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Jewelry Book Jewelry Book SPARKLING HISTORY: To mark the 90 years since Gabrielle Chanel launched her first diamond designs, a recent volume titled “Chanel Haute Joaillerie” is slated for release in December. As a suggestion of those nine a long time are the words of the couturier herself, who said she “used [her] penchant for all that shines to attempt to reconcile elegance and fashion in a set of bijou.” The high jewelry designs are, in fact, given pride of place throughout the amount’s 518 illustrations. First come the 1932 “Bijoux de Diamants” pieces designed by Chanel herself, most of which have been taken apart or have been lost to time. The duvet of the upcoming Chanel high jewelry book. Courtesy of Chanel Mirroring this primary...