HISTORY REPEATING
Elle Decor US|Winter 2023
Jewelry's mosaic moment proves that what's old can gleam anew.
Jill Newman
HISTORY REPEATING

ALESSANDRO MICHELE, CREATIVE DIRECTOR AT GUCCI, IS KNOWN FOR revisiting wardrobe staples with an eye for modernity, reinterpreting suiting, scarves, and the house's signature loafers. So it's no surprise that his latest high-jewelry collection, Hortus Deliciarum, shown this past summer in Rome, included pieces that recast the ancient art form of micromosaic in an entirely new context.

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