1. RED-CARPET DAZZLE
Unveiled each year at the Cannes Film Festival, high-jewellery lovers eagerly await Chopard’s Red Carpet Collection, considered the annual crescendo of the maison’s creativity. Now in its 20th year as the festival’s partner, Caroline Scheufele’s fabulous creations number 70 to mark the 70th anniversary of the event, with kaleidoscopic peacock gems including blue topaz, tsavorite, and pink and yellow sapphires. Between the chandelier earrings, broad cuff bracelets and majestic necklaces, we can’t choose our favourite – Cannes you?
www.chopard.com
2. SERPENTINE SOPHISTICATE
Eagle-eyed lovers of the brand may recognise Carolina Herrera’s now-iconic bracelet as the inspiration behind the metal handle of the Insignia bag, plated in silver, gold or ruthenium. With lambskin-lined interior, Denver, Goltier and Nappa leathers, and available in three sizes and 13 different colours, prints and engraved finishes, the three-tone python skin is our choice to add some slinky sophistication
to your outfit. www.carolinaherrera.com
3. FELINE FINE
A statement piece in every sense, the yellow-gold Le Marché Des Merveilles Ring, with its coloured enamel and round, brilliant-cut diamonds, wraps around the finger with a fin-like end. Conceptualised by creative director Alessandro Michele, it’s among a number of exotic (and on-trend) pieces in the animal-inspired collection featuring tigers,
bumblebees and snakes. www.gucci.com
4. GOOD BUY MR. TOM
Italian made and debonair, the exclusive eyewear in the Tom Ford private collection is based on what Mr. Ford himself wears. With photochromic lenses that lighten or darken automatically depending on the light, frames made from water-buffalo horn – revered for its natural pattern and luxe finish – and rose-gold hardware at the temples, Tom N.10 will take you from beach to yacht to open-top drive. www.tomford.com
5. TOWEL OFF WITH LAGERFELD
Whatever Karl Lagerfeld touches seems to turn to gold but in this case, it’s blue and white. Partnering with French swimwear-brand Vilebrequin to launch a summer 2017 capsule collection, the limited-edition buys includes men’s and women’s swimwear, beachwear and beach accessories, like this fabulous towel – ripe for the Riviera. www.vilebrequin.com
6. ALL CREATURES GREAT & SMALL
Depending on your mood and ensemble, there’s a Van Cleef & Arpels clip to suit, with some 60 creatures from the animal kingdom in the L’Arche de Noé collection. Leggy flamingos, mischievous monkeys and brilliantly hued toucans are among the Noah’s ark of pieces, studded with a mix of precious, fine and hard stones, from diamonds and coloured sapphires to onyx and luminous turquoise, intricately engraved and bringing the chosen animal remarkably to life. www.vancleefarpels.com
7. ON THE PROWL
As much a haute-fashion accessory as it is a timepiece, the covetable 18-carat white-gold Cartier Panthère is a maillon-style bracelet with white brilliant-cut diamonds and black enamel imitating the spots of a panther.
A street-style star in
the making. www.cartier.com