Is it possible for a necklace to replicate fur? What about the crumpled effect of tie-dye? When Francesca Amfitheatrof, Louis Vuitton’s artistic director for watches and jewelry, set her mind to expressing her fascination with cosmology in her new, Stellar Times, she found validation in the luxury company’s own raison d’être, L’Art du Voyage.

Interview of Valérie Messika

CHANEL / SOTHEBY'S DIAMONDS / YVES SALOMON / VAN CLEEF & ARPELS / OFFICINE GULLO

BOGHOSSIAN / FABERGÉ AND HARRY WINSTON

JAEGER-LECOULTRE / BVLGARI / DIOR / Tiffany & Co. / LALIQUE / LYDIA COURTEILLE / MARGARET JEWELS / VAN CLEEF & ARPELS

TIFFANY & CO. SCHLUMBERGER®, TIFFANY & CO. AND VAN CLEEF & ARPELS

JESSICA MCCORMACK / PIAGET / POMELLATO

DIOR / DOLCE & GABBANA / GRAFF / MESSIKA

BOODLES / BOUCHERON / BUCCELLATI

CARTIER / CHAUMET / CHOPARD / DAVID MORRIS

The Hexagon Cuff by David Morris: the human mind envisioned it, technology made it possible, and a leap of faith was the catalyst. Time is not of the essence, prototyping is key. To set fancy shaped diamonds is in itself a difficult task. To make a piece flexible requires additional skills, especially if the flexibility is transversal, not just one-directional.

OSCAR HEYMAN / RUBELLI / GLENN SPIRO / CARTIER / HARRY WINSTON / DOLCE & GABBANA / CHRISTIES & ANNA HU / HUMBERT POYET / CHRISTIES AUCTION / SOTHEBYS AUCTION / RÉNE CAOVILLA / SUNITA NAHATA