The gardens of Versailles, specifically the architectural details and manicured flora of the Jardins du Roi Soleil, served as inspiration for Dior’s latest high jewelry collection: Dior à Versailles, côté Jardins. Creative director of Dior Joaillerie, Victoire de Castellane, designed 66 pieces—29 being unique—including rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, timepieces, and brooches.
With a flair for savoir-faire, rubies, sapphires, opals, and emeralds strike the eye in floral bouquets. A cuff of sea life and seashells swirls with green, blue, pink, orange, and diamond stones. A brooch dazzles with vines of emeralds and diamonds. A timepiece harnesses an emerald face, just transparent enough to watch the hand tick by. And show-stopping rings overflow in a cornucopia of color and cut. The garden paths, arrangements, fountains, ornamental lakes, rose bushes, and even The King’s kitchen garden are romantically represented.
Dior à Versailles, côté Jardins.Courtesy of Dior.
“I wanted that, in each jewel, we rediscover the paradoxical combining of nature and culture, so characteristic of Le Nôtre’s work and of the park at Versailles,” said de Castellane.
Dior à Versailles, côté Jardins.Courtesy of Dior.
Dior à Versailles, côté Jardins.Courtesy of Dior.
Dior à Versailles, côté Jardins.Courtesy of Dior.
