London Jewellery Week kicked off with cult architect Zaha Hadid showing a sculpted body piece embedded in Swarowski crystals. (photo Mitchell Sams)

The week was studded with spectacular events, including fireworks in the headquarters of the private bank Coutts and the launch of new collections. Here shown, a piece designed by Marios Schwab for the Swarowski Runway Rocks show. (photo Mitchell Sams)

Nadja Swarovski was bringing the bling at Runway Rocks last week. Among the designers included were bravura specialists Shaun Leane and Johnny Rocket, who designed this piece during London Jewellery Week. (photo Mitchell Sams)

Nadja Swarovski was bringing on the bling at Runway Rocks. Designers ranged from bravura jewelry specialists Shaun Leane and Johnny Rocket to the fashion wunderkind Christopher Kane (threading crystal ribbons through golden rings). They all showed different ways of embellishing the body: lighted with techno rubies by Hussein Chalayan; while the Indian designer Manish Arora created a multicolored skeleton worked on a bodysuit. Suzy Menkes www.iht.com