Style Edit: Boucheron’s Untamed Nature, creative director Claire Choisne’s latest Histoire de Style collection, celebrates the beauty and variety of plants and insects

Feb 24 , 2025

Boucheron’s Untamed Nature, creative director Claire Choisne’s latest Histoire de Style collection, celebrates the beauty and variety of plants and insects. Photo: Handout

The maison’s latest high jewellery collection is inspired by its founder Frédéric Boucheron’s love of nature as well as the forms of plants like lingonberry, thistle and fuchsia

For over a century, Boucheron has drawn inspiration from the natural world, but Untamed Nature, the maison’s latest Histoire de Style collection, takes this connection to an entirely new level. Under the creative vision of Claire Choisne, the maison revisits its founder Frédéric Boucheron’s deep connection to nature – not as something delicate or ornamental, but as something alive, untamed and ever-evolving. Staying true to heritage, the collection is crafted exclusively in white gold and white diamonds, just as Boucheron himself did in the late 19th century.

From delicate perennials to resilient wildflowers, each floral piece in Untamed Nature carries meaning – love, loyalty and abundance expressed through shimmering botanical forms.

Among the stand-out creations is the Lingonberry necklace, a masterclass in transformable design. Inspired by the hardy Arctic shrub, this intricate piece features diamond-paved leaves on a flexible structure that moulds to the body. Sections of the necklace detach to form cascading brooches, showcasing Boucheron’s mastery of movement and balance.

Boucheron Airelles (Lingonberries) necklace-brooch in white gold set with pavé diamonds. Photo: Handout

Capturing the lightness and fluidity of nature, the Fuchsia earrings embody the flower’s delicate grace, with individually sculpted petals and articulated pistils that sway with the slightest motion, culminating in two perfectly matched two-carat diamonds.

Oat Grass hair jewels offer a contemporary take on adornment, transforming into fibula brooches with spikelets that quiver as if caught in a breeze.

Boucheron Fuchsia brooch in white gold set with pavé diamonds. Photo: Handout

The maison’s artisans also breathe new life into historic motifs, such as the Thistle necklace and brooch, homages to a 1878 design. Boucheron’s jewellers use computer-aided design to replicate the thistle’s spiky structure while ensuring a smooth, wearable fit.

Similarly, the Cyclamen earrings feature rose-cut diamonds precisely set to follow the curve of each petal – testament to meticulous craftsmanship.

Boucheron Cyclamen jewellery set; the earrings are asymmetrical. Photo: Handout