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A look from Valentino's Pre-Fall 2019 runway show in Japan. Photo: Courtesy of Valentino 

A look from Valentino’s Pre-Fall 2019 runway show in Japan. Photo: Courtesy of Valentino 

Gucci to launch a fine jewelry collection next summer
Alessandro Michele loves to accessorize, whether that be with live birds or baby dragons. But next summer, the eccentric Gucci designer will take his outlandish adornments slightly further down to reality with a debut line of fine jewelry. Kering chairman and chief executive officer François-Henri Pinault revealed the news in an interview with Le Figaro, saying, “the jewelry sets he is creating for Gucci will take their place naturally on the market.” He also added that the collection will consist of 200 pieces, which will all made in Italy and be infused with colored stones. {WWD