This season’s high jewellery smoulders in sunset shades
Vivid hues and striking silhouettes combine in new high jewellery from Van Cleef & Arpels, Cartier and Tiffany & Co
Throughout: Model: Astrid Østergaard at Heartbreak Management. Casting: Suun Consultancy. Hair: Malin Wallin at Blend Management Paris using Oribe. Make-up: Eny Whitehead using Chanel Beauty. Local production: Clara Perrotte. Photography assistant: Thi-Léa Le. Fashion assistant: Apolline Baillet. Production assistant: Thibaut Pezerat. Retouching: Lasso Studio
For A/W 2025, high jewellery encompasses bold and colourful forms. From Fernando Jorge's fluid silhouettes to Buccellati's pop of colour and Hermès' intricately rendered cuff, it's all about the details.
For Louis Vuitton, silhouettes are oversized, while Cartier's delicately sized earrings champion the pared-back. Van Cleef & Arpels and Tiffany & Co demonstrate their mastery of embellishment, while Piaget's delicate watch swinging from a necklace of precious stones rewrites jewellery rules entirely. Taken together, these pieces make for high jewellery that is exciting, bold and very modern.
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‘Macri Color’ yellow and white gold ring with rose-cut diamonds and citrine, by Buccellati. Dress, £1,085, by Ferragamo
'H' rose gold cuff with diamonds; waistcoat, £4,160; jumper, £1,200; skirt, £9,270, all by Hermès
‘Gorgiera’ white and yellow gold necklace with diamonds, by Van Cleef & Arpels. Cardigan with mesh overlay, £990, by MM6 Maison Margiela
‘Florescence’ white gold necklace with rubellite tourmalines, star-cut diamonds, grey pearls and ornamental stones; dress, £4,150, both by Louis Vuitton
‘En Équilibre’ rose and yellow gold earrings with black opals, umba sapphires, coloured sapphires and brilliant-cut diamonds, by Cartier. Dress, £1,510, by Issey Miyake
‘Sea of Wonder’ platinum ring with diamonds and an unenhanced ruby; platinum and yellow gold earrings with diamonds and unenhanced rubies, both by Tiffany & Co. Top, £505, by Renaissance Renaissance
'Swinging Sautoir’ rose gold necklace watch with cushion-cut pink spinel, cabochon white opal, yellow sapphires, diamonds, cornaline and ruby root beads, and ruby root dial, by Piaget. Dress, $1,090, by Ann Demeulemeester
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Hannah Silver is the Art, Culture, Watches & Jewellery Editor of Wallpaper*. Since joining in 2019, she has overseen offbeat art trends and conducted in-depth profiles, as well as writing and commissioning extensively across the worlds of culture and luxury. She enjoys travelling, visiting artists' studios and viewing exhibitions around the world, and has interviewed artists and designers including Maggi Hambling, William Kentridge, Jonathan Anderson, Chantal Joffe, Lubaina Himid, Tilda Swinton and Mickalene Thomas.
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