Gorgeous Gems

Some of the most renowned names in jewelry are gathered around the legendary Place Vendôme: Boucheron, Bucellati, Cartier, Chanel, Chaumet, Chopard, Van Cleef and Arpels, and extraordinary American designer Joel Arthur Rosenthal, JAR. Venerable fashion icon Dior is an upstart in the jewelry world, but Dior Joaillerie shot straight to the top with designer Victoire de Castellane‘s startling, wildly imaginative, brilliantly-colored bijoux. Her latest: the flamboyant and mysterious Belladonna Island collection, a Proustian fantasy of “poisonous flowers entwined with precious stones”. Here: the Carnivora bracelet.