There is forever a romantic allure associated with haute couture, whether because it represents the best of France’s fashion heritage, because each piece is a work of art that is made to order, or because it requires a team of skilled petites mains to painstakingly put it together. When haute joaillerie is inspired by haute couture, that romance lingers – more so because this high art of dressmaking is reinterpreted through hard, precious materials such as diamonds, sapphires and white gold. Dior is likely the first maison that comes to mind whenever haute couture is mentioned, and during the Paris Haute Couture Week 2024 for spring/summer, Dior Joaillerie artistic director Victoire de Castellane paid homage to the brand’s dressmaking heritage with the 79-piece Dior Délicat high jewellery collection.
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com/sites/default/files/d8/images/canvas/2024/06/27/b769a8c4-04ab-40cb-af7c-4bfd8064a0ba_6fdbdc70.jpg"} Chopard introduced new additions to its Precious Lace high jewellery collection at this year’s Watches and Wonders fair in Geneva De Castellane chose to emphasise the embroidery and lace elements of Dior’s haute couture creations, with pieces including a choker-style necklace set with diamonds and rubellites in a floral design reminiscent of lac.