30 July 2007
The Cocaine Ring by Lydia Courteille: The Closest Thing to Wearing Real Crack
by Brandon Thomas Baunach
I was recently rummaging through dozens of French design websites when I found this ring. I wish I spoke French because France has so many wonderful designers, but consistently French websites never translate any of their pages for an English audience. It’s fine if they don’t, I just wish I could read the French. Because if I could read French, then I would tell you all about Lydia Courteille and her amazing Paris Jewelry design house. Instead, all I can say about this ring is that it is one design in a series called: “Collection Translucent” which in English I think means “The Translucent Collection”. The collection includes many of Frances most talented jewelry designers creating works from semi-precious translucent stones. I was drawn to this one simply because of its name: Cocaine. It’s a ring made of a large, dreamy quartz stone encased in dozens of diamond stars that appear to look like ice crystals. The quartz, as you’ve guessed, looks like a powdery white bag of cocaine or maybe a highly refined crack rock. Whatever the metaphor was meant to be, the ring is addictively beautiful, and I hope to snort one in the future.
URL: www.collection-translucent.com
Categories: Bumpy | Fashion | Lust Factor: Hot | Stone | White
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Comments: 6 Comments
December 2nd, 2007 at 10:25 pm
How much is this ring and Where can i buy it? Is there a place in Los Angeles i could go try it on?
December 3rd, 2007 at 5:36 am
You can’t buy it in Los Angeles as far as I know. I would contact erwann@joailliers-createurs.com for more information.
December 4th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
When you go to the website there’s an english option. You must have looked really hard.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Delightful news; Lydia Courteille has finally decided to create her own website:
http://www.lydiacourteille.com
AND the english translations will be updated in the very near future.
To be noted, all her creations are unique one-off pieces. ^_^
October 29th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
How much is the cocaine ring by Lydia Courteille? I would really like to have it as a wedding ring for me. My future husband and I really like it alot and it would go really good with the theme of our wedding.
November 4th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Dear Whitney,
If you go to http://www.lydiacourteille.com
now available in english, you can send an email to request further information.