By Erika Winters
Need a stunning dose of royal purple this February? Wendy Brandes' Marie Antoinette earrings deliver with the pomp and complexity of one of the most fashionable and ill-fated monarchs in history. Ample custom-cut amethysts--each over 25 carats--wrapped in vines of pavé-set tsavorite garnets evoke the French monarchy's grip on the young queen. (If you haven't already, do read Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser, for unique perspective on this often misunderstood royal.)
