French jewellery house CARTIER named actress Elle Fanning as the brand’s latest global ambassador, and the new face of the their Grain de Café collection. To mark the beginning of the collaboration Elle Fanning wore pieces from the Grain de Café collection to the Met Gala. The Grain de Café collection was launched back in 1938, designed by Jeanne Touissant, it rose to fame in the 1950s, when actresses Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly started wearing it.
I am so proud to become Cartier’s global ambassador. The Grain de Café collection embodies so much of what makes Cartier’s style and savoir-faire unique; from exquisite gold work to the precious transformation of an everyday object. It is an honor to become the face of a creation that brings together elegance, glamour and radiant femininity. – Elle Fanning
To embody the beauty, heritage and sense of sunlight captured within the Grain de Café collection, we selected Elle Fanning for her talent, determination and range, which have allowed her to take on a variety of roles in the world of cinema. As our new Global Ambassador, she brings a luminous on-screen presence to the Grain de Café collection and campaign that recalls its most famous wearer, Princess Grace of Monaco. – Arnaud Carrez, Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer at Cartier
