New York-based Temple St. Clair is that rare jewelry designer whose vision is informed as much by history and legend as it is inspired by her imagination. St. Clair’s first high luxury jewelry collection premiered in 2015. Titled Mythical Creatures From the Golden Menagerie, this epic suite embodies super-detailed and design-driven jewels that shimmer…
CARTIER ROYAL: High Jewelry and Precious Objects by François Chaille Publisher: Rizzoli Cartier Royal is a large format book featuring 175 exceptional Cartier high jewelry and precious objects previously exhibited at 2014’s Biennale des Antiquaires in Paris. If you couldn’t attend this international high jewelry event, this volume more than compensates for missing out.…
Here at Bijoux Review, we instantly recognize haute luxe jewelry when we see it, feel it; wear it. That’s why we’re excited about the 90-piece debut collection from LJ Cross. Its bold yet sensuously soft Modernist aesthetic looks utterly fresh. At the same time, LJ Cross embodies classic and therefore ageless style. Informally elegant, understatedly alluring and always confident, these…
This Fall, to mark its 75th Anniversary on New York’s Fifth Avenue, Verdura is celebrating with The Power of Style: Verdura at 75, a retrospective exhibition featuring over 150 jewels created by master jeweler Duke Fulco di Verdura. Curated by fashion designer Carolina Herrera, her husband Reinaldo and their daughter Patricia Lansing, The Power of Style: Verdura at 75 is the most…
Loulou de la Falaise: The Glamorous Romantic by Ariel de Ravenel and Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni (Rizzoli) Editor: Ariel de Ravenel Writer: Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni Art Director: Alexandre Wolkoff Loulou de la Falaise: The Glamorous Romantic celebrates the creations of Anglo-French jewelry, accessories and clothing designer Loulou de la Falaise. Published in October, 2014, the book is insightfully…
Besides being a superb fashion designer throughout the last half of the 20th century and up to his death in October 2014, Oscar de la Renta designed highly luxurious, entrance-making and eye-grabbing fashion jewelry. This master of fashion also excelled at dreaming up irresistible bijoux that complemented his haute luxe looks. Consider the challenges involved in designing…
OK, so I didn’t smoke weed at Dawnridge. But I did get a contact high from experiencing the garden and inhaling its perfumes…and I wanted to provide a brief article in case you don’t have time to read the longer Hutton Wilkinson: The Jewelry Genie of Tony Duquette that’s on this site. Moving through verdant gardens and gemstone-colored interiors, visitors…