LALIQUE LAUNCHES AUTUMN WINTER COLLECTION
Lalique UK’s Managing Director Frederick Fischer invited guests to a sparkling launch of The World of Lalique’s new iconic glass and crystal collection in Burlington Arcade in the heart of London’s Mayfair. The Paris Team were present to support the London Team, in showing the extraordinary sculptures by Nic Fiddian-Green, and the stunning Lalique range, incorporating homeware, fine jewellery, and perfumes.
Guests were treated to Lalique Champagne, Glenturret 15-year-old Highland Malt Scotch Whisky, and delicious food, set amid specially designed 007 glass mirrors.
In 1885, having gained recognition as an independent designer for some of the great jewellery Houses such as Jacta, Cartier and Boucheron, René Lalique took over the workshop of jeweller Jules Destape in Paris, He took part in the Great Exhibition in 1900, and in the same year was awarded the Legion D’Honneur. He partnered with Françoise Coty to design perfume bottles in 1907, and in 1922 he founded the glassworks in Alsace. In 1929 René Lalique was chosen to decorate the Cote d’Azur Pullman train carriages, followed by the Normandie luxury liner in 1939.
On his death in 1945, René’s son Marc inherited the Lalique mantle, moving from glass to crystal. Marc’s daughter Marie-Claude Lalique became Managing Director of the company, and in 1992 Lalique perfumes were born. In 2011 the Lalique Maison collection of interior furniture was born from designs by Lady Tina Green and Pietro Mingarelli.
In 2015 the 5-star hotel Villa René opened in Alsace, with its 2 Michelin star gourmet restaurant. This was followed in 2018 by the opening of Chateau Lafleurie-Peyraguey, and in 2021, in the heart of the Glenturret distillery in Scotland, the Glenturret Lalique Restaurant was launched.
Lalique Fine Jewellery is a favourite with James Bond movie women and Cannes Film Festival celebrities.
Pictures by Edward Lloyd
SubEditor Diana Austin
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