With so many ways to mix, match, or stack your Coco Crush earrings, rings, and bracelets, the art of ornamentation according to Chanel deserves its own language. The maison has thoughtfully compiled a whimsical lexicon to help you identify the various combinations and pairings for this jewellery collection, dedicated to the house’s emblematic quilt pattern. The idiosyncratic definitions are not meant to be a prescriptive guide on how to wear these pieces—because in the Chanel Fine Jewellery universe, this dictionary is not a lesson in style, but a lesson in choice. And the choice is entirely yours to make. How will you wear your Coco Crush? Here are three ways.
PARTICULIÈRE: A single ring adorning the thumb signals an unwavering passion for freedom
Beige gold Coco Crush small ring, Chanel Fine Jewellery
FLYING CLOUD: The name comes from the luxury yacht that belonged to Coco Chanel’s lover Hugh Grosvenor, the second Duke of Westminster. It is also the name given to a stack of jingling bracelets that echo the sound of steel cables clinking against a ship’s mast
From left: Coco Crush bangle in beige gold with diamonds; Coco Crush bangle in white gold with diamonds; and Coco Crush bangle in beige gold, all from Chanel Fine Jewellery
From top: Coco Crush Mini Ring in beige gold with diamonds; beige gold; white gold; yellow gold with diamonds; yellow gold; and white gold with diamonds, all from Chanel Fine Jewellery
TRIO: A charismatic threesome of rings in any combination of different golds—a cheeky allusion to the ménage à trois of Chanel’s muse Misia, her artist husband José Maria Sert, and his mistress Roussy Mdivani
Top hand, from left: White gold and diamond Coco Crush small ring; yellow gold Coco Crush small ring; beige gold and diamond Coco Crush medium ring. Middle hand: Beige gold Coco Crush small rings. Bottom hand, from left: White gold Coco Crush small ring; yellow gold Coco Crush small ring; and yellow gold and dimond Coco Crush medium ring, all from Chanel Fine Jewellery