Curative License

James de Givenchy, who for nearly two decades has been designing imaginative, unconventional, artful jewelry and accessories under the name Taffin, had never regarded his work as edgy—until he asked the artist Max Snow to select what he considered to be six defining Taffin pieces. Snow’s picks, which include a pair of diamond-and-gunmetal earrings and coral-and-silver skull bookends, join those of perfumer Frédéric Malle, stylist Elizabeth Stewart, and Pace Gallery founder Arne Glimcher in an exhibition on view through the end of December at de Givenchy’s newly opened Madison Avenue salon. “They’re all people I have great admiration for,” says the designer of his chosen curators. “I find it interesting to see myself through their eyes.”