04/11, 2008
To wear anything by Van Cleef and Arpels…
French jewelery design house Van Cleef and Arpels has been creating spectacular pieces since 1896.
Apparently Mariah Carey wears only their designs, and the 4-pound pearl, ruby, diamond and emerald crown that the former Empress Farah Pahlavi of Iran wore in her 1967 coronation took Pierre Arpels six months to make.
Their website is one of the most visually stunning I have ever seen and I can’t look at it very often because every time I do my keyboard ends up soaked as I drool…
You can see their work here: http://www.vancleef-arpels.com/en/
(Be patient in the loading of the site as it is all in Flash, and be sure to click on the link for Exceptional Pieces!)
must be nice…
Just wanting to share the world's ridiculous extravagances...
April 11th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
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April 11th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
[…] So, It Must Be Nice… wrote an interesting post today on To wear anything by Van Cleef and Arpels…Here’s a quick excerptApparently Mariah Carey wears only their designs, and the 4-pound pearl, ruby, diamond and emerald crown that the former Empress Farah Pahlavi of Iran wore in her 1… […]