Description of England, of attempts to woo Queen Elizabeth I with status-symbol trinketry.Skip forward almost half a millennium, and the models being fitted in the autumn/winter 2020 men's collection from Dior are adorned in jewellery befitting another reigning monarch - the house's head of menswear, Kim Jones.The jewels are opulent enough for the most peacocking dandy.
Jones created a series of imitation pearls dangling from ears or on pendants, on pins affixed to silk moiré coats or embroidered into the Dior Oblique logo.Silver-tone brass and resin pearl brooch, £550, Dior Men"It's a fun contrast," says Jones.
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