The workmanship of couture encompasses the high jewelry houses, which have their own ateliers and trends, and whose presentations peppered the week. As to what those trends were (besides dazzling gems), look to nature.
At Christian Dior, Victoire de Castellane, the house’s creative director of fine jewelry, was inspired by the kaleidoscope of colors in the gardens at Versailles, and more explicitly by the interplay between architectural forms and the rambling botanical world. The garden paths found form in trellis shapes decked with garlands of multicolored sapphires or diamond-encrusted sprays, like the water jetting from the famous fountains of Versailles, all to accent ears, wrists and throats. Read More.
At Christian Dior, Victoire de Castellane, the house’s creative director of fine jewelry, was inspired by the kaleidoscope of colors in the gardens at Versailles, and more explicitly by the interplay between architectural forms and the rambling botanical world. The garden paths found form in trellis shapes decked with garlands of multicolored sapphires or diamond-encrusted sprays, like the water jetting from the famous fountains of Versailles, all to accent ears, wrists and throats. Read More.