☆Françoise Hardy in a Paco Rabanne dress, made of gold and diamonds for the opening of the first international diamond fair, organised by French jeweller Arnaud Clerc, Paris, May 19, 1968. At the opening event, Miss Hardy and her dress, dubbed “the most expensive dress in the world”, were protected by armed guards. The first photo was taken by photographer Jean-Marie Périer (French, b. 1940), Hardy’s romantic partner from 1962 to 1967. Credit last photo: Reporters Associes / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images. ☆
☆ Scarab brooch, date and designer uncertain – fourteen-karat rose gold, silver, diamond, emerald, ruby, and enamal | Source: New Orleans Live Auctioneers ☆
☆ Art Nouveau winged insect necklace, France, circa 1899 – gold, plique-à-jour enamel, sapphires, diamonds, pearl | Léopold Albert Marin Gautrait (French, 1865–1937) / Léon Gariod (French, c. 1859–?) ☆