BARRETT Slim (Jewellery designer)

In this swathe of chain links by Slim Barrett, jewellery becomes a garment with a piece that suggests both a draped necklace and a hood. Pierre Cardin and Paco Rabanne both used this theme by expanding dresses to become hybrids of fashion and jewellery, and here Barrett has done the same from his perspective as a jewellery designer. He returns intermittently to medieval themes _he helped Karl Lagerfeld by developing silver wire so fine that it could be knitted_ and in the 1990s Barrett was responsible for the tiara's rise in popularity. In his quest to extend the realm of costume jewellery, other catwalk collaborations (including those for Chanel, Versace, Montana and Ungaro) have resulted in the creation of plated armor, waistcoats and skullcaps as vehicles for Barrett's work. In 2000 he won the De Beers Diamond International Award and his work can be seen in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. 

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