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Victoire de Castellane, is a French jewellery designer who lives and works in Paris. She started her career alongside Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel, overseeing the house’s costume jewelry designs for 14 years.〔("Best In Bijous" ), ''Vogue'', article by Hamish Bowles, May 2012.〕 Since 1998, she has worked as creative director of Christian Dior’s fine jewelry division. Her personal work has been exhibited in art settings, including a solo show, ''Fleur d’excès'', at Gagosian Gallery in 2011.〔(Wmagazine.com "Affluence Under the Influence" ), ''W (magazine)'', article by Jonathan Wingfield, March 2011.〕 In January and March 2014 "Animalvegetablemineral" the second personal exhibition of unique object by Victoire de Castellane is presented at Gagosian Gallery Davies Street, London & Gagosian Madison avenue, New York. == Family background and early life == Victoire de Castellane was born into the French aristocratic House of Castellane, tracing back to the 10th century – the family tree includes reigning princes, bishops, generals and noblemen. De Castellane’s great-grand-uncle Boni de Castellane (1867–1932) was a Parisian dandy and legend of the Belle Époque〔 who married American railroad heiress Anna Gould. He was twice elected député (congressperson) of the Basses-Alpes region of France. De Castellane was brought up by her maternal grandmother and her uncle, Gilles Dufour, one of Karl Lagerfeld’s principal assistants, first at Fendi then Chanel.〔 De Castellane has commented that her love of jewelry making was triggered by watching her paternal grandmother, Silvia Rodriguez de Rivas, Countess de Castilleja de Guzman, "''change her baubles to match her different outfits several times a day.''" Her first jewelry-making feat was accomplished at the age of five when she dismantled a priceless charm-bracelet belonging to her mother in order to make a pair of earrings. At 12, she created her first ring using gold melted down from the religious medals she’d received at her Communion ceremony.〔 De Castellane's formative years were spent in Paris. During the early 1980s, Gilles Dufour often took the teenage de Castellane out to famed Parisian nightclubs such as Le Palace〔 where she first experimented with dressing up in playful, flamboyant and ultra-feminine styles, often sporting Mickey Mouse ears or a devil’s horns headband〔 and wearing lingerie on the outside of her clothing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Victoire de Castellane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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