For an editorial assignment for Vanity Fair Alex Majoli photographed the unique creations of Dior’s long-time jewelry designer Victoire de Castellane and offered a behind-the-scenes look at the craftsmanship in action at the Dior Fine Jewelry atelier in Paris, where Castellane is creative director. Majoli’s images highlight the designer’s playful imagination with pieces that appear as an amalgam of organic textures, reminiscent of sugar crystals, coral reefs, shards of rime. As part of the Dior commission, the Italian photographer photographed also the Tupelo Ball, an opulent 'party of the century'...