WWD reports that Camille Miceli, a costume jewelry designer at Louis Vuitton, has been named as a new artistic director of Christian Dior's costume jewelry lines. She will also act as an artistic director for some leather goods.
A vivacious, leggy fixture on the Paris fashion scene, Miceli joined Vuitton's public relations department in 1997 as Marc Jacobs arrived as artistic director. Encouraged by Jacobs, she segued into creative pursuits and has signed costume jewelry collections at Vuitton since 2003, building it into a growing and high-profile business.
For example, her chunky necklaces for fall, resembling loops of construction paper, have received numerous editorial credits in fashion magazines this fall. Last year, Miceli also collaborated with music impresario Pharrell Williams on a fine jewelry collection for Vuitton.
In fashion jewelry, she is known for a playful, funky and bold sensibility, employing such unusual materials as wood, painted metal, plastics and feathers.
At the age of only 15, Miceli became an intern at Chanel and Azzedine Alaia. She was a publicist for Chanel for seven years before she moved to Louis Vuitton to design jewelry. Her work has great buzz; we'll be interested to see what she comes up with.
