Paris Fashion Week: The Scene

YOUNG BLOOD: There’s a new jeweler on the storied Place Vendôme. Just over a year after launching her brand Dauphin during Paris Couture Week, Charlotte Dauphin de la Rochefoucauld has opened a private showroom on the square that symbolizes excellence in fine jewelry. “In the beginning, to be quite honest, I was against the idea because I have a very innovative aesthetic and my approach was intentionally to shake up the codes of the traditional houses,” she said. Then she saw a 750-square-foot apartment, located at the end of a narrow inner courtyard and up a flight of stairs. “It was the perfect size for a little cocoon and I changed my mind. I thought it would be interesting, on the contrary, to be at the very heart of the tradition of French craftsmanship and to challenge the rules of this very closely guarded, privileged universe,” she added. Designed by Félix de Montesquiou of architecture firm DAS Studio, the showroom comprises two rooms featuring white walls with traditional molding offset by a dark cement floor. Lighter-colored cement was used to create backlit wall panels and rectangular blocks mounted with glass display cases. The Zenlike space provides the ideal backdrop for Dauphin’s elegant geometric designs, which

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