On Saturday 26th October, Van Cleef & Arpels celebrated the launch of the Maison’s new international exhibit “A Quest for Beauty: The Art of Van Cleef & Arpels” at the Bowes Museum in Santa Ana CA. Guests included Camilla Belle, Krysten Ritter, Eva Amurri Martino, AnnaLynne McCord, along with Nicolas Bos Van Cleef & Arpels Global CEO & Creative Director and Alain Bernard, President and CEO of the Americas. The evening was seamless with guests treated to a private curated tour of the new exhibit which features over 200 items from the private collection of Van Cleef & Arpels. Key Pieces from the exhibit included, never before seen items and iconic pieces worn by Princess Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Hutton and Empress Farah Pahlavi, along with items worn to key awards season events by celebrities including Eva Mendes and Jennifer Garner.
The exhibit will be on display to the general public from October 27, 2013 – February 15, 2014.
Actress Camilla Belle, mentioned that she was excited to see some of the key Van Cleef & Arpels items from Elizabeth Taylor’s personal collection on display, commenting on her fascination with Taylor as a strong woman in Hollywood and someone who she looks up to in terms of her beauty and talent in her films. Belle was seen paying particular attention to the Van Cleef & Arpels ‘Grandmother’s Necklace’ during her tour of the new exhibit.
AnnaLynne McCord paired priceless Van Cleef & Arpels jewels with a $20 Jill Stuart dress that she found at a vintage store. She commented that she wanted to make her look more about her “darling jewelry.” The actress talked about her admiration for Angelina Jolie stating that Jolie is a quadruple threat as an actress and an activist and as a “voice for the voiceless.”
