This Van Cleef & Arpels necklace is a feat of high jewelry engineering. The result of an exchange in the late 1930s between the Duchess of Windsor and Renée Puissant, the maison’s artistic director ...

Designers often say that extraordinary inspiration can come from the most ordinary of places. The archetypal example is surely Van Cleef & Arpels’ legendary Zip necklace. The story dates back to the ...

This article originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of ELLE. The idea was born in the 1930s from a chance conversation between the Duchess of Windsor and Van Cleef & Arpels scion Renée ...

The jewelry behind the glass resembles a point collar of fine tulle, accented with twin jeweled bouquets at the corners. But this on-trend necklace is neither new nor for sale. The 30-year-old gold ...

In the 1930s, Paris was the creative center of the avant-garde, and the Duchess of Windsor certainly captured the spirit of the times with an avant-garde idea of her own: She wanted a fully ...

“Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels” examines the renowned jewelry firm’s significant historical contributions to jewelry design and design innovation, particularly during the 20th ...