A Winning Ensemble

Here's the Chanel haute couture-clad actress Carey Mulligan, with Karl, at the seventh annual CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund event in New York earlier this week. Not sure if that's a necklace, or a rather elaborate way of holding the jacket in place – I like to think the latter. Also heartening to know that jewellery designer, Eddie Borgo, was one of the two runners up. Not least because I name-checked him on the Adorn London blog last week.

Chanel - Just Because...

... I like it.

Louis V Takes A Trip

I can't decide whether I love this Louis Vuitton necklace, or hate it. It's doing something to me though...

Designed by Lorenz Bäumer (who's also designed for Chanel and Baccarat) it's one of six one-off necklaces which form the centrepieces of a collection of parures called L’Âme du Voyage aka The Soul of the Journey (or somesuch).

Inspired by LV's travel heritage these lace-like trinkets are packed with diamonds, rubies, pink sapphires and garnets to name a few. Like it or not (and the craftsmanship is undeniable) at around $2.5 million US this necklace this is one luxury round-the-world trip.



3 Days Later...

In the wake of the comment and link below it's worth noting that in Nov 2008 LV patented 2 diamond cuts – the rounded fleur quatrefoil and the pointed fleur – both of which can be seen in this collection.