The Vogue Paris May 2011 ‘Casino’ bijoux editorial starring Anna Selezneva and lensed by Claudia Knoepfel & Stefan Indlekofer is so traditional, it reminds me of a Ralph Lauren editorial.

After comparing ‘Casino’ with the March 2010 Knoepfel & Indlekofer editorial ‘Grandeur Militaire’ under Carine Roitfeld, I will be having a bit of fun in Sensually Yours, playing psychoanalyst between the two women.

I want to be clear that for me bare breasts aren’t required to sell ‘les bijoux’.

Yes, we are focused on France, the nation that in 1748 published Enlightenment writer Denis Diderot’s ‘Les bijoux indiscrets’, an allegory that portrays Louis XV as the sultan Mangogul of the Congo who owns a majic ring that makes women’s genital ‘jewels’ talk.

Nevertheless, sex is not required to sell ‘les bijoux’, but imagination is. I bumped into this Fall/Winter 2010/2011 editorial ‘Stone Gold’ by Elias Wessel for Lush Magazine.

Featuring Alexandra Richards, daughter of Patti Hensen and Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, the editorial provokes. Alexandra is also an artist and DJ, leaving ‘Stone Gold’ to play to Emmanuelle Alt’s rock ‘n roll heritage but not her artistic vision.

Indeed, ‘Stone Gold’ is a Carine Roitfeld vision editorial. Anne