FRED PARIS ANGEL SKIN CORAL AND GOLD EARRINGS Cartier pendant The Queen Midas eschews embellishment

The Queen Midas eschews embellishment for elemental elegance: a minimalist dial

worked into volume rather than lace

Patek Philippe leaned into its identity as a brand that celebrated craftsmanship

and also why his work would be commissioned and admired by royalty the world over in the decades that followed

FRED PARIS ANGEL SKIN CORAL AND GOLD EARRINGS Cartier pendant The Queen Midas eschews embellishmentLovely is the word that we feel best describes these 1970s vintage earrings by Fred Paris. Each earring takes the form of a slightly tapering, gently domed half hoop entirely paved in gold granulation style beadwork, rows of small, highly polished hemispherical gold beads that catch the light like a cluster of bubbles. At the top, where the earring would sit against the earlobe, each is crowned by a single round cabochon of Angel Skin coral, the pale,