CREATIVE director, Alessandro Michele, expands Gucci’s horizon even further following an incredibly successful show at Paris couture week 2019. The next momentous task on Michele’s pioneering agenda is to take the high jewellery universe by storm with the Hortus Deliciarum collection.
A necklace from the Hortus Deliciarum collection, Gucci
A bracelet from the Hortus Deliciarum collection, Gucci
To achieve this latest mission, Michele makes the wise decision to open Gucci’s first ever boutique dedicated to high jewelry in Paris’ Place Vendôme, the emblematic epicenter of all things delicate, gem encrusted and beautifully intricate.
The interior of the Gucci boutique on Place Vendôme
Lions Head ring from the Hortus Deliciarum collection, Gucci
Hortus Deliciarum is latin for garden of delights. Michele describes the 200-piece collection as a result of his “eclectic quixotism vision” which draws up on his own personal motifs and the house’s distinctive iconography.
Tiger Head ring from the Hortus Deliciarum collection, Gucci
Snake Head necklace from the Hortus Deliciarum collection, Gucci
Hortus Deliciarum features a kaleidoscope of fascinating colourful gem stones, each of which evokes a floral forest in full bloom. The collection is inspired by a trio of themes including: an homage to classical emblems of eternal love, an ode to the majesty of the animal kingdom, evoking visions of mythic bestiary and ancient fauna, as well as singular solitaires redefined with maximalist allure.
Heart and Arrow hair accessory from the Hortus Deliciarum collection, Gucci
Tiger Head ring from the Hortus Deliciarum collection, Gucci
Each gemstone is uniquely set in what Michele describes as “discordant symmetry”, representing his passion towards the distinct beauty of imperfection.
by Maria Noyen
Gucci jewelry boutique, 16 Place Vendôme, 75001, Paris. Find out more here