How to Rob the Louvre
Sometimes I love capitalism, because how have we taken this heist that has likely been planned for countless hours and risked the lives of several people, to say “oh beautiful! It looks so shiny. Where do I get that?”
The Louvre jewelry heist was all-over everyone's feeds. Almost instantaneously every broadcaster, publisher, and influencer was making conspiracy theories, jokes, and ‘get ready with me to rob the Louvre’ videos.
Perhaps this is the Luigi Mangione effect; where our dopamine addicted brains are so obsessed with mysterious crime cases because it’s not only fuel for a doom scroll, but it creates this kind of community between generations on the internet.
Source: Unsplash
You've seen the items that have been stolen, I'm sure. Yes, the robbers have incredibly good taste. They stole from the Apollo Gallery, which is home to French crown jewels and many other precious items. They left with a sapphire tiara, a sapphire necklace and a single sapphire earring worn by Queen Marie-Amélie and Queen Hortense; A matching emerald necklace and emerald earrings worn by Marie-Louise (Napoleon Bonaparte’s second wife); A pearl tiara and large brooch that belonged to Empress Eugénie; and a brooch known as the “reliquary brooch.” These are all incredible stones and beautifully put-together pieces of jewelry, worn by some of the most famous women in French history.
The French have good taste, and this heist may be an opportunity for us, as consumers, to get some inspiration and update our jewelry collection. Here’s how you rob the Louvre.
A modern take on the pearl tiara.
Source: Mordekai.
The emerald necklace.
Source: Harry Winston.
And emerald earrings.
Source: Barmakian Jewelers.
For just nearing a million dollars, the sapphire necklace.
Source: Nally Jewels.
Source: Nally Jewels.
And the matching sapphire tiara.
Source: Costozon.
It would have caused less of a ruckus if those men just did a little bit of online shopping, but they did give us a good investigative doom scrolling session.