LIFE

What a Gem

by Karin Nelson

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Photographs by Rahel Weiss, Styled by Gianluca Longo, Hair by Johanna Cree Brown; makeup by Kristina Ralph for Saint Luke artists; fashion assistant: Amy Hanson

In her jewelry—and in her life—Noor Fares combines chic sophistication with a personal touch. Karin Nelson gets an eyeful.

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Photographs by Rahel Weiss, Styled by Gianluca Longo, Hair by Johanna Cree Brown; makeup by Kristina Ralph for Saint Luke artists; fashion assistant: Amy Hanson

Noor Fares, wearing a Maison Rabih Kayrouz dress; Noor Fares wing earrings, necklaces, bangle (left wrist), and ring; her own stud earrings, bracelets, and rings (left hand, ring finger), 
at home in London, in front of Luca Missoni’s Moon, 2008.

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Photographs by Rahel Weiss, Styled by Gianluca Longo

Her Piet Hein Eek dining table.

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Photographs by Rahel Weiss, Styled by Gianluca Longo

Fares, sifting through her jewelry, wearing a Missoni cardigan; Noor fares rings; her own bracelets and ring (left hand, middle finger).

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A Noor Fares Geometry 101 Pendulum pendant.

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Photographs by Rahel Weiss, Styled by Gianluca Longo

A few more of her pieces.

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Courtesy of Fares.

The dining room, with a portrait of Fares by Francesco Clemente.

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Photographs by Rahel Weiss, Styled by Gianluca Longo

A mixed-media work by Annie Morris hangs above the mantel.

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Courtesy of Instagram.com/noorfares

Fares and Alexandre Al Khawam, at their Arabian Nights–themed pre-wedding party, 
2015.

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The bride, in a Giambattista Valli couture gown.

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Photographs by Rahel Weiss, Styled by Gianluca Longo

Fares, in her living room, wearing a Bottega Veneta dress; Noor Fares earrings, necklace, and rings; Bottega Veneta belt; Pierre Hardy platforms; her own stud earrings, ring (left hand, middle finger), and bracelets.

Hair by Johanna Cree Brown; makeup by Kristina Ralph for Saint Luke artists; fashion assistant: Amy Hanson.

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Her flower-adorned wedding cake.

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Wearing a headpiece by Magnetic Midnight at the 2015 FCancer Benefit, in New York.

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Courtesy of Instagram.com/noorfares

Fares’s mother, Hala, in her signature mismatched 
shoes, 2014.

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Courtesy of Fares

Fares, at age 3, already had a thing for jewelry.

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Courtesy of Fares

A pair of Noor Fares Chandbali earrings.

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Hilma af Klint’s Altar Painting, 1915, is an inspiration.

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Fares, with Al Khawam, on holiday in Myanmar, 2015.

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The designer, wearing her own jewelry.

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Fares, on the island of Mallorca, 2016.

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On Inle Lake, Myanmar.