Whoever said diamonds are a girl's best friend clearly hadn't met tourmalines, emeralds, or a 20-carat blue diamond.
Paris Haute Couture Week delivered the usual feast of fantasy, with the world's jewelry maisons unveiling this season’s artistic creations. From butterflies dripping in gemstones to detachable diamond earrings and necklaces fit for royalty (quite literally), here’s what’s currently sitting at the very top of our wishlist.
High jewelery must-haves
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Butterfly pendant, Graff
Inspired by nature’s ethereal beauty, this delicate butterfly pendant features a dégradé of sapphires, tourmalines, and diamond arcs, while mini butterflies extend towards the tip of the pin. The tourmalines, considered among the rarest gemstones in the world, have vivid hues that catch the eye and sparkle in the light.
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Nail ornaments, Mellerio
Worn alone, or as a total look across all ten fingers, Mellerio’s nail ornaments feature a delicate mesh entirely set with diamonds. At Paris Haute Couture Week, the brand revealed two new versions to add to its existing collection: white gold and black diamonds, and ‘tutti frutti’ yellow gold.
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Jardin eméraude de Monte-Carlo necklace, Anna Hu
Anna Hu presented two new high jewelry collections at Paris Haute Couture Week, one of which included this bedazzling necklace. It’s made with five Zambian cabochon emeralds totalling over 105 carats, and is framed by diamond openwork inspired by Beijing's Palace Museum.
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Human being flower ring, Boucheron
Taking around 340 hours of work to complete, each Boucheron’s flower ring is set with a 0.71-carat diamond and pink quartz totalling 141 carats, and paved with diamonds in sapphire glass. It’s a statement piece if ever there was one.
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Le Okavango Blue necklace, Messika
Featuring a 20.46-carat Okavango Blue diamond – the largest and rarest blue diamond ever discovered in Botswana – this coiled necklace by Messika is sure to impress. A cascade of more than 500 diamonds envelope the blue one for a striking finish.
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L'éclat Majestueux shoulder brooch, Mikimoto
This shoulder brooch by Mikimoto is described by the jewelry maison as a ‘stream of light emanating from the jet-black expanse of space.’ It features clear aquamarine hue, tourmaline, tanzanite, diamond, and mother-of-pearl.
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Muse éternelle clip, Van Cleef & Arpels
Inspired by the attributes embodied by Cleopatra, Van Cleef & Arpels’s brooch showcases the historical Egyptian figure draped in diamonds and precious metals, with streams of 18K yellow gold forming her costume.
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Riviera necklace, David Morris
David Morris’s Riviera necklace is crafted with rows of gleaming white diamonds and sapphire accents. At its center, there’s a cushion cut Sri Lankan sapphire in a bold, brilliant royal blue hue. At 184.15 carats, it is the largest sapphire in the history of David Morris.
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Serenissima earrings, Buccellati
A honeycomb design forms the base of these drop pendant earrings from Buccellati, made with a 2.3-carat diamond. Perhaps most interesting of all is that the pendant part is detachable – making this pair set earrings in one.
