But as well as reworking the original fronds of diamonds into an articulated mix of brilliant- and princess-cut diamonds set in white gold, the collection flew off in new directions.
Horrific though Anatole is, fondling the French governess' bodice while his intended fiancee serenaded him in Italian at the piano, it was Prince Vassily who yet again stole the show with his wheedling insincerities: "Will you not give me a little hope of touching so generous a heart?" "Anatole's not the brightest button in the box…" "The hairstyle is most becoming to the princess!" Brilliant.
One of the legends about him has him orphaned at six months and adopted by an ox-driver, growing into manhood as an ox-driver too, but so handsome and brilliant than a princess falls in love with him.
The brilliant hues of the Princess' garments and jewels were contrasted with the sombre hues of the conventional clothes worn by the men of the party, to which their turbans added a striking touch.
In Trilling's brilliant examination of "The Princess Casamassima," the hero, Hyacinth, poor and ill-educated, is drawn to two different worlds -- one of political radicalism in which great personal sacrifice is required in the name of moral good, the other of aesthetic refinement in which the greatest achievements of Europe are presented for his delectation.
The cut that produces the most sparkle is the round (or brilliant) cut, while radiant and princess cuts are good at hiding flaws.
One wonders what he could do with other, gutsier Disney princesses, particularly with the brilliant Blanchett to keep them on their oh-so-dainty toes.
Daisy is royalty in the mould of Sara Ogilvie's The Worst Princess (2012), recommended by the brilliant Letterbox Library.
A cross between Vizzini in The Princess Bride and Charlie Eppes in Numb3rs, Nassim Taleb is a brilliant, brilliant man and he wants to be sure you know it.
Robert Altman saw to that in "Nashville," his brilliant, Chaucerian film about the princes and princesses of country music, with egos the size of cathedrals, as well as the no-hopers.
