Cover Van Cleef & Arpels Fleurs d’Hawaï earrings and pendant in yellow gold set with peridots and diamonds, or amethysts and diamonds
Van Cleef & Arpels Fleurs d’Hawaï earrings and pendant in yellow gold set with peridots and diamonds, or amethysts and diamonds
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Two new jewellery collections from Van Cleef & Arpels celebrate the maison’s enduring fascination with nature, uniting delicate design and exquisite craftsmanship to capture the poetry of flowers made eternal
For Van Cleef & Arpels, nature has always been more than a theme; it is a constant source of imagination and renewal. This year, the French jeweller enriches its poetic garden with two new collections: Flowerlace and Fleurs d’Hawaï. Together, they embody two facets of floral expression—the former luminous in gold and diamonds, the latter radiant and almost bursting with colour. Both reveal the maison’s mastery of craftsmanship, its sensitivity to movement, and its distinctive ability to translate the spirit of nature into timeless elegance.
The Flowerlace collection distils the outline of a blooming corolla into five creations: a ring, a Between the Finger ring, earrings, a pendant and a transformable clip pendant. Each piece captures the interplay between light and form, combining yellow gold with the brilliance of diamonds. The result is an effect reminiscent of petals bathed in morning sunlight.
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Above Fleurs d’Hawaï earrings and pendant in yellow gold set with peridots and diamonds, or amethysts and diamonds
Fleurs d’Hawaï earrings and pendant in yellow gold set with peridots and diamonds, or amethysts and diamonds
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The design is rooted in Van Cleef & Arpels’ history: the airy forms recall the Silhouette clips of the late 1930s—Art Deco creations that abandoned strict naturalism for a more stylised floral form. At the same time, they speak to the maison’s ongoing dialogue between jewellery and couture, where the fluidity of ribbons finds its echo in gold. The new jewels also resonate with the Flowerlace high jewellery collection launched in 2007, where lace-like diamond compositions echoed couture techniques.
Craftsmanship plays a central role in realising this delicate vision. Using the ancestral lost-wax casting technique, the maison’s artisans sculpt and shape molten gold into fluid forms, before hand-setting diamonds selected to its exacting standards—D to F in colour, IF to VVS in clarity. The pistils feature golden beads alongside stones of varying sizes, lending each piece a naturalistic asymmetry. Every petal is gently curved and polished by hand to a mirror-like gleam that catches the light from every angle, creating a sense of movement, as though stirred by a gentle breeze.
Above Flowerlace earrings and ring in yellow gold set with diamonds
Flowerlace earrings and ring in yellow gold set with diamonds
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The Between the Finger ring exemplifies this dynamism, bringing a diamond and a flower together in a luminous tête-à-tête. Here, Van Cleef & Arpels’ attention to detail is evident: prongs finished with a bead-like touch enhance the jewellery’s curved lines and soft reflections, revealing the maison’s precision and artistry down to the smallest element.
Flower Garden
While Flowerlace celebrates light, Fleurs d’Hawaï bursts forth in colour. Inspired by lush, sun‑drenched gardens, this collection pairs vibrant gemstones with the radiance of gold. Rings, earrings, pendants and secret watches blossom with generous corollas, each composed of carefully selected pear-cut stones.
Van Cleef & Arpels has chosen five gemstones celebrated for their vibrancy and clarity: citrine, amethyst, rhodolite, aquamarine and peridot. Each stone is matched for intensity and uniformity, ensuring that the corollas glow with harmonious colour. Citrine radiates warmth, amethyst mesmerises with purple depths, rhodolite offers vivid pink tones, aquamarine shimmers with crystalline light, and peridot brings fresh green vitality. Together, they evoke the palette of an exotic garden at its peak.
Above Flowerlace clip pendant in yellow gold set with diamonds
Flowerlace clip pendant in yellow gold set with diamonds
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The craftsmanship of these pieces heightens their natural radiance. Openwork mounts, created through lost-wax casting, allow light to flow through the stones, while raised pistils of diamonds and golden beads create a lively interplay of reflections. The result is a composition that feels full of movement, as though caught mid-bloom in a soft tropical breeze.
Among the highlights are the secret watches, each blooming with a corolla of twelve perfectly matched stones around a mother-of-pearl dial edged in diamonds. Concealed beneath a pivoting motif, the timepiece reflects Van Cleef & Arpels’ love of mystery and transformability. The watch face can be hidden, while the entire flower may be detached and worn as a bracelet, pendant, or clip—recalling the ingenuity of the maison’s Passe-Partout jewels from 1938. Offered in radiant combinations of citrine and yellow gold, rhodolite and rose gold, or aquamarine and white gold, each watch continues its chromatic harmony onto a matching satin strap.
Above Fleurs d’Hawaï ring in rose gold set with rhodolites and diamonds;
Fleurs d’Hawaï ring in rose gold set with rhodolites and diamonds;
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With Flowerlace and Fleurs d’Hawaï, Van Cleef & Arpels continues a tradition that stretches back to its earliest years. Archival pieces such as a Daisy brooch from 1907 and the colourful Hawaii jewels of the 1940s show how flowers have long been at the heart of the maison’s style. Over the decades, this fascination has yielded both naturalistic and stylised interpretations—from the velvety petals of a Mystery Set Peony clip of 1937 to the joyful blooms of the Rose de Noël and Frivole collections.
These new creations honour that lineage while offering fresh expressions of beauty. Flowerlace brings a luminous lightness, as if sketching flowers in gold and diamonds, while Fleurs d’Hawaï offers a more exuberant vision, full of colour and vitality. Together, they reaffirm the maison’s poetic vision of nature—one that celebrates movement, light, and life itself—and enrich Van Cleef & Arpels’ ever-blooming garden of imagination.
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Annabel Tan is the Editor of Watches and Jewellery at Tatler Singapore, where she covers all things luxury timepieces and fine jewellery across both print and digital platforms. She is also the Editor of Tatler GMT Singapore, a role that deepens her fascination with the ever-evolving world of watchmaking. Outside of work, she’s usually on the hunt for her next favourite watch that she can’t afford, planning her next beach getaway, or catching up on the latest Formula 1 race.
