Fleur d' Excès

Just one name: Victoire De Castellane. She is the mastermind of Dior Haute Joaillerie since 1998, but has quite a résumé: Karl Lagerfeld made her the head designer of Chanel costume jewellery when she was only 19!
 
Her creativity brought her to design several succesful collections for Dior; now she is taking it to a whole other level, designing some exclusive pieces of art, completely handmade, inspired by flowers in which nature is seen with the eyes of hallucinations.
The collection is on display from March, 2 to the 22, at Gagosian Gallery in Paris.
Fabergé eggs, hallucinogenic effects, Alice in wonderland, pop art: these are only some of the elements that can be found in her collection.
"I start with a story, a world, never with the material. I find my stories in everything I observe and experience -- rebellion, love, sexuality, pleasure, violence, protection, psychoanalysis, and my taste for fairy tales…"
--Victoire de Castellane

Amanita Satana Diabolus, 2010
Lacquered silver, white gold, yellow gold, opals, colored sapphires, mandarin garnets, spinels, diamonds, petrified wood
Necklace

Quo Caïnus Magic Disco, 2010
Lacquered silver, white gold, diamonds, smoky quartz
Bracelet

L. Es Delirium Flash, 2010
Lacquered silver, white gold, diamonds, opals, zebra agate
Ring

Acidae Lili Pervertus, 2010
Lacquered silver, yellow gold, white gold, emeralds, colored sapphires, tsavorites, diamonds, rubies, lemon chrysoprase
Bracelet