soaring high; Azzaro's avian-inspired jewelry collaboration with Eugenie Niarchos takes flight.

Byline: Mark Holgate

When Astrid Munoz introduced Vanessa Seward to Eugenie Niarchos in the Parisian bar Le Mathis two years ago, Seward had only one thought: Who is this girl?! Azzaro's creative director explains the fascination. "Eugenie had that Kate Moss thing to her," says Seward. "You wanted to know exactly where she got everything she was wearing. I took pictures of her on my cell phone and showed them to the entire design studio the next day." The two became good friends, and the designer began noticing how Niarchos wore the simplest, slinkiest Azzaro to dazzling effect by piling on Chanel costume-jewelry bracelets. "I remember saying to my boyfriend that I should do something with Eu_genie because she has such incredible style," Seward recalls.

Et voila! When Seward asked her to create a small collection of faux jewelry, Niarchos morphed a feather comb the French house had already done into a wing motif for a hairpin, a choker, earrings, and a cuff. Niarchos particularly likes the last, though she counsels, "It looks best if you wear one on each wrist." She is a fan of vintage costume jewelry-gilt snake bracelets are a particular favorite-but as is often the case when you're 21, even relatively recent pieces ...