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Jewellery
Letters found in a cellar tell the story of Jacques Cartier and Cartier London, shown at the V&A Museum’s Cartier exhibition from 12 April 2025.
Accessories
Faux fur or real fur for a shawl: how each one wears, how to look after real fur, and how to tell the two apart by touch, by the base and by the price.
Accessories
How to wear a vintage brooch: on a silk scarf, a cardigan, a coat collar, a dress, a handbag, a hat or a lapel. There are no rules, and none is too big.
Jewellery
My 1980s Yves Saint Laurent clip-on earrings pinch, so I wear them as brooches. How to clip earrings on a lapel, a collar or the front of a jacket.
Vintage
The Heart of the Ocean, the Duchess of Windsor’s jewels, Miriam Haskell and my 1980s YSL pieces: a look at vintage costume jewellery and its history.
Vintage
The vintage Iradj Moini brooch I found in Pietrasanta, Tuscany: mother of pearl, lemon quartz and amethyst. What he told me, and how to choose and wear one.
