Travel is a central theme for any Louis Vuitton creation, and its new array of megawatt Mythica jewels certainly ups the ante on the idea. The collection, which was revealed in Morocco last month, is intended to evoke the image of a modern-day woman who charts her own course. At its heart is the Conquest necklace, a masterpiece that feels as though it could have been uncovered at the end of an epic voyage. Twenty-one cushion-step-cut rubies from Mozambique, totaling 21.87 carats, blaze across the collar. Rubies have long been called the king of gemstones, and these stones—chosen for their remarkable crystalline clarity—carry the kind of intensity collectors once only associated with the legendary Burmese rubies of decades past. Their vivid pinkish-red tone glows against a cascade of diamonds along sharp, directional arrow forms, imparting a sense of power. At the center sits a 1.07-carat LV Monogram Star–cut diamond—a touch that signals the necklace’s maker..
