SO, WOULD YOU WEAR IT?
The other day when browsing through the « What’s on in Paris » weekly, I noticed that there was an exhibition on contemporary jewelry at the Arts Decoratifs Museum. Finishing on the 2nd March. As I am very interested in really modern jewelry, especially earrings, I thought this would be an interesting thing to do on a beautifully sunny day in Paris…..so off I trotted - a pleasant walk along the Seine, over the « Lover’s Bridge » and what did I see - unbelievable - two lines of people to get into the Louvre which were over 500 metres long- that I have never seen. Fortunately as it was just after opening hours and my museum was a little quieter. « I Love you ICOM ». Now what would expect to see for such and exhibition? I quite often visit temporary exhibitions at the A.D. and invariably they are spread over a couple of floors - no more than that. Regrouped themes seemed to be the order of the day. This time I was in for a shock. The contemporary jewelry was included in collections from