![]() It took three years to accumulate sapphires of the same quality and brilliance needed to create the piece, including a stash Amfitheatrof discovered while stone-hunting at the Tucson Gem Show. This elegant showstopper evolves from a winged V of white diamonds on one side to a striking swathe of sapphires that gradate from purples to pinks to create what Amfitheatrof describes as “a beautiful transition in tonality as they wrap around your neck”. The collection’s Trailblazer necklace pays tribute to the central role Louis Vuitton still has at the house. The Trailblazer necklace in purple and pink sapphires and diamonds, as photographed by David Ferrua for the August 2021 issue of Vogue. Either way, says Amfitheatrof, “It’s fun, it’s young, it’s got loads of attitude.” That might be a necklace that can be worn in a multitude of different ways or one that unapologetically captures the attention of the room. “Women have more and more buying power, and are demanding something they can actually wear,” she explains. This reflects, says the designer, the fact that it is no longer men choosing high jewellery for their wives but strong, self-financing women buying for themselves. Centring on a magnificent blue sapphire, the piece typifies the high jewellery aesthetic that she and the maison are making their own: dynamic, bold and with a firm emphasis on modernity. La Flêche, a graphic necklace in which a substantial coiled rope of diamonds and sapphires unfurls to point into a banner of the house’s famous V, represents, says Amfitheatrof, “the magnetic force drawing him towards Paris”. It took him three years to reach his destination of Paris, some 245 miles away, his progress slowed by his acquisition of artisanal skills to survive along the way. Vuitton’s mother died when he was 10 and, in an early signal of his courage and determination, he left home aged 13 to escape his proverbial wicked stepmother. Louis Vuitton’s La Flêche necklace reflects its founder’s resolute determination to reach Paris, in sapphires, rubies and diamonds.
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