• Constellation necklace from the Bijoux de Diamants re-edition. Courtesy Chanel
    Constellation necklace from the Bijoux de Diamants re-edition. Courtesy Chanel
  • Actress Lily-Rose Depp wearing a headpiece by Chanel, and photographed by Karl Lagerfeld. Courtesy Chanel
    Actress Lily-Rose Depp wearing a headpiece by Chanel, and photographed by Karl Lagerfeld. Courtesy Chanel
  • Japanese Actress Rinko Kikuchi wearing Etoile Filante 2 Comète necklace, by Chanel, and photographed by Karl Lagerfeld. Courtesy Chanel
    Japanese Actress Rinko Kikuchi wearing Etoile Filante 2 Comète necklace, by Chanel, and photographed by Karl Lagerfeld. Courtesy Chanel
  • Detail of Soleil brooch from the Bijoux de Diamants re-edition. Courtesy Chanel
    Detail of Soleil brooch from the Bijoux de Diamants re-edition. Courtesy Chanel
  • The Etoile Filante 2 Comète necklace from the Bijoux de Diamants re-edition. Courtesy Chanel
    The Etoile Filante 2 Comète necklace from the Bijoux de Diamants re-edition. Courtesy Chanel
  • Ruban necklace from the Bijoux de Diamants re-edition, by Chanel. Courtesy Chanel
    Ruban necklace from the Bijoux de Diamants re-edition, by Chanel. Courtesy Chanel
  • Actress Isabelle Huppert wearing the Constellation brooch by Chanel, and photographed by Karl Lagerfeld. Courtesy Chanel
    Actress Isabelle Huppert wearing the Constellation brooch by Chanel, and photographed by Karl Lagerfeld. Courtesy Chanel
  • Actress Julianne Moore wearing a Bijoux de Diamants necklace by Chanel, and photographed by Karl Lagerfeld. Courtesy Chanel
    Actress Julianne Moore wearing a Bijoux de Diamants necklace by Chanel, and photographed by Karl Lagerfeld. Courtesy Chanel
  • Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel, photographed at work in 1937 by Roger Schall. Courtesy Chanel
    Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel, photographed at work in 1937 by Roger Schall. Courtesy Chanel

A rare glimpse at Chanel’s dazzling Bijoux de Diamants high-jewellery collection – in pictures

Sarah Maisey

June 14, 2017

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Ahead of the opening of Chanel's new exhibition Mademoiselle Privé in Seoul on June 23, the house has recreated the only high-jewellery collection ever designed by Chanel herself. The jewels will be on display for one of the few times since they were designed in 1932. Especially re-edited for the show, the exquisite pieces were photographed by Karl Lagerfeld and modelled by his muses.

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