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Cartier’s animal-inspired creations are among the stand-out new jewellery highlights. Photo: Handout
Luxury brands

7 jewellery highlights for September from luxury houses

This month’s stand-out creations showcase elevated craftsmanship, wearable diamonds and bold new signatures.

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Style shoot: Louis Vuitton’s Mythica high jewellery collection

Jewellery

Zendaya, Coco Gauff and the return of the tennis bracelet

Jewellery

Why one of the most interesting places to find modern jewellery is Scotland

Scotland is becoming a growing centre for contemporary luxury jewellery as designers draw on the country’s cultural and natural influences.

Rings from Scottish fine jewellery gallery Aetla, which opened in Edinburgh in 2020 and promotes contemporary jewellery made by independent jewellers. Photo: Aetla
Van Cleef & Arpels

Style shoot: Van Cleef & Arpels’ Fascinating Egypt high jewellery collection

The Parisian maison’s sculptural pieces dazzle against timeless separates in neutral tones and textures.

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Style Edit: Van Cleef & Arpels opens new, larger Hong Kong Maison

The French jeweller’s expanded space at Alexandra House – part of the US$1 billion Landmark upgrade – serves as a welcoming ‘lighthouse’ for locals and tourists alike.

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Jewellery

9 jewellery pieces for summer, from Dior to Van Cleef & Arpels’ homage to Cher

Chaumet celebrates prosperity and abundance through an ear of wheat, while Yvonne Léon’s Vase brooch pendant can be filled with various ‘flowers’.

Van Cleef & Arpels’ Muse Éternelle is inspired by a 1988 photo of Cher dressed as Queen Cleopatra. Photos: Getty Images; Handout
Timepieces

Why modern watchmakers are ditching the crown

After almost 2 centuries of being a necessary evil in watch design, is the crown gradually being ushered into history?

Jewellery

How high jewellers turned to other metals in response to pricey gold

Designers like Cora Sheibani, Joy Bonfield-Colombara and Inesa Kovalova are exploring the properties and potential of various metals.

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Style Edit: De Beers Group redefines luxury with warm-hued Desert diamonds

Music stars such as Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Rihanna and Doja Cat have all been spotted wearing warm-coloured diamonds.

Rihanna wears "Desert diamonds" to the 2026 Met Gala. Photo: WireImage
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Style shoot: Boucheron high jewellery meets Fendi tailoring

When Boucheron’s high jewellery meets Fendi’s sharp tailoring, quiet dressing and unapologetic glamour form a potent combination.

Boucheron’s high jewellery and Fendi tailoring make a striking pairing. Photography: Tobias Delcroix
Jewellery

De Beers Group unveils its Desert diamonds campaign in Shanghai

The Shanghai event drew top retailers like Chow Tai Fook and Chow Sang Sang, alongside global diplomats and influencers.

Luxury brands

Why flowers are blooming across high jewellery collections

Large-scale floral designs are flourishing in high jewellery, from the world’s biggest maisons, and Asian masters like Anna Hu and Michelle Ong.

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Style Edit: Graff’s new butterflies celebrate art, artists and divine inspiration

12 new designs blend art and mythology, showcasing diamonds with vibrant gems inspired by deities and cultural icons.

The making of Graff’s Tamara Butterfly brooch. Photo: Handout
Luxury Spend It

Yellow gold is reclaiming its throne in modern jewellery design

Top jewellers like Van Cleef & Arpels, Cartier and Bulgari are redefining this classic metal, blending modern luxury with investment appeal.

Chaumet Jewels by Nature collection. Photo: Handout
Weddings

How Taylor Swift and Zendaya are driving the trend for bespoke engagement rings

Couples are now embracing desert diamonds, vintage styles and ethical sourcing, and prioritising designs that tell an authentic story.

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Style Edit: Chaumet’s A Journey Through Nature transforms spices into sparkle

The Parisian high jeweller’s latest collection transforms nature’s most evocative aromas, textures and botanicals into extraordinary works of art.

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Style Edit: Hermès’ Into the Horsescape celebrates its equestrian roots

The collection reimagines harnesses, saddles, ropes and other emblematic horse-riding gear as refined jewellery pieces.

The Clou de Forge Lumière necklace from Hermès’ high jewellery collection, Into the Horsescape. Photo: Handout
Celebrity style

The high jewellery putting diamonds in your hair

Dior, Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels – along with independent jewellers like Jessica McCormack – are turning diamonds into dazzling hair ornaments.

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Style Edit: Fred jewellery shines with a timeless elegance that’s 90 years young

The French executive speaks to Style about LVMH’s ‘sunshine jeweller’, its iconic Force 10 pieces and elegant high jewellery.

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Style Edit: The legacy behind Buccellati’s handcrafted jewellery – interview

The Swiss executive tells Style about the maison’s new Venetian-inspired Serenissima collection and its devotion to artisanal excellence.

Buccellati’s latest high jewellery collection, Serenissima. Photo: Handout
Luxury brands

Boucheron, Cartier and Bulgari: the most exquisite high jewellery rings this season

Maisons focus on the fine artistry of rings in 2026, showcasing stellar craftsmanship, technical innovation and unique brand identities.

Boucheron 2026 Carte Blanche high jewellery Flower ring. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

High jewellery season dazzles with rare gems, storytelling and elite access

From Marrakech to the Riviera, the season saw the world’s biggest maisons unveil singular creations, vivid colour and symbolic motifs.

Richard Mille

Style Edit: Richard Mille’s RM HJ-02 redefines high jewellery and haute horlogerie

The 12 bejewelled models in the collection are split into pink, violet, blue and green chapters, each a mosaic of gemstones in harmony with the technical watchmaking.

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Style Edit: Stenzhorn’s poetic jewels, from Parisian petals to sailor’s knots

Available exclusively in Hong Kong at Masterpiece by King Fook, the German maison’s award-winning pieces blend technical mastery with whimsical, flexible designs.

A Stenzhorn necklace from the À Fleur de Paris collection. Photo: Handout
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Style Edit: Messika evokes Botswana’s raw beauty with Terres de Contrastes high jewellery collection

Founder and creative director Valérie Messika showcases the region’s defining landscapes with vivid green, blue, yellow and crimson centrepiece gems.

Python Rubellite necklace from Messika’s high jewellery collection, Terres de Contrastes. Photo: Handout
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Style Edit: Boucheron’s Carte Blanche 2026 collection, Human Being

Titled Human Being, the line’s 5 suites – Rain, Flower, Light, Tattoo and Checkers – celebrate aspects of imagination, creativity and emotion.

Fame and celebrity

Chanel, Cartier and a vintage Chevy: inside Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding raffle

Avril Lavigne and Jackie Tranquill were among winners of the luxury giveaways, while rehearsal dinner guests received diamond-set champagne flutes.

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