French jewelry designer Claude Lalanne

French jewelry designer Claude Lalanne
Creative team of jewelry designer Claude Lalanne (1924 – 2019) and her husband sculptor François-Xavier (1927-2008), became known as ‘Les Lalannes in the 1960s. It happened when Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Bergé and Christian Dior commissioned them to create some jewelry pieces. Claude also collaborated with many of renowned avant-garde artists and jewelry companies of the time. Among them, in particular, was the oldest and best of Greek jewelers of the time, Zolotas. Inspired by the aesthetics of fashion world, surrealism and Art Nouveau, floral and fauna, her jewelry is much-sought-after today.
Claude Lalanne began participating in jewelry art exhibitions in Paris in 1964. She handcrafted her unique earrings, necklaces and bracelets using bronze, silver, vermeil, gold and their alloys. In the 1970s she created floral jewelry and evening bags with a variety of flower designs, such as anemone, ginkgo, and hydrangea. She found inspiration for her botanical jewelry designs in her gardens implementing them in wearable art.