Also, the role of numerology in Chanel’s new baubles and Foundrae’s perfect pairings
Words by REBECCA RUSSELL and ELIZABETH VARNELL
Chopard Reimagines Its Costa Mesa Perch
Swiss jeweler and watchmaker CHOPARD has redesigned its flagship boutique in Costa Mesa, inspired by the landscape and architecture of the region. Earthy tones, natural stone flooring, and open-plan spaces filled with light nod to indoor-outdoor California living. Bespoke hand-crafted Murano glass chandeliers with coffee bean shapes designed by Venetian glassmakers Barovier & Toso nod to coffee cultivated on farms in the state’s southern regions. Inside the 2,275-square-foot shop, jewelry and timepieces join fragrances and accessories amid custom furniture made with Rubelli fabrics. A lounge for haute joaillerie sits near a bridal salon and a gentlemen’s lounge, all showcasing the house’s ethical gold and Lucent Steel designs made with recycled steel. 3333 Bristol St., South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, 714-432-0963; chopard.com. E.V.
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Louis Vuitton Taps Flower Power
The LOUIS VUITTON monogram flower, first envisioned in 1896 by Georges-Louis Vuitton, is blossoming in a new assortment of colorful variations that expand on the house’s Color Blossom fine jewelry collection. White or pink mother-of-pearl or stones, including vibrant carnelian and striking green malachite, are polished to perfection and set with rose gold. Yellow gold is paired with deep onyx or blue-green amazonite in a wide variety of shapes and sizes of sautoirs, pendants, earrings, rings, and bracelets. The collection, first launched in 2015, is now more colorful, stackable, and personal, with shapes and blooms to suit the showers and flowers in the months ahead. louisvuitton.com. E.V.
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Dior Marks a Decade of Metal Petals
Victoire de Castellane, the artistic director for DIOR Joaillerie for more than two decades, explains that the Rose des Vents high jewelry collection is a “metaphor for creation.” The ever-expanding line —including necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings, brooches, and belts in a range of twinkling floral and stellate pendants and medallions — is celebrating 10 years of novel interpretations. The inspiration was taken from Christian Dior’s childhood home on the Normandy cliffs in France and a mosaic compass rose known as the “Rose des vents” found in his garden. “To create is to seek, to turn in circles, and then to find one’s cardinal reference point and set off on a journey,” says de Castellane. “Creation is the imprint of an immobile journey.” 309 North Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, 310-859-4700; dior.com. R.R.
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Foundrae Celebrates the Freedom to Love
The ever-fixed mark of love is the subject of FOUNDRAE’s United in Love collection, designed to celebrate the freedom to love as people, lovers, soulmates, partners, or friends. Yellow gold Commitment Medallions and pendants are complete with pierces around an outer border that evokes the ancient Roman god Cupid, whose arrows strike mortal hearts. Customizable Four Heart Clover pendants with the phrase “Will you marry me?” can include two pavé diamond initials and two pear-shaped stones for the lucky pair. There are also engagement rings, customizable cigar bands with cream or black ceramic, stackable rings, and bracelets and vow renewal gifts. 8405 Melrose Pl., L.A., 323-424-4304; foundrae.com. E.V.
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Tiffany & Co. Looks to the Seas for Its Latest Blue Book launch
Jean Schlumberger’s fanciful aquatic jewelry designs — 1968 seahorse brooches are touchstones — have inspired the water-driven creations in TIFFANY & CO.’s latest Blue Book collection, Sea of Wonder. Designed by Nathalie Verdeille, chief artistic officer of jewelry and high jewelry, the new collection includes underwater flora, undulating waves, and some of the most graceful creatures of the deep, including the beloved sea horses and starfish. Colors mimic the hues of the seas from iridescent swaths of sunlight filtered through waves to the deep blues of the ocean’s uncharted depths. The high jewelry includes an Ocean Flora necklace with Zambian emeralds; Seahorse selections with fluted moonstones, zircons, and sapphires; and Sea Turtles pendants detailed with diamond patterns that transform to a brooch. A dynamic Wave necklace is set with diamonds and vivid blue cuprian elbaite tourmalines mimicking the color spectrum of the world’s oceans. tiffany.com. E.V.
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Chanel’s New Baubles Nod to the House’s Most Desired Fragrance
The number five sits at the pinnacle of CHANEL’s house codes. A favorite of its founder that graces its famed floral fragrance, it’s now also a gold-and-diamond integer incorporated into necklaces and bracelets. The new fine jewelry additions to Collection N5 include a short Eternal N5 Diamond Line necklace that can be adjusted to become a choker and a matching bracelet, both designed in white, beige, or yellow gold. Also launching are a yellow gold Eternal bangle as well as a yellow gold Eternal ring. In these new pieces, the scent, created in 1921 by Ernest Beaux, is transformed into a number set with diamonds and with beveled edges evoking the perfume bottle’s structure. The bracelet’s invisible clasp imitates that of another beloved house design, the 2.55 handbag. chanel.com. E.V.
Portions of this story originally appeared in the Summer 2025 issue of C Magazine.
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