Biennale des Antiquaires 2014: Van Cleef & Arpels, Graff, Chaumet, Cartier, Siegelson, Piaget, Dior

you I'm in jewelry heaven as the bein and as antica is quite simply the most amazing jewelry show in the world now the best jewelry companies in the world have been working for two years to create the best jewels they can possibly make and you've got but 10 days to come and see them I'm going to take a look I love this necklace by Van Cleef and Arpels that is called rose marine and it is in fact inspired by an Indian sunset and that pinkie hue that you get just as the Sun disappears and this is all captured in a well oiled tourmaline as an incredibly deep blue lapis lazuli and you can wear it as a long sautoir or as two bracelets this necklace has in fact been sold so it won't be seen in public again so this is a very special exclusive moment with the jewelry editor growth returns sybian al in grand style and you must see their stand because I have never seen this amount of incredible diamonds all in one place and one that you can't fail but to stare at is the royal star of Paris that is perhaps the most valuable brooch ever created and it's a daring combination of an a hundred carat D flawless white combined with a yellow that's over a hundred and seven carats now to lose 100 carats of impure diamond surrounding the perfection that was later you know today you collectors one think really so extraordinary that they can probably safely say that it will never be done again in the lifetime of their children's lifetimes shoumei celebrates water in its many forms with the lumière door Jules what's interesting is that they haven't used the obvious blue but they have instead explored the many forms of water and I particularly those that are frozen and it's captured in diamonds opals and rock crystal Cartier royal focuses on exceptional super sized and even historical stones this cornflower blue ring has a sapphire of almost 30 carats and is said to be one of the finest of its kind in the world due to its color and size I've decided to show you this bracelet because it has a completely natural untreated tanzanite at its center for me one of the highlights of the show is this that was shown at the original 1925 exhibition in Paris of arts decorative that in fact gave Art Deco its name Lisa Wilson tells us more as you may know the 1925 this bracelet it was the best representation in the fair today a piece of jewelry which shows where the birthmark type of started in this room poj celebrates its one hundred and fortieth anniversary with a collection that looks back to the 1970s and when you look at these designs you can see exactly what was happening at that time a lot of freedom and creativity with hammered gold stones such as turquoise combined with diamonds and of course these cuff watches that I think so defined Pesce Mizan Jam pyrimidine o is the newest brand to arrive at the BN L and jam Pierrot body no brings his love of Italy and of architecture and culture into these incredible jewels that are so rich in color as well as historical references these rings that were particularly appealing and jumpy robertinho explained to us how he likes the way that a new effect is created by layering a large stone over a series of smaller stones and letting the light shine through and create its own special effects this impressive Chopra may look classical at first sight but if you look again you can see it's actually very contemporary and that's what jumpy Roble Dino is doing in these jaws he's taking references that we know and recognize from history from art and then making them into something very new London jeweler David Morris comes to the via now for the first time and brings us this stunning sixty point one five carat type to a diamond that is from the famous Golconda mine in India and this is a mine where the Kuen all came from that's in the crown jewels but I was equally mesmerised by this incredible natural pearl that is 70 millimeters and it is in fact the largest round natural pearl in the world and it's set alongside that sapphire that is a hundred and twenty-five carats so that is quite a combination christened your skill as a couturier comes through in the our shedule collection that takes his architectural approach to design and translates it into jewels so Believe It or Not for gowns become sapphire and diamond creations and these jewels are swagged draped and pleated in ways you never thought possible and this is what the designer Victoria castellón set out to do to transform this architectural vision into jewelry and I really think she's achieved it this display of sapphires of alexander reza comes from their extensive inventory that has been collected since the 1950s so these stones will appear in jewelry over the coming years and expect to see something very fabulous a Bulgari I caught up with an old friend because this is of course a Liz Taylor's emerald necklace from Bulgari and there's also a more contemporary way to wear your emeralds of Bulgari and this necklace of emerald beads weighs in at over thousand carats and has two detachable snake earrings welcome to the world of Wallace Chan which is weird and wonderful and this year he has really gone overboard but I'm going to focus on this vivid et broach which has an unusual selection of stones including el-beit green tourmaline rubies diamonds and lots of sapphires and it only weighs the same as an iPhone this whole thing I've got your hand and go back to John to buy the world one but then Doris about to about the 1/4 buzz I've shown you but the tip of the iceberg of what there is to see here at the banal design to care so come for yourself it's on until the 21st of September at the Grand Palais in Paris if you want to know all that's happening in the world of jewellery and watches visit my website for jewellery editor calm you

Channel: The Jewellery Editor

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Keywords: Jewellery (Industry), Diamond (Material), Shopping, Amazing, Gold (Chemical Element), siegelson, Christian Dior S.A. (Business Operation), Sapphire (Material In Fiction), alexandre reza, chaumet, Piaget, Piaget SA (Business Operation), Bulgari, Jewelry Designer (Profession), Jewelry Design (Industry), Wallace Chan, Watch (Industry), Graff, Cartier (Business Operation), Biennale des Antiquaires, Paris (City/Town/Village), Grand Palais (Tourist Attraction)

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Length: 7min 7sec (427 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 15 2014