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The latest fabulousness from Janet Mavec is the Millefleurs, the Earring of 1,000 Flowers. Delicate lilac-type shapes are knit together into a circular burst of floriferous joy.

Just to get a little pedantic, the Millefleurs is a style of tapestry that had its heyday during the Renaissance—although the style dates back to the Medieval Ages. One thousand flowers were woven into the textile’s background. As to who counted the fleurs to verify that there were a mille, that’s been lost to the annals of history.

We have, however, revived the millefleurs, to be worn on the ears of the new new Renaissance women. We contemplated 1,000 flowers per earring, but wisely envisioned it as an unwieldy fashion nightmare. Instead, we took poetic license for the name.

If one flower can lift the spirit, we bet 1,000ish will lift you well above the ground.

A real Renaissance kind of woman would wear these anywhere for a statement. They pair equally well with a sundress or a sundown-dress. Up-do a must—all the better for seeing these sophisticated flowers that come in silver or gold.

The “Lady and the Unicorn” tapestries at the Musee De Cluny in Paris are characterized by a background of an abundance of flora—flowers, orange trees, pines, hollies, oaks—and fauna. Monkeys, dogs, rabbits, herons—a peaceable bestiary—romp among the plant scenery.

Gustav Klimt Bauerngarten painting of a thousand flowers was the highest price paid for a landscape by the artist.

There is a Millefleurs chicken -The Mille Fleur d’Uccle bantam chicken has a “base of warm mahogany feathers, each one marked with a black crescent moon and tipped with a gibbous silver spangle… it’s like holding a tiny bouquet of cheery flowers or a collection of sparkling stars!”