Style & Design
Runway hits
A look at what was hot during Paris’s Haute Couture Week.
By Preeta Agarwal
The finery at Paris’s Haute Couture Week has been known to outdo other leading global fashion weeks in New York, London and Milan. Formerly a celebration of fashion alone, the event in the French city is now an equally important date on the global jewelry calendar. For four days every January and July, the latest collections from major European jewelry houses and designers — as well as a few from other locales — sparkle amid the lavish displays at Place Vendôme, the Grand Palais, the Ritz and even the Louvre.
In addition to the global fashion, luxury and jewelry media, these extravagant exhibits attract a select few private clients who desire to buy jewels the day they are unveiled. The event is a must for established brands, which invest hugely in creating out-of-this-world experiential and storytelling spectacles. And while boutique jewelers and newcomers may offer more humble exhibits, they, too, make sure to have a presence there. Here are some of the trends from the major jewelry houses.
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Martner (Rubeus); Rubeus
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