Applying the principles of haute couture to jewellery, the newest Dior Délicat collection is a dreamlike odyssey. Victoire de Castellane, the long-serving creative director of Dior Fine Jewellery, celebrates and reinterprets Dior’s heritage in intricate designs that beautifully balance the variety of precious stones selected. Each piece in this collection emulates the delicacy of embroidery.
Like couture garments, these creations follow and sublimate the body’s curves. As light as lace, the settings almost fade into the background, spotlighting rubies, emeralds, blue sapphires, rubellites, and tanzanites. As the stones reveal their bold hues, they intersect, intertwine, and overlap, perfectly embracing the contours of the hand, wrist, and neck. The captivating interplay of geometry and asymmetry reflects the savoir-faire cherished by Dior.
Inspirations for this collection include the Galons Dior line and Dearest Dior High Jewellery Collection. Galons Dior explores the rich diversity of braids in the couture universe, elegantly linking both couture and jewellery. Twirled, entangled, and suspended in harmonious balance, these braids are artistic masterpieces. Similarly, Dearest Dior underlines the grace of movement. These can be worn as close to the skin as possible, borrowing their finesse and lightness from lace. Finally, the hypnotic play of shine and transparency comes to life with lace made of gold—a result of extensive research and development. And just like the newest Dior Délicat collection, Dearest Dior constructed jewellery that seamlessly sits on the curves of the hand, wrist, and neck.
The seventy-nine models in the Dior Délicat collection are an ode to the House’s legacy and its virtuosic artisans. Within this collection, there is a subtle tribute to Monsieur Dior’s passion for nature and botany, epitomized by a white gold set punctuated with pique diamonds evoking vegetal details. Each piece personifies multi-faceted femininity, at once fragile and powerful, graceful and assertive.
