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Applying the principles of haute couture to jewellery, Victoire de Castellane celebrates and reinterprets Dior’s heritage with a profusion of stones in varying sizes and colours. This ambition is realized in an exclusive, unprecedented collection entitled Dior Délicat—a dreamlike odyssey where pieces emulate the delicacy of embroidery.
Just as the Petites Mains of the Ateliers craft fabric, the Artistic Director of Dior Joaillerie unites the motifs of the Galons Dior line with the elegance of Dearest Dior, embellishing each element in a unique manner to bring new, exceptional creations to life.
Infinitely combinable, these pieces follow and enhance the curves of the body like couture garments, intersecting, intertwining, overlapping, mingling, and parting. With the finesse and lightness of lace, the settings seem to fade into the background, allowing rubies, emeralds, blue sapphires, rubellites, and tanzanites to reveal their bold hues in complex compositions that reflect the savoir-faire cherished by Dior.
In an entrancing interplay of geometry and asymmetry, the jewels perfectly embrace the contours of the hand, wrist, and neck, as if laid directly on the skin. A subtle tribute to Monsieur Dior’s passion for nature and botany, a white gold set—featuring a necklace, a cuff bracelet, a double ring, and a pair of earrings—is punctuated with pique diamonds evoking vegetal details.
A plural ode to the House’s legacy and the virtuosity of its artisans is translated through seventy-nine models—objects of desire magnified by gems in vibrant tones, inviting numerous associations. These pieces express multi-faceted femininity, at once fragile and powerful, graceful and assertive.
