2016
Red Carpet Collection
An anthem to femininity
The
Red Carpet Collection unveiled each year at the Cannes Film Festival provides
Chopard with a reoccurring opportunity to push beyond the limits of its haute
joaillerie while expressing cherished values. Worn by world-renowned actresses
on the famous steps of the Palais des Festivals, “Red Carpet” pieces draw as
much from the exceptional creativity of the Swiss-based Maison as on its
expertise in the field of High Jewellery.
Several Green Carpet creations
gracing this collection feature stunning emeralds from Zambia and illustrate
Chopard’s firmly rooted determination to combine ethics with aesthetics.
Since
1998, Chopard has served as Official Partner of the Cannes Film Festival - eighteen
years of passionately showcasing the quintessence of glamour. The Red Carpet
collection resulting from this special partnership was introduced in 2007 to
mark the 60th anniversary of the festival.
Intended to adorn stars
for their red carpet appearances, the creations stem from the imagination of
Chopard Co-President and Creative Director, Caroline Scheufele. They take shape
through a fascinating synergy between the various talents exercised within the House.
Ancestral skills, cutting-edge techniques and well-documented research meet and
mingle in attaining impressive heights of perfection and creativity.
Each
year Chopard challenges itself to increase the number of unique jewellery
pieces created to match the number of Festival editions to date, the number of
creations that emerge from the workshop grows by one each year.
So the 69th
iteration of the event will be celebrated with 69 extraordinary creations
inspired by women and their magnificent aura.
In praise of femininity
The 2016 collection
sets the stage for flowing, supple, open worked designs based on rounded shapes.
Evoking veils or lacework that gently caress the skin, it pays tribute to the
graceful, voluptuous charm of women and highlights their feminine beauty.
The
collection focuses on the necklace, the ultimate adornment that accentuates the
delicate lines of a décolletage and the silky softness of the skin whether it
is draped with a spectacular necklace with matching earrings featuring a merry
dance of daffodil yellow and white pear-cut and brilliant-cut diamonds or a
delightful choker with slender diamond-set scrolling motifs.
Alongside
rubies, sapphires, diamonds and emeralds of exceptional cut and quality, these necklaces
also reveal the most unexpected gems. Black opals, fire opals and sculpted jade
in turn enjoy their moment in the limelight.
Testifying to this splendid range
of colours is a superbly sensual tie-necklace composed of five rows of emerald
beads hemmed by sapphires, rubellites, tsavorites, topazes and amethysts,
setting the scene for a magnificent white opal.
Several
creations also feature titanium, a solid yet light innovative material that ideally
lends itself to majestic decors and atypical shapes. The use of this metal
enables even more fanciful and daring touches in that it can be coloured in a
wide range of hues, either vanishing beneath the finest gemsetting, or
enhancing the radiance of the stones it holds.
This alliance is admirably
embodied in wide earrings inspired by a paisley motif and set with cabochon-cut
sapphires, topazes as well as blue and orange sapphires.
A new stage in “The Journey”
Initiated by Chopard at the 66th Cannes Film Festival, The Journey to Sustainable Luxury has launched actions designed to
foster the development of responsible luxury. Since then, a Green Carpet
capsule collection has found its place within the Red Carpet collection.
The
Green Carpet High Jewellery creations by Chopard are crafted exclusively with
Fairmined-certified gold – a label guaranteeing that gold has been mined and
processed in compliance with environmental and ethical standards – and with
diamonds sourced from the IGC group, which is certified by the RJC Code of
Practices.
The
appearance of coloured stones among the “sustainable” creations in the
collection is a noteworthy development this year introduced under the guidance
of Caroline Scheufele. Chopard has signed a unique partnership with the
Gemfields group, a global leader in the mining of coloured stones.
In an industry first, emeralds
from Zambia will be fully validated by Eco-Age* through its Green Carpet
Challenge (GCC) Principles of Sustainable Excellence. These gems are an example of international best practice
in coloured gemstone mining, making an important contribution to the country’s
sustainable development.
For the first time, Chopard introduces responsible colored gemstones
in its Green Carpet Collection, thereby creating totally ethical and traceable
creations associating emeralds, diamonds from an RJC certified
diamond trader and Fairmined 18-carat white gold.
Their
peerless colours, their elegance and their delicacy make them one of Caroline
Scheufele’s favourite stones. Based around these precious emeralds she has
created an extremely elegant jewellery set composed of a ring, a necklace and
earrings.
*Eco-Age is a
brand consultancy specialising in sustainable solutions and Chopard’s partner
in delivering the Journey to Sustainable Luxury.
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