ERA: Circa 1980s · Céline Paris, pre-Michael Kors era · Made in France
HISTORY & DESCRIPTION:
Before the Phoebe years, before the accent came off the name, Céline was the Paris house of the equestrian carré — a place where a silk square was drawn with the same seriousness as a piece of jewelry. This one is from the 1980s, when the maison was leaning fully into its bijoux motif: gilt curb chains, navy leather straps buckled and looping, scarlet cord threaded through it all, and four corner medallions set with cabochons in ruby, sapphire and emerald. At the center, a Céline coin ring anchors the whole composition like a clasp.
It’s trompe l’oeil at its most opulent — the print reads as an actual belt-and-chain draped across cream silk twill, framed by a jewelled border and the deep navy edge that was Céline’s signature of the decade. Hand-rolled, hand-stitched hem. Made in France.
STYLE TIP
Wear it knotted at the throat over a white shirt, tied to the handle of a black bag, or folded into a headscarf — it was designed for the woman who wanted her accessories to look like heirlooms, and forty years on, that’s exactly what it has become. Worth keeping forever.
100% cotton
ERA: Circa 1980s · Céline Paris, pre-Michael Kors era · Made in France
HISTORY & DESCRIPTION:
Before the Phoebe years, before the accent came off the name, Céline was the Paris house of the equestrian carré — a place where a silk square was drawn with the same seriousness as a piece of jewelry. This one is from the 1980s, when the maison was leaning fully into its bijoux motif: gilt curb chains, navy leather straps buckled and looping, scarlet cord threaded through it all, and four corner medallions set with cabochons in ruby, sapphire and emerald. At the center, a Céline coin ring anchors the whole composition like a clasp.
It’s trompe l’oeil at its most opulent — the print reads as an actual belt-and-chain draped across cream silk twill, framed by a jewelled border and the deep navy edge that was Céline’s signature of the decade. Hand-rolled, hand-stitched hem. Made in France.
STYLE TIP
Wear it knotted at the throat over a white shirt, tied to the handle of a black bag, or folded into a headscarf — it was designed for the woman who wanted her accessories to look like heirlooms, and forty years on, that’s exactly what it has become. Worth keeping forever.
100% cotton
