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Victoire de Castellane
"Who said that real jewels have to be boring?” V.C.
"I love nature in jewellery and in life. Flowers die in
two days, but with jewellery they last forever” V.C.
Blandine Darrieutort
Gladys Portault
MSc Fashion Marketing, Design & Brand Strategies
Victoire de Castellane
The terrible child of French jewelry
The most creative & fearless jewelry designer in the world
French aristocratic family
1st jewelry-making at 5 y.o.
Ultra feminine
1984 : Chanel
1998 : Dior Fine Jewelry Creator
Revolution of the world jewelry
design
“She follows the rules I like best in life : Don’t compare. Don’t compete. You look at
her. You get the message.” Karl Lagarfeld
Archi Dior
Cocotte Dress
Marly Dress
Songe Dress Corolle Soir
Trompe l’Oeil
Verticale GodetPanier Percé Dress
Cocotte
Archi Dior
Aladin Dress
Junon Dress
Corolle Jour
Milieu du siècle
Unknown Model Ailée Diamond Bracelet
Corolle Soir Songe Dress
•  Christian Dior’s emblematic
designs
•  New Look : Women are
flowers
•  Fashion : movement of a
skirt, volume of a dress, waist
of a suit, pleats of a blouse,
way fabric falls
•  Architecture
“I started with books,” recalls de Castellane, “books filled with Mr. Dior’s drawings“
“I have worked so much with flowers and vegetal themes that I found it interesting to go much
deeper into the details and architectural constructions of fabric” V.C.
Archi Dior: inspirations
Bar en Corolle
Dear Dior
Dentelle opale d’orient
Résille bouquet d’opale Résille bouquet d’opale
Dentelle chantilly multicolore
Dear Dior
Influence :
•  Christian Dior’s emblematic designs
•  New Look : Women are flowers
•  Fashion : movement of a skirt, volume of a dress, waist of a suit,
pleats of a blouse, way fabric falls
•  Architecture
Broderie grenat irrisé
Guipure framboise rebrodée
Broderie grenat irriséDentelle médaillon soleil
Tulle pointilles colorés Guipure framboise rebrodée
Influence :
•  Christian Dior’s emblematic designs
•  New Look : Women are flowers
•  Fashion : movement of a skirt, volume of a dress, waist of a suit,
pleats of a blouse, way fabric falls
•  Architecture
•  Tribute to Christian Dior : the back of each jewel is an
exact replica of the lace used in couture dresses created
by Monsieur Dior
•  The name of each jewel is made up of 2 or 3 elements : a
detail from an haute couture dress mixed with the name
of the central stone or a harmony of colours
•  Happiness & Joy Movie
A colourful love letter to the pastDentelle opale d’orient
Dear Dior: inspirations
Rose Dior Bagatelle
Influence :
•  Christian Dior’s emblematic designs
•  New Look : Women are flowers
•  Fashion : movement of a skirt, volume of a dress, waist of a suit,
pleats of a blouse, way fabric falls
•  Architecture
Rose Dior Bagatelle: inspirations
Influence :
•  Christian Dior’s emblematic designs
•  New Look : Women are flowers
•  Fashion : movement of a skirt, volume of a dress, waist of a suit,
pleats of a blouse, way fabric falls
•  Architecture
•  Homage to the flower that Monsieur
Dior cultivated in his garden
•  The rose was the favourite flower of C.
Dior
•  Key motif in Dior’s fashions & an
essential note in his fragrances
•  Christian's original garden and the rose
garden in the Parc de Bagatelle in
Paris with its endless array of rose
varieties
Précieuses
Précieuses Champêtre Précieuses Trèfle
Précieuses Trèfle
Précieuses
Influence :
•  Christian Dior’s emblematic designs
•  New Look : Women are flowers
•  Fashion : movement of a skirt, volume of a dress, waist of a suit,
pleats of a blouse, way fabric falls
•  Architecture
Précieuses Trèfle Précieuses Trèfle
Précieuses Rose Précieuses Rose Précieuses Champêtre
Précieuses: inspirations
Influence :
•  Christian Dior’s emblematic designs
•  New Look : Women are flowers
•  Fashion : movement of a skirt, volume of a dress, waist of a suit,
pleats of a blouse, way fabric falls
•  Architecture
The pinnacle of sophistication
•  Christian Dior's beloved
nature and the dresses he
designed for the most
elegant women in the world
•  Feminity
•  The bound between haute
couture & high jewelry
•  Symbolic themes: Précieuses
Champêtre, Précieuses Rose,
Précieuses Trèfle
Incroyables et Merveilleuses
Fleurs Fleurs
ToucanOiseauVendanges
Champêtre
Incroyables et Merveilleuses: inspirations
•  Extravagant costume balls and
lavish celebrations organized by
C. Dior after 2WW
•  Haute Couture
•  Fairy tales
•  Dandies from the 18th century
Audacieuse
Le Bal Des Roses
Bal Romantique
Bal Bleu Nuit Bal d’Autrefois
Bal de l’Opéra
Le Bal Des Roses
Bal de Mai Bal Vénitien
Bal Champêtre
Le Bal Des Roses: inspirations
•  Favorite flower of C. Dior
•  Women are flowers
•  Bals
•  Poetry
Bal de l’Opéra
Milly Carnivora
Milly Carnivora
Milly Carnivora: inspirations
•  Malefic beauty
•  Tribute to the passion of C.
Dior for flowers
•  Milly-la-Forêt Garden
•  Fairy tales
Rois et Reines
Rois et Reines: inspirations
•  Royalty
•  Past & Death
•  Carpe Diem
•  Lace
Fleurs d’Excès
Opiom Velourosa Purpa
L. Es Delirium FlashAmanita Satana Diabolus
Quo Caïnus Magic Disco
Fleurs d’Excès: inspirations
•  Science
•  Technicolor
•  Recreational drugs
•  Real & Artificial
•  Beautiful & Grotesque
•  Subtle & Baroque
•  Limitless fantasy : Alice in
Wonderland
Animalvegetabelmineral
Crystal Shocking Pink Baby
Acid Blue Sky BabyCana Glitter Night Baby
Lunae Lumen Holly Colorum
Vitam Industria Abstract Multi Candy
Animalvegetabelmineral: inspirations
•  Natural world
•  Earth’s elements
•  Pop culture
•  Fairy tales
Inspirations of Victoire de Castellane
Technicolor
Feminity
Fairy Tales
Walt Disney
Christian Dior
DrugsBeauty Manga Flowers
RoyaltyPop Art Paradox Nature Fashion
Inspirations
“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
Thank you for you attention!

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Victoire de Castellane and her inspirations

  • 1. Victoire de Castellane "Who said that real jewels have to be boring?” V.C. "I love nature in jewellery and in life. Flowers die in two days, but with jewellery they last forever” V.C. Blandine Darrieutort Gladys Portault MSc Fashion Marketing, Design & Brand Strategies
  • 2. Victoire de Castellane The terrible child of French jewelry The most creative & fearless jewelry designer in the world French aristocratic family 1st jewelry-making at 5 y.o. Ultra feminine 1984 : Chanel 1998 : Dior Fine Jewelry Creator Revolution of the world jewelry design “She follows the rules I like best in life : Don’t compare. Don’t compete. You look at her. You get the message.” Karl Lagarfeld
  • 3. Archi Dior Cocotte Dress Marly Dress Songe Dress Corolle Soir Trompe l’Oeil Verticale GodetPanier Percé Dress Cocotte
  • 4. Archi Dior Aladin Dress Junon Dress Corolle Jour Milieu du siècle Unknown Model Ailée Diamond Bracelet Corolle Soir Songe Dress
  • 5. •  Christian Dior’s emblematic designs •  New Look : Women are flowers •  Fashion : movement of a skirt, volume of a dress, waist of a suit, pleats of a blouse, way fabric falls •  Architecture “I started with books,” recalls de Castellane, “books filled with Mr. Dior’s drawings“ “I have worked so much with flowers and vegetal themes that I found it interesting to go much deeper into the details and architectural constructions of fabric” V.C. Archi Dior: inspirations Bar en Corolle
  • 6. Dear Dior Dentelle opale d’orient Résille bouquet d’opale Résille bouquet d’opale Dentelle chantilly multicolore
  • 7. Dear Dior Influence : •  Christian Dior’s emblematic designs •  New Look : Women are flowers •  Fashion : movement of a skirt, volume of a dress, waist of a suit, pleats of a blouse, way fabric falls •  Architecture Broderie grenat irrisé Guipure framboise rebrodée Broderie grenat irriséDentelle médaillon soleil Tulle pointilles colorés Guipure framboise rebrodée
  • 8. Influence : •  Christian Dior’s emblematic designs •  New Look : Women are flowers •  Fashion : movement of a skirt, volume of a dress, waist of a suit, pleats of a blouse, way fabric falls •  Architecture •  Tribute to Christian Dior : the back of each jewel is an exact replica of the lace used in couture dresses created by Monsieur Dior •  The name of each jewel is made up of 2 or 3 elements : a detail from an haute couture dress mixed with the name of the central stone or a harmony of colours •  Happiness & Joy Movie A colourful love letter to the pastDentelle opale d’orient Dear Dior: inspirations
  • 9. Rose Dior Bagatelle Influence : •  Christian Dior’s emblematic designs •  New Look : Women are flowers •  Fashion : movement of a skirt, volume of a dress, waist of a suit, pleats of a blouse, way fabric falls •  Architecture
  • 10. Rose Dior Bagatelle: inspirations Influence : •  Christian Dior’s emblematic designs •  New Look : Women are flowers •  Fashion : movement of a skirt, volume of a dress, waist of a suit, pleats of a blouse, way fabric falls •  Architecture •  Homage to the flower that Monsieur Dior cultivated in his garden •  The rose was the favourite flower of C. Dior •  Key motif in Dior’s fashions & an essential note in his fragrances •  Christian's original garden and the rose garden in the Parc de Bagatelle in Paris with its endless array of rose varieties
  • 11. Précieuses Précieuses Champêtre Précieuses Trèfle Précieuses Trèfle
  • 12. Précieuses Influence : •  Christian Dior’s emblematic designs •  New Look : Women are flowers •  Fashion : movement of a skirt, volume of a dress, waist of a suit, pleats of a blouse, way fabric falls •  Architecture Précieuses Trèfle Précieuses Trèfle Précieuses Rose Précieuses Rose Précieuses Champêtre
  • 13. Précieuses: inspirations Influence : •  Christian Dior’s emblematic designs •  New Look : Women are flowers •  Fashion : movement of a skirt, volume of a dress, waist of a suit, pleats of a blouse, way fabric falls •  Architecture The pinnacle of sophistication •  Christian Dior's beloved nature and the dresses he designed for the most elegant women in the world •  Feminity •  The bound between haute couture & high jewelry •  Symbolic themes: Précieuses Champêtre, Précieuses Rose, Précieuses Trèfle
  • 14. Incroyables et Merveilleuses Fleurs Fleurs ToucanOiseauVendanges Champêtre
  • 15. Incroyables et Merveilleuses: inspirations •  Extravagant costume balls and lavish celebrations organized by C. Dior after 2WW •  Haute Couture •  Fairy tales •  Dandies from the 18th century Audacieuse
  • 16. Le Bal Des Roses Bal Romantique Bal Bleu Nuit Bal d’Autrefois Bal de l’Opéra
  • 17. Le Bal Des Roses Bal de Mai Bal Vénitien Bal Champêtre
  • 18. Le Bal Des Roses: inspirations •  Favorite flower of C. Dior •  Women are flowers •  Bals •  Poetry Bal de l’Opéra
  • 21. Milly Carnivora: inspirations •  Malefic beauty •  Tribute to the passion of C. Dior for flowers •  Milly-la-Forêt Garden •  Fairy tales
  • 23. Rois et Reines: inspirations •  Royalty •  Past & Death •  Carpe Diem •  Lace
  • 24. Fleurs d’Excès Opiom Velourosa Purpa L. Es Delirium FlashAmanita Satana Diabolus Quo Caïnus Magic Disco
  • 25. Fleurs d’Excès: inspirations •  Science •  Technicolor •  Recreational drugs •  Real & Artificial •  Beautiful & Grotesque •  Subtle & Baroque •  Limitless fantasy : Alice in Wonderland
  • 26. Animalvegetabelmineral Crystal Shocking Pink Baby Acid Blue Sky BabyCana Glitter Night Baby Lunae Lumen Holly Colorum Vitam Industria Abstract Multi Candy
  • 27. Animalvegetabelmineral: inspirations •  Natural world •  Earth’s elements •  Pop culture •  Fairy tales
  • 28. Inspirations of Victoire de Castellane Technicolor Feminity Fairy Tales Walt Disney Christian Dior DrugsBeauty Manga Flowers RoyaltyPop Art Paradox Nature Fashion
  • 29. Inspirations “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
  • 30. Thank you for you attention!