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A Parisian Event
A display of jewellery and diamonds
In her famous apartment on Faubourg Saint-Honoré,
Chanel launches her new jewellery, diamond creations especially.
Wax busts protected behind glass
rest on their plinths like antique torsos.
With ravishing eyes, curled lashes,
and genuine hair untouched by any perm,
"lily and rose" in their complexion.
Only a woman can scatter
precious stones so gracefully through hair,
with jewels cascading like gossamer ribbon.
Irregular stars on invisible threads
echo the shape of the tiara.
The Big Dipper is a pendant.
There are inimitable bows
and glittering suns of yellow diamonds set in gold.
A comet coils gently around a neck
without enclosing it.
A bracelet - just a simple twist.
Open rings display stones
which sit magically between the fingers.
Chanel brings diamonds back into vogue
by marrying art and apparent casualness.