Maximum impact: how bold and colourful high jewellery is brightening up the season, with brands like Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Tiffany & Co. leading the trend

Jan 4 , 2024

Boucheron’s More is More collection. Photos: Handout

Pop art is the inspiration behind Boucheron’s More is More collection with its geometric shapes, while Piaget’s Metaphoria marries regal designs with eye-catching jewels

Tiffany & Co. is inspired by the sea anemone, Gucci’s Allegoria references the four seasons, while Louis Vuitton’s Deep Time tells the story of the creation of our planet

Quiet luxury has become the defining fashion trend of 2023, and while the concept is offering a tranquil touch to how people approach their personal style, this doesn’t mean there isn’t a time and place for the bold and colourful. Just as sunshine-yellow summer dresses and bright-pink jumpsuits can exist alongside a wardrobe of beige and cream cashmere separates, for those days when you want something more dramatic, the same can be said for statement-making jewellery on days when you want to give your day-to-day favourites a rest.

As the name suggests, Boucheron’s More is More collection is definitely jewellery that’s out to make a statement. With pop art as its inspiration, the collection’s pieces are striking and even audacious at times, featuring geometric shapes and bold colours in designs that challenge the concept of what high jewellery can be. Exhibit A: the An Apple a Day bracelet resembles a ball, in a size big enough to be a cuff, and features tsavorite garnets in vibrant green.

Boucheron More Is More collection, In The Pocket & An Apple A Day

One bow-shaped hairpiece, aptly named Tie the Knot, is a distinctive black, red and white creation some 29cm in length, with diamonds set alongside unconventional materials for high jewellery such as magnesium and bio-acetate – a material often used in eyewear. Solve Me is a playful piece that appears to have drawn inspiration from the Rubik’s Cube puzzle, its 20 cube-shaped pieces forming a necklace, and its sides featuring smooth grey or pink spinels, or set with pink sapphires and diamonds.

For the ideal combination of eye-catching and regal, there is the Alata ear cuff and matching stud from the Piaget Metaphoria collection. The ear cuff features two pear-shaped diamonds and overlapping petal-like pieces featuring either diamond pavé, gold or white mother-of-pearl, or Piaget’s special Décor Palace engraving that makes gold look like shimmering silk. Worn above the ear, with the gold and silver petals set against a backdrop of the wearer’s hairdo and an ear stud to add symmetry to the look, this Grecian-like set is an elegant way to make a statement and turn some heads.

Louis Vuitton Deep Time collection, Drift rings

There is also the Mineralis ear cuff, where the precious stones are set at the base of the cuff, featuring sapphires and diamonds set in 18k white gold.

Sea Anemone are the latest theme added to the Tiffany & Co. Blue Book 2023: Out of the Blue high jewellery collection, revealed in early October.

Tiffany & Co Blue Book 2023: Out Of The Blue, Pisces

The mesmerising body of this marine animal was depicted in a pieces just as intriguing, featuring an inverted setting where the diamonds are positioned with their culets facing out for a spiky effect. This includes a pair of earrings in 18k white gold and set with diamonds and blue cuprian elbaite tourmalines the colour of a clear blue sea – a dynamic set that demands a second look.