Stories in Stone: High Jewellery Pieces With Enduring Allure and Lasting Meaning

Through time‑honoured techniques and contemporary expressions, the season’s best high jewellery pieces tell a story—one of heritage, identity, and the enduring dialogue between culture and design

CARTIER Fauna and Flora necklace in white gold with emeralds and diamonds; stylist’s own corset bustier

Jewellery, at its most transcendent, doesn’t just sparkle—it speaks. Not in words, but in weight, memory, and myth. Every gemstone has a beginning. Every cut holds history.

This season, the best high jewellery pieces echo with high shine and high shimmer. Through forward-thinking houses and their time-honoured ateliers, each creation becomes a vessel, carrying stories of craftsmanship, culture, and the quiet magic of adornment.

CHANEL 1.5 1 Camélia. 5 Allures Diamant Evanescent earrings in white gold with diamonds; 1.5 1 Camélia. 5 Allures Diamant Evanescent ring in white gold with diamonds (on right index finger); N°5 Graphic N°5 ring in white gold with diamonds (on right ring finger); 1.5 1 Camélia. 5 Allures Diamant
Evanescent transformable necklace in white gold with diamonds; swimsuit; beanie

FRED Chance Infinie necklace in white gold with diamonds

BVLGARI high jewellery earring in white gold with diamonds; high jewellery necklace in white gold with an emerald and diamonds; high jewellery Divas’ Dream Divissima 33mm watch in white gold with emeralds, diamonds, a mother‑of‑pearl dial and an alligator leather strap; high jewellery ring in white gold with diamonds. Stylist’s own top with hood, skirt

MIKIMOTO The Bows high jewellery earring in white gold with a white South Sea cultured pearl, sapphires and diamonds; The Bows high jewellery necklace in white gold with a white South Sea cultured pearl, Akoya cultured pearls and diamonds. Stylist’s own dress

BOUCHERON Plume de Paon extra‑large tiara in white gold with diamonds, Plume de Paon white gold drop earring with tanzanites and diamonds; stylist’s own top

HERMÈS Les Formes de la Couleur Arc en Couleurs ring in rose gold with sapphires, tsavorite and spessartite garnets, tanzanites, amethysts and diamonds (on left middle finger); Hermès Diaprés ring in rose gold with a 2.50‑carat emerald‑cut diamond, mother‑of‑pearl, sapphires, tsavorite and spessartite garnets, amethysts and diamonds (on right index finger); Arc en Couleurs bracelet in rose gold with sapphires, tsavorite and spessartite garnets, tanzanites, amethysts and diamonds. Stylist’s own top, gloves

HERMÈS Les Formes de la Couleur Hermès Diaprés ring in rose gold with a 2.50‑carat emerald‑cut diamond, mother‑of‑pearl, sapphires, tsavorite and spessartite garnets, amethysts and diamonds (on right index finger); Arc en Couleurs bracelet in rose gold with sapphires, tsavorite and spessartite garnets, tanzanites, amethysts and diamonds; Arc en Couleurs ring in rose gold with sapphires, tsavorite and spessartite garnets, tanzanites, amethysts and diamonds. Stylist’s own top, skirt, gloves

PHOTOGRAPHY JOEL LOW
STYLING KELLY HSU
HAIR AND MAKEUP ZHOU AIYI, USING YSL BEAUTY
MODEL TANYA MADISSON/AVE MANAGEMENT
PRODUCER CHERYL LAI‑LIM
PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT EDDIE TEO

This story first appeared in the May 2025 issue of GRAZIA Singapore.

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