Check out these 5 jewellery designers which are reinventing pearls
| Apr 17, 2018, 13:33 IST
In 2009 the jewellery designer Camille Miceli at Dior arrived which signalled a new, more playful approach to pearls. And in addition to that the rise in popularity of face-framing accessories led by Instagram and fashion brands like Gucci and Céline, as well as independent designers Sophie Bille Brahe, Delfina Delettrez and Gaia Repossi, and all of you have the perfect backdrop for the resurgence of the pearl.
Julie Nielsdotter
Mateo
Pernille Lauridsen
The Copenhagen-based designer, who set up her eponymous label in 2013, has used pink freshwater pearls as diamonds, setting one on the top of her Portia ring just where a solitaire would be, and created miniature orbiting systems featuring two round pearls of different dimensions, connected by a thin gold bar. With other pieces, Lauridsen has created an enticing underwater fairytale universe. Combining Keshi, South Sea and baroque pearls with colourful gemstones, her Waves earrings are all set on undulating silver and gold stems that move as the wearer walks.
Lia Di Gregorio
Lia Di Gregorio was initially taken by pearls for their clean, spherical shape and neutral colour. “I was influenced by what was happening in fashion at the time, by that wave of conceptualism. It was instinctive for me to use a precious object that I viewed as a solid shape—the pearl—and overturn its [usual] position.” The designer personally creates all the prototypes and closely follows the work of her Milanese artisans. “It’s an old-style operation. It’s tiring and requires time, but the beauty is that it allows me to have this kind of attention to detail.”
Mizuki
Goltz is known for her unusual pairings pearls and leather, she’s discovered, make excellent bedfellows and experimentation pearls in her designs don’t stand alone as they usually do, instead, she modifies them with gold lacquer and diamond embellishments. She has also found innovative ways of wearing them her ear cuff design, for example, wedges a pearl in the outer ear.
Julie Nielsdotter
Mateo
Pernille Lauridsen
The Copenhagen-based designer, who set up her eponymous label in 2013, has used pink freshwater pearls as diamonds, setting one on the top of her Portia ring just where a solitaire would be, and created miniature orbiting systems featuring two round pearls of different dimensions, connected by a thin gold bar. With other pieces, Lauridsen has created an enticing underwater fairytale universe. Combining Keshi, South Sea and baroque pearls with colourful gemstones, her Waves earrings are all set on undulating silver and gold stems that move as the wearer walks.
Lia Di Gregorio
Lia Di Gregorio was initially taken by pearls for their clean, spherical shape and neutral colour. “I was influenced by what was happening in fashion at the time, by that wave of conceptualism. It was instinctive for me to use a precious object that I viewed as a solid shape—the pearl—and overturn its [usual] position.” The designer personally creates all the prototypes and closely follows the work of her Milanese artisans. “It’s an old-style operation. It’s tiring and requires time, but the beauty is that it allows me to have this kind of attention to detail.”
Mizuki
Goltz is known for her unusual pairings pearls and leather, she’s discovered, make excellent bedfellows and experimentation pearls in her designs don’t stand alone as they usually do, instead, she modifies them with gold lacquer and diamond embellishments. She has also found innovative ways of wearing them her ear cuff design, for example, wedges a pearl in the outer ear.