In each country-inspired collection, the Paris designer comes up with an open ring featuring a head and a rock crystal ball on each end. “An iconic figure looking towards the future,” as Lydia Courteille explains. In this way she creates collections within collections, with a series of historical face-to-faces: Mao and the Chinese emperor; the Hopi Indian chief and the American flag; the Inca Atahualpa and Francisco Pizarro. And now we have the palpitating thought of Suleiman the Magnificent gazing at a naked beauty symbolizing the emancipation of women…
