With a range of new high jewelry collections and projects this summer, we’re sharing some of our favorites, featuring maisons like Van Cleef & Arpels, Hermès, Boucheron, De Beers, Chopard, and Buccellati.
Hermès Radiates Color and Light’s Infinite Rays
Courtesy of Hermès.
Courtesy of Hermès.
Hermès’ new high jewelry collection, entitled “Les Formes de La Couleur,” captures the beauties of color, from fragments of light to the swipe of a paintbrush. As explained by Creative Director of Jewelry Pierre Hardy, “This collection expresses color in shapes. I wanted to find a way to express this fundamental phenomenon—of color, at Hermès—and build a strong, autonomous and independent identity.”
“This collection expresses color in shapes,”
—Pierre Hardy
The collection plays with color, geometric space, and precious stones to present multiple chapters within its pieces. “Arc en Couleurs” features soft colors in a gradient order and curved lines, as its pieces melt onto the skin. “Supracolor” channels the diffraction of light waves into a prism, as its necklace features a triangular quartz met with white, orange, and gray moonstone pearls, black and gray spinels, chalcedony, chrysoprase, rose quartz, and pink tourmaline.
Boucheron High Jewelry Channels Water’s Natural Essence
Courtesy of Boucheron.
Courtesy of Boucheron.
Inspired by the waters of Iceland, Boucheron Creative Director Claire Choisne presents 26 new high jewelry creations. The collection, titled “Or Bleu,” or “Blue Gold,” translates the beauties of powerful and raw waters into timeless jewelry pieces. Necklaces, bracelets, and more function as individual stills of the rush of natural water, from foam, to waves, to glaciers.
With the “Cascade” necklace, 3,000 hours of craftsmanship capture the mesmerizing allure of a dangling waterfall with white gold and diamonds. The 148cm piece is formed with 1,816 diamonds—the maison’s longest in history—and spreads generously across the collarbones and falls down the center of the body. The “Eau Vive” shoulder brooches depict crashing white water waves, sculpted from lightweight aluminum and pavé diamonds.
De Beers’ “Forces of Nature” Continues
Courtesy of De Beers Diamond Jewellers.
Courtesy of De Beers Diamond Jewellers.
Haute jewellerymaker De Beers presented the latest part of its high jewelry collection in Paris this June, featuring jewels inspired by animals hailing from southern Africa. The new pieces contribute to the maison’s “Forces of Nature” series, previewed in January with their eight Jacket and Crown rings. The lion, elephant, leopard, giraffe, kudu, buffalo, and rhinoceros serve as the maison’s inspiration for each set in the collection, as De Beers channels their distinct characteristics through jewels.
Noting the unmatched grace of giraffes, “Forces of Nature” includes the Dignity set, featuring nine designs that mirror the animal’s unique features. Designs feature the maison’s signature serti poinçon hand-engraving and innovative openwork techniques, depicting the jeweler’s savoir-faire craftsmanship as they echo the beauties of a giraffe’s rich print.
Buccellati’s Centennial Celebration Uplifts its Classic High Jewelry Designs
Courtesy of Buccalletti.
Courtesy of Buccalletti.
Debuting during Paris Haute Couture week, the celebrated high jeweler Buccellati presents “The Prince of Goldsmiths,” a selection of jewels for the maison’s 100-year anniversary. The celebration looks back through Buccellati’s century of history, drawing from their iconic motifs to present an array of mesmerizing high jewelry pieces. “The classics offer the pleasure of rediscovery, evoking timeless worlds of elegance, art and nature,” said Andrea Buccellati, Creative Director and Honorary President of the Maison. “Reinterpreting them means reinterpreting millennial traditions and forms with an always up-to-date look.”
“The classics offer the pleasure of rediscovery, evoking timeless worlds of elegance, art and nature,”
— Andrea Buccellati
The collection features the Buccellati Venezia Butterfly design, a classic symbol of the maison’s metamorphosis and continuous creative growth. The presentation featured butterfly motifs that date throughout Buccellati’s history, including one 1933 butterfly brooch in yellow, white, and pink gold with baroque pearls, emeralds, and diamonds. The celebration also features new additions to the maison’s creations, with new variants of their classic Cocktail rings and earrings, intricate brooches, and Ombelicali necklaces.
Chopard Explores the Fairytale World
Courtesy of Chopard.
Courtesy of Chopard.
First launched on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, Chopard’s Red Carpet 2024 collection made another appearance at Place Vendôme for Paris Couture Week. The collection features 77 pieces inspired by the enchanting quirkiness of fairy tales, drawing from these imaginary stories to funnel their magical imagery into wearable art.
From enchanted forests to fantastical creatures, Chopard’s necklaces, rings, earrings, and watches tell their own fantasy stories through celestial jewels. One sculptured necklace is formed with rose gold and titanium interlaced with tsavorite leaves, yellow sapphire flowers, and titanium acorns, a direct ode to the free-ranging branches of a wise oak tree. The maison’s latest collection is a testament to Chopard artisans’ simultaneous skill and passion for storytelling through their creations.
Van Cleef & Arpels Debuts its Historic Publication
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This summer, Van Cleef & Arpels celebrates the first volume of The Van Cleef & Arpels Collection (1906 – 1953), a publication that catalogs the maison’s history during the first half of the 20th century. The monograph highlights nearly 700 jewels, watchmaking pieces, and 200 archival documents that makeup Van Cleef & Arpels’ rich past.
The catalog contains three chapters: “The Creative Boom (1906 – 1925),” “A Unique Identity (1926 – 1937),” and “From Paris to New York (1938 – 1953).” From the jeweler’s formation in the Art Deco movement in Paris to the family’s expansion to the United States, the publication is a deep dive into the landmark events and distinct qualities of the maison. The book’s cover features the 1936 Flower brooch, which encapsulates both Van Cleef & Arpels’ Art Deco roots and the beginnings of the jeweler’s future iconic style.
