No fakes allowed
Pearls of wisdom: Cartier Trinity collection offers a fresh take on atime-honored classic
- Trinity pearls necklace with yellow gold, pink gold, white gold, freshwaterpearls and diamonds.Photo by Vincent Wulveryck © Cartier
- Trinity pearl ring with yellow gold, pink gold, white gold, freshwater pearlsand diamonds.Photo by Vincent Wulveryck © Cartier
- Trinty pearls pendant earrings with yellow gold, pink gold, white gold,freshwater pearls and diamonds.Photo by Vincent Wulveryck © Cartier
In her classic guide, A Southern Belle Primer, Dallas author Maryln Schwartz wrote: “My dear, this is something you must always remember. Your bosom can be fake. Your smile can be fake and your hair color can be fake. But your pearls and your silver must always be real.”
For a Southern woman, or anyone with a refined spirit, no truer words were ever spoken.
“Your bosom can be fake. Your smile can be fake and your hair color can be fake. But your pearls and your silver must always be real.”
Cartier recognizes the power of the pearl in the new Trinity collection, named for the three intertwined bands made of white gold (for friendship), pink gold (for love) and yellow gold (for fidelity). The famed French jeweler has incorporated freshwater pearls in shades of white, grey, violet and orange as well as blonde pearls from the South Seas and the rare gold pearl from Australia into the collection.
Rather than showcase strands of pearls, the jeweler incorporates them into lighter-than-air chains, tassels, rings and dangling earrings. “Rings coil inwards, bracelets form chains of purity, pendants shimmer in sheer clusters and pearls bloom into petals, forming flowers on the Trinity ring,” according to a Cartier description.
Shown at right: The Trinity pearls necklace ($49,000), the Trinity pearls ring ($34,000) and the Trinity pearls pendant earrings ($33,700), at Cartier in The Galleria, or call 1-800-CARTIER.