This pair of bold beauties was inspired by 1970s era socialite Nan Kempner, who kept leaping to mind while I made them. They’re somehow both saucy and aristocratic. Park Avenue meets Studio 54. Luscious marquise garnets with their precarious twin slopes made setting them a precise art; each gold braid pulled and flattened and fused to thick gold bands worked into bold curves. A thoroughly retro-modern heirloom for the ages.