“I made up an imaginary kingdom about kings and queens of lost civilizations,” said Victoire de Castellane, explaining the thinking behind her incredible collection of diamond pendants and rings for Dior. Each piece—kings for pendants, queens for rings—wears its own crown, tiara, necklace, lace collar, or ruff, and even earrings of their own, in some [...]

Only a very big jewelry box could house Victoire de Castellane’s outsize, irrepressibly imaginative creations for Dior Joaillerie this season, and that’s just what we discovered at our appointment at the company’s Paris headquarters yesterday. Peering over its side to show off her Idylle aux Paradis collection of cuffs, some of which convert into brooches [...]