From Ana Khouri to Tasaki, A Survey of Couture Week's Coolest Jewels

For Place Vendôme jewelry houses, July is a time for pyrotechnics—and this season offered up a horde Many set out to explore nature’s mysteries, from the northern lights to the ocean’s depths Some looked to Roman myths or fairy tales.

Still others looked to art, be it Surrealist, sculpture, or that of the haute couture Often, multiple meanings and mystical undercurrents offered multiple styles of wear Here, a non-exhaustive last look at some of the highlights Ana Khouri Ana Khouri was a sculptor before she became a jeweler.

This season, for the first time, she showed about 20 of her new pieces alongside seven sculptures at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs “Creating new shapes and new forms has to come from the inside,” she said “I wasn’t going to show my sculptures with the jewelry until I realized that everything is interconnected, so why play by the rules?” The 2017 ANDAM winner. Source