October 12, 2025Here are a few things you might not know about Camille Charrière, one of fashion’s most influential tastemakers: She’s obsessed with cats (she has one named Ravioli), she’s staunchly anti-rose gold (“I don’t know if it’s because it doesn’t suit my skin tone or because it’s too modern for me”), and she’s the proud owner of a rare Elsa Peretti for Tiffany Co. silver saddle clutch — a piece that took her more than a year to track down.
A journalist, podcaster, creative consultant and content creator with more than 1.4 million followers on Instagram alone, Charrière is a multi-hyphenate who possesses a firm grip on life along with the allure of someone delightfully playful and just a little bit chaotic (a recent Instagram post reveals that she’ll make a mad dash for a train in three-inch heels and make it) — much like Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City, one of her many fashion icons. While Carrie had her tell-all book, Charrière played a pivotal role in shaping the fashion-influencer landscape of the early 2010s, despite studying to become a lawyer and working at a London hedge fund. And she boasts a bicultural heritage: She grew up in Paris with an English mother and French father, moving to London at 25.
Her blog, Camille over the Rainbow, which she started as a hobby and a creative outlet from corporate life, quickly became a platform for expressing a distinctive, artful aesthetic that struck a balance between insouciance and refined glamour. In 2010, she left the world of finance behind, having found her calling in fashion as a style setter and astute observer of trends. Her discerning eye soon led to writing opportunities with Net-a-Porter and MatchesFashion. Since then, she has collaborated on capsule collections with such brands as Mango and the Frankie Shop and taken on numerous ambassadorial roles and projects for the likes of Miu Miu, Chopard and Chloé. Charrière’s career naturally expanded into fresh creative realms, including the podcast Fashion No Filter, cohosted with fellow journalist Monica Ainley. She exited the blogging space around 2015, seeking out new platforms on which to share her voice more authentically and express her commitment to conscious consumerism.
Today, Charrière is working on her debut memoir, Ashamed, consisting of essays that cover topics ranging from female friendships to mental health and fertility. Slated for publication in June 2026, it is, as its tongue-in-cheek title suggests, an invitation to embrace conversations we all too often avoid having.
Charrière’s enchanting personal style prompted 1stDibs to ask her to curate a collection of jewelry, and on a phone call with Introspective from her West London home, she launched into the subject with infectious enthusiasm.
“I’ve recently fallen back in love with silver jewelry, which I didn’t wear for a decade. I think it can look so polished and crisp but also quite edgy,” she says, adding that this rekindling of affection is reflected in a shift in her wardrobe. “I’ve begun dressing much more rock and roll again, with lots of black, slimmer jeans and lots of leather, channeling an early-two-thousands Kate Moss vibe. I’ve found myself longing for big silver cuffs, lots of bangles and stacked rings.”
Whether sitting front row at a fashion show or hanging out with famous friends in an impossibly chic location, Charrière seamlessly blends vintage and designer pieces into looks that defy easy categorization. Her style draws on an achingly cool smorgasbord of references, from French soubrette chic and sleek minimalism to beachy boho elegance and Jacqueline Bisset–esque preppy polish to her aforementioned current favorite, grunge glamour with a coquettish spin.
“I didn’t study fashion, and my parents are academics who didn’t see the worth of clothes beyond their pragmatic use. They also weren’t the kind of people who had a thousand pounds to spend on a designer bag,” she recalls. “But fashion, for me, was something I craved from a very young age without ever understanding it. When I hit my twenties, I realized that designers weave storytelling into their collections and have a lot more to say than just wanting to make you look pretty.”
Storytelling, it seems, is also Charrière’s forte, in both written and visual form. Through the candid, girl-about-town fashion shots seen on her social media accounts, she doesn’t just showcase her outfits, she crafts a narrative, inviting her followers to feel the fun and spontaneity behind each look. For Charrière, getting dressed is a transportive act, a way to slip into different versions of herself. And jewelry is not merely a finishing touch but an essential element in the process. “Choosing jewelry is a little like choosing art,” she explains. “It really has to speak to me for me to feel happy wearing it.”
Charrière often keeps her hands bare or rotates her rings, and she doesn’t always wear her wedding band. “I even had a little tattoo done on my ring finger as a way of seeking forgiveness from my husband!” she jokes. “I’m actually not great with rings because I’m a writer and super fidgety, so having something in my line of sight all the time can be really distracting.”
Instead, her most cherished piece of jewelry from her husband, film producer François Larpin, is a diamond tennis necklace. “To me, it symbolizes that bond — a more intimate eternity band than a ring,” she says. “I put it on at the start of summer and basically leave it on for months. It’s the kind of piece you can wear with everything.”
Crosses also hold special significance for Charrière. “My husband bought me a cross when we first met and said, ‘I’m so glad our paths have crossed,’ ” she recalls. “And I’ve been collecting crucifixes ever since. I especially love the ones I’ve found in Italy, and I recently found a beautiful one in Sicily. I like to buy jewelry from places that are memorable to me, so it feels like I’ve brought a little piece of that country or holiday home forever.”
Charrière’s 1stDibs curation reads like a personal wish list. “I scroll the site obsessively, the way other people scroll Instagram,” she says. “I have a ton of things in my dream basket!”
Featured prominently in her 1stDibs jewelry selection is a Cartier Baignoire watch in yellow gold, which she hopes to gift herself once she’s finished writing her book. Predictably, the collection also includes cross pendants, both delicate and bejeweled — “like the ones Madonna used to wear in the nineties,” she says. And there’s a charming vintage cat-and-mouse gold-and-rhinestone brooch crafted in the 1980s, which she describes as a playful modern take on the brooches she imagines owning in her later years.
“I love cats, and I think it would be cool to collect [themed pieces] when I’m older. People will say, ‘That’s why she couldn’t afford a house. She frittered away all her money on diamond cat brooches!’ ”
For Charrière, people watching is an active pastime, and considering the circles she moves in, she has no shortage of stylish tastemakers to observe up close. “I have friends, like the stylist Julia Sarr-Jamois and the model Adwoa Aboah, who have this effortless way with jewelry, layering random pieces and making it look incredible,” she says. “My French side won’t allow me to do that. The Coco Chanel voice always echoes in my head, telling me to take one thing off before I leave the house.”
That said, she doesn’t shy away from dramatic accessories. Her 1stDibs curation also includes several statement chokers, like a cascading beaded necklace by John Galliano for Dior. “I’m a latecomer to the Galliano superfandom,” Charrière says. “But I got to wear pieces from his archive at my wedding. When you wear his designs, you realize his silhouettes — those beautiful silky dresses cut on the bias — really call for statement pieces. His jewelry feels like treasure, helping you embody the women who inspired his collections.”
She imagines pairing a large sculptural choker by Tom Ford for Gucci with a plunging black silk evening dress or wearing it more casually over a black turtleneck with slim-fit trousers and flats for a daring daytime look.
Charrière’s favorite heritage jewels from her video shoot with 1stDibs surprised her. “I usually love aquamarines, as they feel cooler and more playful than white diamonds, but I found myself drawn to the deeper blue of a Ceylon sapphire set with diamonds in an Art Deco ring. It was one of those pieces that just felt right the moment I put it on,” she says, adding with a sigh and the hint of a smile, “It’ll have to go in the dream basket. But I’d quite like it. I’d really quite like it — now.”
