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HIGH JEWELRY BEYOND THE LIGHT AKH-BA-KA

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JEWELER’S

BEYOND THE LIGHT

AN INITIATIVE JOURNEY TO THE HEART OF ANCIENT EGYPT

This year, Valérie Messika explores the fascinating and mysterious allure of ancient Egypt. She presents a collection of solar and powerful high jewelry: Beyond the Light, an incandescent shower of gold and diamonds, a promise of eternal radiance. The Parisian Maison dreams of a unique and mystical journey. A magical odyssey where passion, audacity and excellence make up a fascinating and majestic collection of art without equal.

The artistic director perfectly combines her inspirations and her know-how. Through a purity of graphic shapes and lines, an imperial look and exceptional stones, Valérie Messika conducts a subtly tinged retro-futurist symphony of Egypt and its hypnotic mythology. Unique and innovative sets in which diamonds are transformed piece by piece result in a vibrant and mystical jewelery collection.

AKH-BA-KA

THE ODYSSEY OF AN EXCEPTIONAL DIAMOND

The Maison of Messika is writing a new chapter in its history with an extraordinary 33-carat diamond, an extraordinary stone that illuminates the centerpiece of the 2022 High Jewelery collection . Valérie Messika dares to take on an unexpected challenge by creating Akh-Ba-Ka, a set with a design inherently inspired by ancient Egyptian mythology and style, conceived in diamonds and white gold. The Heroic Diamonds featured in the game are 15 rare gems cut from the same 110-carat rough diamond.

In ancient Egyptian mythology, KA symbolizes vital energy and BA represents transformation, from flight to the afterlife. From the union of these forces springs AKH, the transfiguration of a person towards the light. Therefore Akh-Ba-Ka is transcendence, a fascinating epic of a diamond in the rough, as well as a story of transmission, family and unique know-how.

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THE RENAISSANCE OF AN EXTRAORDINARY ROUGH STONE

The 110-carat diamond is a bold venture that began at the Lucara mine in Botswana.

The mapping of the modular composition is followed by the moment of metamorphosis of this 110-carat rough gem into 15 cut diamonds. A meticulous effort, the precision of the work is inspired by the very nature of the rough diamond, which dictates what shapes it should take. The devotion and experience of the diamond dealer have joined with the bold instinct of the designer to bring this 110-carat rough diamond back to life in an incredible and unique high jewelery set that marks a milestone in the history of Messika Maison.

A UNIQUE MASTERY FOR AN EXCEPTIONAL NECKLACE

A true masterpiece within the ensemble, the necklace features 2,550 diamonds, totaling 71.49 carats. Its contemporary yet progressive design reinterprets the mythical Egyptian winged scarab through an ingenious combination of diamonds and faceted white gold. At the center of this extraordinary necklace, the 33-carat diamond is inserted through a subtle set of pendants. The strength of this gem comes from its extraordinary properties: classified D for its color and FI for its clarity. Therefore, this special stone is of a very rare purity. Its incomparable radiance makes it almost incandescent.

To bring out the best in a 33-carat diamond requires vision and know-how backed by exceptional craftsmanship. The creation of Akh-Ba-Ka required over 1,000 man hours, four to five full-time jewelers over 6 months using 800 diamond paves to set the 33-carat diamond. For this adventure in design, the House has multiplied the challenges by designing a transformable piece. The structure that cradles the 33-carat stone can be detached from the necklace to become a brooch. Another challenge more brilliantly taken up by master jewelers.

 

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Maison Boucheron - High Jewelry collections Care Blanche 2022
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Maison Boucheron – High Jewelry collections Care Blanche 2022

Maison Boucheron – High Jewelry collections Care Blanche 2022

Maison Boucheron offers the studio complete creative freedom. High Jewelry collections that put creation and innovation at the heart of emotion.

Ailleurs

Carte Blanche High Jewelry Collection July 2022

 

Ailleurs – Elsewhere – is where Claire Choisne and her studio are taking us with this new Collection. An “elsewhere” where everything becomes possible, without any borders, and where nature is in a raw state. From the deserts to the oceans, the mountains to the rainforests, Studio Boucheron has confronted and mixed together worlds and materials one could initially think are contradictory; where diamonds meet pebbles and burnt wood, gold meets rattan and meteorite.

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Holographique

Carte Blanche High Jewelry Collection July 2021

“With this Holographique collection, I sought to offer Boucheron a new definition of light. To capture its essence, I used color. Each piece is like a prism that captures the complexity of light by representing all the colors that comprise it. Each piece reveals the colors of the world in a new light.”
– Claire Choisne

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Contemplation

Carte Blanche High Jewelry Collection July 2020

Capturing a fleeting moment so it will never disappear. Suspending time. Expressing through creation what words cannot say. This is the poetry that Claire Choisne brings to us this year, in a personal, intimate and almost secretive collection of High Jewelry. She reinterprets the codes of Maison Boucheron and takes them on a journey into her own creative universe.

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FRENCH ART DE VIVRE – Louis Vuitton celebrates the Maison’s savoir-faire in London

FRENCH ART DE VIVRE

Louis Vuitton celebrates the House’s savoir-faire in London

THE JOURNEY THROUGH LONDON

Introducing French Art de Vivre: “Louis Vuitton and London” celebrates the House’s savoir-faire and its spirit of permanent innovation.

Featuring an admirable collection of trunks from the Maison’s archives, this exhibition pays tribute to the history that has linked Louis Vuitton to London since Georges Vuitton opened his first store in the city on March 1, 1885. Located at number 289 Oxford Street, this was the first store outside of France.

 

Proud of his family heritage and keen to promote both his passion for design and the influence of France abroad, the creator added the Gallic tricolor flag to his own signage. In one of the windows of the London store he placed a similar sign, along with one of the Louis Vuitton bed trunks used by French officers on their missions abroad, in a first example of singular window dressing.

In 1889, Georges opened a new establishment opposite Charing Cross, one of the most important London railway stations. Years later, in 1900, and with the intention of reflecting the sophistication of his creations, Georges decided to move to the heart of the city’s luxury district, at 149 New Bond Street, near where the current store is located today. .

Introducing French Art de Vivre:
“Louis Vuitton and London”
celebrates the House’s savoir-faire and its spirit of ongoing innovation.

In a tribute to the history that ties Louis Vuitton to London, since Georges Vuitton opened his first store in the city on March 1, 1885, this exhibition houses an admirable collection of trunks from the House’s archives.

The Men’s Club combines historical pieces from the archives together with current collections that exalt British art of lifestyle and entertainment. Created in the legendary Asnières workshop (France), each and every Louis Vuitton trunk brings to life the dreams and wishes of its customers around the world.

The sporting pastimes of the classic British lifestyle take center stage with splendid trunks such as those for poker games and outdoor activities. Trunks for casino games and DJ music celebrate recreational pursuits, while carrying trunks for champagne, wine and caviar extol the art of tasting.

In addition, the Men’s Club honors the spirit of its founder, Louis Vuitton, the inventor of a true “Art of Luggage”, with a selection of trunks for travel by land, sea and air.

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