English Version | Spoil Me: Twinkle, twinkle, big star

In Jewelry Guide: The Ultimate Compendium all these arguments are explored in text and images.

We wear jewelry for a variety of reasons: because it is beautiful, because it reflects our personality, because it is special, because it belonged to a loved one, because it is a status symbol, because it brings us luck or, simply, as an accessory to a look. Personally, I use them as a good luck charm, preferring the ones I inherited from my grandmother or that I stole from my mother when she was looking and didn't say anything. I almost always use the same ones and I know that it will be difficult for me to expand my range to others, but I never fail to stop in front of a High Jewelery window to admire them, I never fail to look (with my eyes and my wallet) through the rarities on a stall. from an antiques market, I never fail to pay attention to every diamond in that necklace on that actress who was on the who knows what color carpet because her choker encrusted with a thousand and one stones didn't allow us to notice anything else. That's the power of a piece of jewelry: stealing all the attention. Or better yet, make whoever uses it have the power to steal all the attention. And that's also why this Jewelry Guide: The Ultimate Compendium will catch your eye every page you flip through.

In addition to the list of arguments mentioned above, jewels still have an additional curiosity, especially when analyzed over time: through their power and grandeur, they mirror the human journey through the centuries. In this Assouline publication, this journey is explored by French author and editor Fabienne Reybaud (a renowned editor specializing in the luxury sector, she was head of the jewelry and watches department at the French daily newspaper Le Figaro twenty-five years ago and is now an independent journalist, writing for major national publications such as Paris Match and Numéro), which takes readers through all facets of jewelry and its design, highlighting the most mythical stones and most iconic pieces in the world, from the Hope diamond to Elizabeth Taylor's La Peregrina pearl, who is credited with this apt quote: “jewelry has the ability to be that little thing that makes you feel unique.”

Extensively illustrated with studio images, original sketches, and color photographs, this 2022 released and, yet to date, volume covers everything jewelry enthusiasts need to know, including the Breakfast Club and the Four Cs. If you need more information about these references, the tome also includes an essential glossary and other teaching initiatives to increase or consolidate your knowledge in the area. Better than this, only if it included a jewel for our collection.

Translated from the original in the Jewellery Supplement "Spoil me", published December 2024 with the What's Next issue. Full credits and stories in the print issue.