Lydia Courteille

April 23, 2013  |  Editorial

Obsessively checking Net-A-Porter’s “What’s New” page is one of my treasured internet hobbies. Why? If you want to score the must-have pieces on Net-A-Porter, you have to be quick. Last week I was only a couple hours behind my usual schedule and I missed the must-have Kenzo tee when it hit the floor and sold out in an hour, but I digress. I also love checking out What’s New because it exposes me to new designers, even if I’ll only ever just fantasize about owning their pieces.

 

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And that’s exactly what happened when I saw Parisian jewelry designer Lydia Courteille’s Scorpion Ring, which looks like a magical amulet used to cast spells on enemies. My boss once joked that I am not someone to be crossed at work, but I think she was only half-kidding…

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Lydia Courteille’s latest jewelry collection, the otherworldly ‘Gardens of Xochimilco,’ is inspired by the legendary Aztec floating gardens in Mexico City. Jewel-encrusted creatures like lizards, spiders and scorpions sit alongside the Santa Muerte pendant, an opulent tribute to an icon of Mesoamerican culture.

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Forget about tastefully understated diamonds from Tiffany – if you’re going to go all out on an exorbitant piece, this is how you do it. I mean seriously, does jewelry get any more baller than a diamond-encrusted skeleton? No, it does not. As if you had any doubts…

 

Scorpion ring, Net-A-Porter

Spider ring, Couture Lab

Santa Muerte pendant, contact@lydiacourteille.com

 

All images used courtesy of LydiaCourteille.com and Net-A-Porter.com


1 Comment


  1. This was one of the best things I’ve ever seen.

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