No one appreciates a classic like the French. That’s why, to celebrate the latest from its now iconic Bird on a Rock collection, Tiffany & Co. headed to Paris. The house tapped Lauren Santo Domingo, artistic director of its home division, to host an intimate dinner at Le Grand Café with a lineup of creatives donning precious jewels.
The Occasion: This year, Tiffany & Co. has reimagined Jean Schlumberger’s most enduring design with Chief Artistic Officer of Jewelry and High Jewelry Nathalie Verdeille, in two high jewelry suites and a first ever fine jewelry collection for the line. The pieces see birds soaring across necklines, or intertwined on gold bands. “For the high jewelry Bird on a Rock designs, we studied birds as Jean Schlumberger did,” Verdeille explained, “carefully observing their stances, their feathers, the structures of their wings—to create dynamic forms that seem to flutter and perch upon the wearer.”
The Scene: Guests gathered at Le Grand Café, set under the colonnades of the Grand Palais. Inside, the classical architecture has been paired with lush interiors: blood orange velvet, marble, greenery in standing clay pottery. This is to say nothing of the impressive collection of jewelry on display. Alongside, of course, the new Bird on the Rock collection, attendees showed out in pieces from Tiffany’s Lock and HardWear collections—two relative newcomers that have become foundational to the house.
The Crowd: What everyone really wants to know is, of course, who was there? In the midst of Paris Fashion Week, Tiffany & Co. pulled a coterie of fashion insiders out of the fray, including our own Editor-in-Chief, Sarah Harrelson, who booked it over direct from Schiaparelli. Also at the table were models Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Alton Mason, Paloma Elsesser, and Natalia Bryant; actor Laura Harrier; Emma Chamberlain; and stylists Kate Young and Law Roach.
Cause for FOMO: The irreverent LSD calling the Bird on a Rock a “funny little cockatoo” in her dinnertime remarks. The bird is in fact inspired by cockatoos and other rare birds Schlumberger saw while traveling in Asia, first cast in precious metals in 1965. Today, this funny bird has made its way around the globe several times, and decades, over.
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