In the year In 1956, Audrey Hepburn wore Cartier Grain de Cafe earrings on the cover. Harper’s Bazaar. As the name suggests, the earrings are inspired by real coffee beans, all pieces from the Grains de Cafe collection launched in 1938 under the creative leadership of Jeanne Toussaint. Toussaint believed that beauty can be found in the unexpected, so she looked to the humble coffee bean, a natural product traditionally immortalized in gold.
Bazaar Samira Nasir With Sarah Hoover and Nicola Vassell.
Guests at the Cartier x Bazaar Grain de Café Dinner at Cartier’s New York Mansion.
The very latest Grain de Cafe collection.
The refined bean was often worn in the 50s and 60s – not only by Hepburn, but also by Grace Kelly – the theme is finally back for 2022 in a new Grain de Cafe collection. Harper’s Bazaar Cartier mansion on Fifth Avenue. BazaarSami Nasser, Executive Producer of Sammy Nasser, and Andra Mielnicki, Chief Marketing Office of Cartier North America, hosted the evening with a guest list that included Leila Gohar, Romi Suleimani, June Ambrose, Noor Tagore, Sarah Hoover and Nicole Vassell. .
The first scallop course by Cartier x Bazaar Coffee beans Dinner.
Guests enjoying the Cartier x second courseBazaar Coffee fruit dinner.
Guest Nur Tagore at dinner.
The theme of the evening was Unexpected Beauty with a fitting three-course meal. The first course was titled “The Classic Turned Dear”: natural double scallop shells marinated in celery roit and truffle maffia. The second was “A Toussaint Taste”: wild mushrooms and herbs still life on risotto. And last was “A Iconic Motif”: Cafe des Delicis Chocolate Cake with Blackberry and Pomegranate. Espresso martinis were served as Endea Owens and The Cookout played songs like “Where the Nubians Grow” and “Good Feeling.”
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Guest Laila Gohar at dinner.
Endea Owens and The Cookout by Cartier xBazaar Coffee fruit dinner.
The New York City house’s exclusive Grain de Cafe collection features three rings, a bracelet and two necklaces—all reminders that the most elegant beauty often sits somewhere between the ordinary and the extravagant.
Tara Gonzalez is a senior fashion editor at Harper’s Bazaar. Previously, she was a style writer at In styleFounder Commerce Editor at charming, and fashion editor at Coveter.
