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For its 60th anniversary, Graff goes over the top
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WRITTEN BY MOLLY CREEDEN. DAVID SLIJPER. IMAGE COURTESY OF GRAFF
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The re-creation of Graff’s 1970s “Hair & Jewel” photograph features 22 rare and unique stones.
t’s not unusual for a woman to drape her assets around her wrists, across her neck or from her ears, but in 1970, Laurence Graff OBE let jewels go to a woman’s head, creating an ornate coiffure of diamonds and precious gems— one million dollars’ worth, to be precise—that wrapped around locks and dangled from delicate coils. On the occasion of Graff’s 60th anniversary, “Hair & Jewel” has been re-created with a selection that includes type IIA heart-shape diamonds, a rare 10-carat blue briolette diamond pendant, flawless 51-carat Graff Sweetheart earrings and a vivid yellow emerald-cut diamond ring. graffdiamonds.com.
EDITED BY JENNY MURRAY NOVEMBER 2013
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