norman Bel Geddes <LI>1940 - Joseph Wuyts <LI>1958 - 1965 Jean Paris <LI>1967 - 1979 Andre Boeut <LI>1971 - 1974 Diane Love <LI>1970s - Jonathan Bailey <LI>1980-1990 - Marcella Saltz - Most of her pieces were

Trifari Signatures were as follows: <UL> <LI>1920 -Jewels by TRIFARI with thecrown over T in Trifari - used as a label <LI>1932 - Gainsborough - the printed version was used to ID collections <LI>1935 - KTF - used on metal" <LI>1935 - KTF. With a taller T than other letters - used on metal <LI>1936 - CLIP-MATES - used as a label <LI>1937 - TRIFARI with out the crown above T - used on metal <LI>1939 - TRIFARI with crown above the T - used on metal <LI>1950 - Orientique by TRIFARI - used as label to identify collection <LI>1953 - Ear-Mates in script - used as label <LI>1954 - T with open detailed crown on top - metal hang tag <LI>1954 - KTF with crown over T - used on KTF Industrial Products <LI>1957 - TIE-UPS - used as label <LI>1957 - Tie-Ups by TRIFARI in script and crown over T in Trifari - used as label <LI>1958 - Triege by TRIFARI in script with crown over T in Trifari - label used to ID collection <LI>Current - TRIFARI TM - used on metal The Crown above the T has been changed many times over the years both on hang tags and labels. The first metal hang tags on items were fancy open cut and had fine detail work. The paper label T hang tags were often close to the original but varied from a tall and slender T to a shorter and broader version with different style of the crown. </UL>
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