Six Dazzling Pieces We Spotted at the Couture Jewellery Shows 2025

These were the standout creations we saw at the recent high jewellery presentations in Paris

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The world’s luxury jewellery houses unveiled their latest collections this week in Paris, with the exclusive presentations taking me behind-the-scenes of the brands’ elegant salons, boutiques and townhouses scattered around the City of Light.

There was a real buzz in Paris this week, with the high jewellery displays taking place alongside the haute couture shows in the French capital. The streets and cafes have been filled with both couture customers and industry insiders in fabulous outfits – and of course some dazzling jewellery.

Like the haute couture on the runways, the high jewellery collections also showcase some of the luxury world’s finest craftsmanship and artisanal skills, with many pieces years in the making.

A recurrent theme across the 2025 couture jewellery shows as a whole was nature. Although it’s been a source of both inspiration and creative respite for designers since time immemorial, this season saw the luxury jewellery houses reimagine all facets of nature – from the wild to the overlooked to the pastoral – in incredible gemstones and fine metals.

It was all spectacular, but here are the six pieces that really stood out as examples of the jewellers’ history and savoir-faire. Of course, prices were not discussed – but you can assume they would reach well into the six or seven figures.

Dior ‘Milly Dentelle’

The maison’s artistic director of jewellery, Victoire de Castellane, took inspiration from Christian Dior’s country home in Milly-la-Forêt, a picturesque commune just south of Paris, for its latest high jewellery presentation, ‘Milly Dentelle’.

The high jewellery was shown in Dior’s townhouse in Paris’s elegant 7th arrondissement, with the collection showcased ensconced in walls of beautiful dried, scented flowers.

The ancient art of lacemaking, as seen in the maison’s couture show held at the nearby Musée Rodin, was also a starting point for the jewellery collection’s 76 highly intricate floral designs.

Although each piece was captivating with its complexity and individuality, this show-stopping long pink gold pendant necklace stood out for me among the heady scent of the dried flowers.

It’s adorned with a huge central 6.79 cabochon oval-cut white opal, white diamonds and pearls, carefully placed to create a naturalistic floral explosion, and combines the house’s two themes of nature and couture beautifully.

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Boucheron ‘Untamed Nature’

In this collection, the serene beauty of pastoral landscapes ventures into wilder territory with Boucheron’s ‘Untamed Nature,’ masterfully unveiled by artistic director Claire Choisne within the refined ambiance of the maison’s Place Vendôme boutique.

Choisne dug into the archives to uncover the love Frédéric Boucheron (who founded the jeweller in 1858) had for the more unassuming side of nature: ivy, thistles, ferns, flies and bumblebees, for example.

These have been reimagined in new ways for the latest collection, which features 28 white gold and diamond pieces inspired by unusual forms of foliage, and insects such as beetles and moths.

One favourite of Frédéric Boucheron was ivy, which he loved despite its negative connotations as a weed and parasite. Here, the plant has been reimagined in incredible ‘Lierre’ creation, shaped like a cascade of trembling ivy leaves.

The resulting high jewellery piece can be worn as a necklace, bracelet or a brooch, with sections that can be removed to become hair decorations or smaller pins.

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Chaumet ‘Bamboo’

Sculptural bamboo was the inspiration behind Chaumet’s couture jewellery collection, shaping its ten pieces in a way that felt modern, yet utterly timeless. The designs paid homage to Asian culture: in China, it symbolises integrity, determination and modesty, and in Japan, prosperity.

Displayed alongside grand portraits of the maison’s muse of two centuries and first royal client, Empress Joséphine, the collection was dazzling under the lights. In many pieces, black Australian opals, ranging in colour from bright blue to apple green, were set off by vibrant tsavorite garnets.

However, for me the standout design had to be the striking Bamboo tiara, simply created with hand-engraved goldwork and four brilliant cut diamonds of around 0.42 carats each, amidst a pave of smaller stones. Its simple, dramatic lines also nod to the Art Deco movement, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.

A piece Empress Joséphine would surely have worn if she attended the haute couture shows in 2025.

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The third chapter of Cartier’s ‘Nature Sauvage’ collection was unveiled at The Ritz in Paris this week. This season, the brand’s Director of High Jewellery Creation, Jacqueline Karachi, decided to add pieces that ‘surprise, amaze and bring modernity by way of unexpected encounters’ to the jeweller’s famous bestiary.

The resulting jewels were certainly playful, with dynamic, expressive iterations of animals including Cartier’s iconic panther, which was first introduced in 1914.

In fact, one necklace, the ‘Melis’, has actually already been spotted on the red carpet – it was worn by Zoe Saldaña at the 2025 Golden Globes this January. Inspired by honeycomb, and featuring a yellow briolette-cut diamond of 2.64 carats, it took 738 hours to create.

However, another exceptional piece, which stood out for its charm and liveliness in the Ritz’s elegant salon, was the ‘Echina’ necklace, inspired by the humble sea urchin.

Here, it’s been brought to life in vibrant coral-studded emeralds, alternating with luminous sapphire beads and glistening white diamonds – like looking upon a tropical reef teeming with jewel-hued fish. The necklace also pays tribute to the history of the maison, which first displayed these signature ribbed beads in the 1920s.

Perhaps it’s one we’ll see on the red carpet at the upcoming Academy Awards – maybe on Zoe Saldaña again, who has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

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Cartier ‘Nature Sauvage: Chapter III’

Graff ‘The Gift of Love’ Necklace

An easy choice, given Graff decided to focus on a single pièce de résistance for its fine jewellery display this season. I was fortunate enough to be only the fourth person in the world to view it in real life, in Graff’s boutique at The Ritz.

Displayed among verdant greenery, with birdsong chirping in the background, ‘The Gift of Love’ was simply astonishing. Simply luminous, with light bouncing off its 125 carats of diamonds, its centerpiece is an enormous 13.51 carat Fancy Intense Yellow pear shaped diamond.

The piece took three years to make, and was inspired by the sparrows often pictured alongside depictions of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. The birds, captured mid-flight by Graff’s talented artisans, feature glimmering blue sapphire eyes and black onyx beaks.

At the time of viewing, the necklace had not been sold, but I estimate that it’ll probably fetch a price tag well into seven figures.

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De Beers Jewellers proudly unveiled Essence of Nature, Chapter One—a High Jewellery collection inspired by the timeless beauty of trees. The new designs redefine the classical codes of High Jewellery, blending the House's boundless creativity and diamond expertise with peerless craftsmanship.

“In the first Chapter of Essence of Nature we celebrate our roots, both literally and figuratively,’ explains Céline Assimon, CEO of De Beers Jewellers. ‘Tree roots are the unseen foundations of incredible beauty that can last for millennia, and humans are instinctively drawn to trees for their awe-inspiring longevity and stature.’

The ‘Embrace’ necklace is particularly sensational, and rife with symbolism. It was designed as an ode to tree roots and luscious forest foliage, and features a selection of rough green diamonds – not usually seen in high jewellery collections – juxtaposed with brilliant polished white diamonds, suspended like the dew drops on leaves. Also present is jet, a fossilised wood used here for the first time by De Beers in its 135 year history – marking a fresh approach for this storied jeweller.

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De Beers ‘Essence of Nature’

Paris may have been cloaked in grey skies and rain this week, but the high jewellery presentations illuminated Place Vendôme with a brilliance that could easily outshine the Eiffel Tower at midnight.

One thing’s certain: these six extraordinary pieces won’t remain on display for long—they’ll soon be adorning the collections of discerning jewellery connoisseurs or dazzling under the spotlight at the Oscars or Cannes later this year. I already have my eye on the piece I’d choose if I were making a grand entrance. Which one would you pick?

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