ou already know the gist of the Tiffany & Co. story – the New York jewellery maison’s mythology. There’s the sophisticated robin-egg-blue packaging selected by founder Charles Lewis Tiffany for the cover of Tiffany’s first catalogue, the ; the Elsa Peretti-designed Open Heart pendant, which became the de rigueur grand gesture from many a now ex-boyfriend; and actor Audrey Hepburn in full Holly Golightly mode gazing into Fifth Avenue’s but you knew that), you’ve probably seen dozens of homages to Hepburn’s alchemic black dress, black gloves and bejewelled combination, from Beyoncé to Blair Waldorf and all the classic romantics in between. Then of course there are the diamonds, some of the most brilliant and storied in history.
