ALL AFLUTTER

Of the many Chanel symbols and icons, the feather is perhaps the most cherished by connoisseurs in the know. It comes from a lesser known part of Gabrielle Chanel's history. Before venturing into fashion and haute couture, Chanel actually established herself in Paris, in a boutique at 21 rue Cambon, as a milliner. Her first creation that was presented to the press in 1910 was a feathered hat. The latest Plume de Chanel collection of high jewellery pays tribute to the feather in all its lightness and supple movement. Six sets of romantic, evanescent jewels introduce a new, naturalistic silhouette, decorated with diamonds and an array of dazzling pink gemstones such as sapphires, tourmalines and diamonds.

- GORDON NG

Movement and freedom are the tenets at the heart of Plume de Chanel jewellery. It embodies, in part, the ease that Chanel introduced to the wardrobes of women with her unfettered fashion designs. “My jewellery is never detached from the idea of a woman and her dress,” she once said. “Because dresses change, jewellery, too, is evolving.”