It’s no secret: Coco Chanel loved to sport long necklaces, rows of pearls, preferably white, mixing the simplicity of fake pearls with the sumptuousness of diamonds. Today, her namesake brand’s jewelry workshops are bringing out all the elegance of her choice talismans. That’s because la dame aux camélias cultivated an unparalleled mystique, drawing on the constellations, divination, strength, and the inspiration she needed to climb to the top. Chanel’s jewelry heritage is what this 33-piece fine jewelry mini-collection is all about. 33 pieces that, from the lion to the ribbon, the camellia to the comet, are sculpted in the most dazzling of materials.
“Intemporel” means “timeless in French, and “Les Intemporels de Chanel” definitely lives up to the title. This mini-collection is crafted around four themes that were near and dear to Chanel: the lion, the comet, the camellia, and the ribbon. The ribbon, emblematic of the brand’s haute couture activities, is idealized in the form of diamond-studded or black spinel-adorned bows, the finished product further flattered with generous and airy volumes. Instantly iconic, Mademoiselle’s sumptuous multiple-rowed necklaces are perfected here upon contact with the Camélia Gansé. Encrusted with 362 brilliant diamonds, the necklace, made of white gold, blossoms with 454 spinels. And the camellia is the star of the show, light thanks to a perfect mastery of discrete encrusting. Timeless beauty, plain and simple.
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