It was just four years ago that the Place Vendôme jewellers decided to show their high jewellery collections to coincide with Couture Week. It was a good idea.
While the French may be mourning the demise of Christian Lacroix, yet another to pack up his pinking shears, the other “haute” metier, joaillerie, is in the ascendant with no fewer than seven high jewellery collections unveiled in one week.
