“To the poet, a pearl is a tear of the sea; to the Orientals, it is a drop of dew solidified; to the ladies, it is a jewel of an oblong shape, of a brilliancy of mother-of-pearl substance, which they wear on their fingers, their neck, or their ears; for a chemist it is a mixture of phosphate and carbonate of lime, with a little gelatin; and lastly, for naturalists, it is simply a morbid secretion of the organ that produces the mother-of-pearl amongst certain bivalves…”

Those are the words the great French novelist Jules Verne (1828-1905) used to describe a pearl.

A hundred years later, Coco Chanel turned pearls into the ultimate fashion-accessory to accompany the little black dress. To her, pearls mirrored extravagance and true femininity: “Jewellery should not be worn to arouse jealousy, it should adorn the woman wearing it and simply be fun”, Chanel was often heard saying.

And now, many years later, inspired by icons of style and supported by my passion for exclusive fashion, my very own, precious pearl has emerged…