Keeping that in mind I tried to quell my excitement about seeing the work of master artisans: Van Cleef & Arpels, but something happened when those spotlights in the museum hit the jewels and they didn’t just glisten and glitter, they blazed and dazzled and drew me… Turns out I am distracted by bright, shiny, objects. Can you blame me? And I, like Lorelei Lee, much prefer bracelets to rings, anyhow.

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