Paris, France — Delightful dragons, a tireless tiger, a flying phoenix and the pomp and circumstance of Imperial China are all on show in a tantalizing exhibition at the L’Ecole, the School […]
Glorious Gold
Celebrating Parisian Women
Paris, France — Parisien women have always been known the world over for their chic elegance, but an exhibition unfolding at the Musée Carnavalet, the museum devoted to the history of Paris, […]
Beautiful Bactria
Paris, France — Some of the great places to shop in Paris for highly original objects are the museum boutiques of the Rmn-Grand Palais. Today the spotlight is on their Bactrian jewelry […]
The Twelve Days of Christmas: the Twelfth Day of Christmas with the Best Champagne in the World from Ruinart
The Twelve Days of Christmas are drawing to a close and we are just hours away from the arrival of the Wise Men and their gifts to Bethlehem following their star. And […]
The Twelve Days of Christmas: The Eleventh Day of Christmas
Paris, France —The Twelves Days of this Christmastide are drawing to a light-filled close. They began on December 25th, Christmas Day and the Festival of Light in the pre-Christian world, which marked […]
The Twelve Days of Christmas: the Tenth Day of Christmas
Paris, France — As we head into the 10th Day of Christmas for this Christmastide that began on December 25th, glowing jewels from the Parisian house of Isabelle Langlois are a great […]
Exceptional Stones from Chopard for the Ninth Day of Christmas
Paris, France —For the Ninth Day of Christmas we return to one of the exceptional high jewelry moments in Paris in 2022 when the house of Chopard revealed a collection of exceptional […]
The Twelve Days of Christmas: the Eighth Day of Christmas
Paris, France — The Eighth Day of Christmas is also New Year’s Day marking a new beginning of sorts. As we wait for the Wise Men, who put in their appearance right […]
The Twelve Days of Christmas: the Seventh Day of Christmas
Left: The Emerald Signature timepiece by Harry Winston with 158 brilliant-cut blue sapphires and a central emerald-cut blue sapphire and 185 brilliant-cut diamonds. Photo ©Harry Winston. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette. Right: […]
The Twelve Days of Christmas: the Sixth Day of Christmas
Paris, France — Traditional Christmastide begins on Christmas Day which begins at midnight on Christmas Eve and continues into Epiphany Eve, the 5th/6th of January and when the mysterious Wise Men from […]