Splurge on baubles

Louis Vuitton is celebrating all things French just before Bastille Day (July 14), opening its first fine jewellery and watchmaking boutique on July 3 on the renowned Place Vendôme in Paris. To mark the occasion, Lorenz Bäumer, the artistic director of haute joaillerie for Vuitton, has designed three new collections inspired by three of the City of Light’s most iconic locations: the Place de la Concorde, the Champs Élysées and the Tuileries. Here, The Orangerie des Tuileries brooch features two flowers lifted from LV’s near-synonymous logo, one made of tsavorite and diamonds, and a larger one with a blue tanzanite gemstone in the centre.

— NYT