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Valentine's Day 2025: Declare your love with exceptional jewelry

Valentine's Day 2025: Declare your love with exceptional jewelry

From sparkling diamonds to timeless symbols and hints of red passion, jewelry houses compete in creativity to celebrate love in all its forms. Discover the most beautiful creations to offer (or to treat yourself) for an unforgettable Valentine's Day. February 14, a day of lovers for more than 700 years, remains a privileged opportunity to express one's feelings. Every year, couples play the gift game, and in 2023, the French planned an average budget of €142 to pamper their other half (+€28 compared to 2022, according to YouGov). Among the must-sees: flowers, chocolates, perfumes... but above all jewelry, symbols of eternal love. From diamond creations to bold, contemporary pieces, leading jewelry houses and talented jewelry designers are reinterpreting their icons and unveiling new thing...

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MEDUSA Exhibition, Jewels and Taboos: an Insight by Michèle Heuzé
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MEDUSA Exhibition, Jewels and Taboos: an Insight by Michèle Heuzé

The long-awaited exhibition MEDUSA opened its doors today at the MAM (Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris). You have until November 5th to discover a selection of jewelry and Avant-guard pieces. MEDUSA is an exhibition that clearly makes you think and opens a new perspective on jewelry and its taboos. To guide us in our visit, we had the great pleasure of meeting a historian and great specialist in the jewelry domain; Michèle Heuzé, scientific advisor to the exhibition's curator Anne Dressen. Careful; you will never look at your jewelry in the same way again... For the outlook: you wear a piece of jewelry for yourself and to be looked at. We wish to be seduced or to let others wonder about you. By wearing a piece of jewelry, you manifest an urge for life, a need to be loved and to bel...
High Jewellery: the Couture Bow
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High Jewellery: the Couture Bow

Camelia brooch, pink spinel, from the collection Coco avant Chanel ©BérengèreTreussard2017 High Jewellery Week was full of ribbons and bows, a tribute to Couture Week I loved the high jewellery collections presented during the Paris Couture Week. As you know, I’m crazy about bows and have been for some time, I created a bow ring for a Maison that specialises in engagement rings. There is no greater fan of ribbons and bows than I. This couture trend began at the SIHH 2017 with Maison Van Cleef & Arpels presenting two superb ribbon secret watches, one with diamonds and the other with a very nice gradient of pink sapphires and diamonds. My big favourite for this edition. Secret Ribbon watch, pink sapphires, Van Cleef and Arpels ©BérengèreTreussard2017 Maison Chanel with its new collect...