GARDEN TABLEAUX

How Victoire de Castellane translates Christian Dior's passions into jewellery that captures the ephemeral beauty of seasons and soirées.

- ALANA SCOTT

Victoire de Castellane has spent more than two decades translating Christian Dior's passions into jewellery that defies convention.

With the second chapter of Diorexquis, her latest haute joaillerie collection for the House, she returns to the founding couturier's most intimate sources of wonder: the natural world and the enchantment of grand celebrations.

This new collection comprises fifty-four compositions, each piece a meditation on three themes that have long defined Dior's aesthetic vocabulary. Enchanting landscapes, delicate bouquets, and magical balls form a triptych that moves between the organic and the ceremonial, capturing both the quietude of nature and the sparkle of soirées. It's a narrative approach that allows de Castellane to explore the passage of time itself, charting the seasons through gemstones and metalwork.