A summer collection inspired by peacocks, meteors and stars ignites its jewelry with fire and shooting stars.

A summer collection inspired by peacocks, meteors and stars ignites its jewelry with fire and shooting stars.

Many fashion or jewelry houses have two births: a founding birth; meaning the date of its launch, and a second birth that is often creative, infusing it with an artistic spirit that changes its course and takes it to new horizons that cannot be imagined. This is largely true of the jewelry house “Tiffany & Co.”

It was born, the first time, by Charles Lewis Tiffany in 1837, and the second time by Jean Schlumberger in 1956, after a meeting with Walter Hoving, the board of directors of “Tiffany & Co.” at the time, to begin a new chapter in the history of “Tiffany & Co.” Schlumberger introduced glowing stones and innovative shapes that remain icons of the house to this day. The house and all the designers who have succeeded in leading it acknowledge that he was a unique designer who left behind a rich archive from which they continue to draw unique creations and masterpieces, the latest of which was the “Tiffany Celeste: Blue Book 2024” collection. As its name suggests, Nathalie Vedel, Creative Director of Fine Jewelry, drew on Schlumberger’s imagination and his aspiration to the heavens, to craft pieces that derive their brilliance from the sun’s rays, stars, constellations, and distant galaxies.

Jean Schlumberger’s artistic vision of these constellations was evident in this collection. A vision that summed up the meaning of both poetic and artistic metaphor. Designer Nathalie had previously presented a collection at the beginning of the year with these themes, which she directed towards the spring season, and in which she highlighted six designs: “Wings”, “Arrow”, “Constellation”, “Iconic Star”, “Ray of Light”, and “Apollo”. She then returned to them recently in a collection directed towards the summer, which she divided into three chapters: “Peacock”, “Shooting Star”, and “Flames”.

The Peacock chapter, for example, is inspired, as its name suggests, by the feathers of this iridescent bird, whose descriptions European naturalists thought were a figment of the imagination when they first heard of it. To this day, the colors of its feathers still captivate and inspire a sense of awe before its beauty. To translate its image, Nathalie used vibrant stones such as tanzanite, green tourmaline, and diamonds. Another necklace from this chapter features 17 cushion-cut tanzanites weighing over 108 carats, while the Peacock brooch displays cushion-cut tanzanites weighing over 13 carats. The Shooting Star chapter is also inspired by the archives left by Jean Schlumberger, interpreting it in a classic silhouette of stars with ascending bands that mimic the shimmering paths of a shooting star. This image is embodied in a diamond necklace set with over 78 carats of amethyst. The phenomenon of light is captured in one manifestation through the sparkling diamond ribbons set in yellow gold that flow around a large, sumptuous amethyst, and in another, through a dazzling display of sparkling diamonds.