Back in 1932, Gabrielle Chanel created Bijoux de Diamonts, her first and only high jewellery collection, celebrating diamonds at a time of recession because “they represent the greatest value in the smallest volume.”
This month, Chanel officially launches a series of novel and often transformable designs inspired by it, each celebrating an icon – however simple – represents the spirit of the house she built. Here, the stories behind four of them.