Capucine is wearing a shimmering white satin stole, encrusted with gleaming pearls and matching evening clutch, both by Christian Dior, photo by Henry Clarke, Vogue 1956

Myrtle Crawford is wearing an "en tremblent" jeweled bird of paradise hair ornament from Wartski jewellers, photo by Anthony Denney, Vogue, December 1951

Wenda Parkinson in white tulle sheath encrusted with thousands of crystals by Norman Hartnell, worn with diamond tiara, photo by Norman Parkinson in the drawing room of Warwick House, Vogue, May 1951

Model in silk faille gown by C.D. Models, worn with Topaz Emba mink stole and Boucheron diamonds, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue UK, October 1954

Model is wearing a small red Panama attached to a skull cap with a crisp blue veil folded into big square wings by Rose Descat, diamond brooch clipped to a sleek gold torque is by Vielle Russe, photo by André Durst, Vogue, January 1938

Mary Jane Russell is wearing crimson backless sweater with a load of single strand diamond necklaces layered on top of each other, all from Harry Winston, including earrings and ring, cover photo by John Rawlings, Vogue UK, March 15, 1955

Susan Abraham in black tulle gown with long flame-like sequins flaring up over the bodice by Roecliff & Chapman, winged rhinestone hairclip is from Paris House, photo by Henry Clarke, Vogue, December 1952

Simone d'Aillencourt in black satin evening dress by Christian Dior, worn here with gold mesh necklace and earrings, the bracelet is made up of slim golden tassels, diamond ring, all by Cartier, photo by Don Honeyman, Vogue, December 1955

British actress Nanette Newman in Tourmaline EMBA mink coat by Maxwell Croft, photo  by Peter Rand, Vogue UK, November 1967
Amethyst and aquamarine rings by Andrew Grima; a Garrard emerald, coral, diamond and gold pendant; ropes of Collingwood pearls; and a Piaget lapis lazuli and diamond watch with a white gold bracelet.

Celia Hammond is wearing a jeweled hairslide by Evelyne Desbruéres and strands of Mikimoto pearls clasped with a Kenneth Jay Lane brooch, cover photo by David Bailey, Vogue UK, February 1968

Costume jewelry combined with gold, diamonds and semi-precious stones from Garrard, Kutchinsky and J.W. Benson, photo by Claude Virgin, Vogue UK, December 1960

Britt Ekland wearing white and red beaded earring by de Sevigne for Florsheim, cover photo by David Bailey, Vogue UK, June 1966

Model wearing a Nefertiti -style lace gilt and jet collar designed by Françoise Montague for Adrien Mann, photo by Peter Rand, Vogue UK, November 1962

Model is wearing a square-cut aquamarine ring with dark blue sapphire shoulders by Michael Gosschalk, cover photo by Terence Donovan, Vogue UK, February 1, 1962

Jane Fonda in white mink skirt and short bolero by Maxwell Croft, the jacket fastened with a huge pearl and crystal brooch by Dior, photo by David Bailey, Vogue UK, December 1965

Model is wearing black organza gown by Worth swinging an extremely long pearl rope, photo by Norman Parkinson, Vogue UK, March 1950

Model is wearing oversized faux pearls in pink, mulberry and fuschia by Evelyne Desbruéres for Jean Patou, photo by Hiro, Vogue UK, November 1965

Actress Tilly Losch is wearing an exotic metallic headpiece designed by Cecil Beaton for her stage performance in the London revue Streamline, Vogue UK, December 1934

Elsa Martinelli in a blue-gray chevron design sheath dress by Rembrandt, worn with white and gray strands of faux pearls, photo by Henry Clarke in Portofino, Italy, Vogue UK, February 1955

Della Oake in black alpaca dinner dress with the widest possible neckline by Auerbach from Rocha, a paste star brooch on the shoulder is from Cameo Corner, photo by Anthony Denney, Vogue UK, December 1951