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"  On Thursday evening, Chopard celebrated its 150th Anniversary with a star-studded gala and the worldwide reveal of its remarkable new `Animal World&amp;#039; haute jewelry collection. Guests including Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Ricci, Kate Hudson, Claire Danes, Natalie Cole, and [a newly-pregnant] Georgina Chapman turned out in force to celebrate the storied jeweler, and, take an up-close glance at Chopard&amp;#039;s new `Animal world&amp;#039; high jewelry collection. Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele, Co-President and the creative force behind most of Chopard&amp;#039;s high jewelry designs, reportedly spent over two years developing `Animal World&amp;#039;, marking the House&amp;#039;s largest collective jewelry endeavor to date. Inspired by her love of animals and travel, `Animal World&amp;#039; is Gruosi-Scheufele&amp;#039;s meticulous rendering of 150 different animals embodied in precious gems. The menagerie of pieces range from the delicate: a pair of razor-thin white pav\u00E9 hoops that turn up at the ear to mold into the head of a swan; to the more elaborate: a bib of cognac diamond covered monkeys swinging from a gemstone-laden vine, or, a `Cascading Clown Fish&amp;#039; necklace that clocked approximately 750 hours in the workshop and required at least 2,160 individually set stones. Following the Gala, the pieces will go on tour, traveling to different Chopard boutiques worldwide, until the end of the year when clients who have purchased any of the 150 pieces can pick-up their buy. Some of the first pieces to sell include a full-pave `Howling Wolf&amp;#039; pendant purchased by Elton John, and a full-pave oversized polar bear ring [purchased from the pages of ELLE&amp;#039;s May profile on the new collection]. On the decision to unveil the collection in New York, Gruosi-Scheufele highlights the, seemingly, natural synergy of presenting at the Frick, &amp;quot;we particularly chose to host our event at The Frick Collection because each one-of-a-kind piece is truly a museum caliber work of art that represents countless hours of design and craftsmanship&amp;quot;. As guests converged on the ventrines set around the Collection&amp;#039;s central fountain, Kate Hudson shared some of her thoughts on Chopard and excitement over the collection, &amp;quot;[Chopard] did all of the jewelry for [the movie] `Nine&amp;#039; so I got to wear a lot of the pieces and fell in love with it&amp;quot;. Sporting a double-wrapped strand of Chopard colored pearls and oversized pearl ring encased by a pave serpent, Hudson holds up her ring as case-in-point &amp;quot;it&amp;#039;s very cool stuff&amp;#039;&amp;quot;. Point taken, we couldn&amp;#039;t have said it better ourselves.   Click below to see more highlights from Chopard&amp;#039;s new Haute Joaillerie collection, `Animal World&amp;#039;           "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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