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DAVID&MARTIN

On the 1st of March, during Paris Fashion Week, DAVID&MARTIN will exhibit a piece of unique jewelery at Colette as part of the exhibition for the launch of the book ’Fashion Jewelery Catwalk and Couture’. The piece entitled ‘Fauna Futura’ takes the form of a skull in molded gold and is available for purchase at €25,000.

The exhibition ’Fashion Jewelery Catwalk and Couture’ and book of the same name by Maia Adams is the first of its kind. Profiling 33 international fashion jewelers who combine traditional techniques and ultra-modern methods to create a new style of jewelery of which the author believes is arguably the most exciting field in fashion today.

DAVID & MARTIN are interviewed in the book alongside Louis Vuitton, Vivienne Westwood, the late Alexander McQueen, Judy Blame and Comme des Garcons. Adams believes that the allure of fashion jewelery is the endless scope for re-invention, the craftsmanship, unusual materials and an often-limited edition approach, which harnesses the spirit of couture for the 21st century.

Fashion Jewellery Catwalk and Couture
1st of March – 5th of April
Colette
213 rue Saint-Honoré
75001 Paris

Photographs by Martin Vallin

Martin Bundock