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Victoire de Castellane: Is it a bracelet, a brooch, a pendant, some earrings?

By Avril Groom

Published: March 27 2009 11:39 | Last updated: March 27 2009 11:39

Asking for the impossible is second nature to Victoire de Castellane. Christian Dior’s self-taught fine jewellery designer has never let the technical conventions of goldsmithing stand in the way of her creativity and, working with some of Paris’s most accomplished craftsmen, her fantasies come to startling fruition.

In her 10 years at Dior, she has helped set the trend for imaginative, large and colourful high jewellery inspired by mythical works of nature.

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