Chanel took part for the very first time at the Biennale des Antiquaires that was held from September 14^th to 23^rd in the Grand Palais, Paris. For this grand occasion, the brand occupied a 150m² exhibition space designed by American architect Peter Marino. Among the hundred or so treasures on display, the “1932” glowed particularly bright. Through around 80 exceptional creations, this line celebrates the 80^th anniversary of the “Bijoux de Diamants” collection, the first and only Haute Joaillerie collection created by Gabrielle Chanel in 1932. A fairytale constellation of white, yellow and black diamonds, pearls, as well as pink and blue sapphires light up this anniversary collection that explores a variety of comet, star, sun and feather motifs – and for the first time, that of the lion. Mademoiselle Chanel loved to feature the effigy of this proud creature on the buttons of her clothes, and her apartment also housed a number of objets d’art on this leonine theme – a symbol now majestically interpreted in a splendid sautoir necklace in which a lion carved out of rutilated quartz bestrides a diamond comet and an exceptional 32-carat yellow diamond.