Ssssss... the serpent and the art of seduction. In Madrid a few weeks back for the spectacular launch of Cartier’s High Jewellery collection, Beautes du Monde, we saw the ssssssensational serpent necklace made by Cartier in 1968 for Mexican firebrand movie star Maria Felix. In the exact proportions of a live snake, articulated to slither, the serpent is now part of Cartier’s museum collection. Swipe to see the actress known as La Dona wearing her crocodile necklace, also commissioned from Cartier and apparently modelled from her own pet crocs.