I saw these last night on a girlfriend who invited us for dinner. They are chic and a signature style of the French-based jewelry designer Dinh Van.

The free spirited and sleek designs are actually very popular with Parisian women. Dinh Van says that he “creates pieces of jewelry that, for the first time, are more intended to reveal those who wear them than to impress to who look at them…”

Before starting his eponymous line, Vietnamese Dinh Van created pieces for Cartier in the 70′s as this slave bracelet found on the famous vintage store Decades’ blog:

And a final quote that always makes me smile -I can’t remember now which famous French women writer said this so if anyone remembers please comment:

“Le mariage, c’est choisir celui dont on sera l’esclave.”

In English, I would translate it by  “Marriage is choosing the one whose slave you will be.”