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The Akillis Puzzle

Published on April 6, 2024

Life is a puzzle and love relationships increasingly resemble the ability to fit together the different pieces that make up two personalities. The French brand Akillis, however, sees the puzzle as a collection capable of also reminding us that if the pieces fit together, the spiritual communion, as well as the physical one, is perfect. But with a warning: the ability to unite is not necessarily relegated to the life of a couple. It can be simply a bond of friendship, or related to the family, for example, to reiterate the closeness with children, grandchildren, sisters and brothers, cousins, etc.

Bracciale Puzzle in oro 18 carati e diamanti — Puzzle bracelet in 18k gold and diamonds

With these premises, the Puzzle collection is proposed with the classic design of the tiles used for the board game, with elements used for rings, pendants, bracelets with charms, earrings or earrings. There is also a Mini Puzzle collection with smaller sized pieces. The jewels are in white, yellow or rose gold, with or without white or black diamonds, while a bracelet also uses titanium and black diamonds.

Bracciale in titanio con diamanti neri — Titanium bracelet with black diamonds

Anello per due dita in oro bianco e diamanti — Ring for two fingers in white gold and diamonds

Pendente a forma di zebra in oro bianco e diamanti. Copyright: gioiellis.com — Zebra-shaped pendant in white gold and diamonds. Copyright: gioiellis.com

The jewelers that close in Russia

Published on March 9, 2022

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The real drama is that of human lives lost in vain, of overwhelmed lives, of lives that will never be the same. But the war in Ukraine also causes a smaller, much smaller, but not irrelevant, drama related to jobs, in the West and in Russia, which will be lost to a stupid aggression. Both Russians and Westerners are dealing with the inevitable sanctions announced in time, before the invasion, which will have an impact on the accounts of companies, for example those of jewelry, as well as on the people who work there. The collapse of the ruble and the blocking of the credit card service, in fact, led many jewelry companies to suspend their business. Maybe they will close completely or reopen, if it all ends, but who knows when.

At the time of writing this short article, the last Western brand to close the boutique in Moscow was Swarovski, while Tiffany was among the first to lower the shutter, along with Vuitton. Others have already done so, others will follow. The list of Western Maisons that have opened a boutique in Moscow, St. Petersburg or other Russian cities is long. In Moscow, for example, they have a boutique Chopard, Van Cleef & Arpels, Akillis, Piaget, De Beers, H. Stern, Stephen Webster, Carrera y Carrera, Mauboussin, Mont-Blanc, Dior, Chaumet, Pandora, Frey Wille, Cartier , Trollbeads, Vuitton, Thomas Sabo, Bulgari, Pomellato, Adamas, Damiani, Buccellati. Other brands, such as Pasquale Bruni or Alcozer, are distributed in non-owned jewelers, or in airport duty free shops.

According to an analysis concerning Italian jewelery conducted by ICE (the state body for exports) in general, the Russian buyer is oriented towards medium or medium-high level jewelery. Also according to the analysis, the daily use of rings, earrings, bracelets and necklaces, especially in the capital and large cities, is now seen as a form of accessory to one’s image, not necessarily combined with luxury clothing or for events special. The favorite items of Russian women are rings, chains and earrings; men prefer chains and bracelets, while brooches and necklaces are bought by a minority of the female population, while typically male jewelry such as cufflinks and tie pins are in low demand. In recent years, however, silver jewelery has been more successful than gold, due to the unfavorable ruble-euro exchange rate. Italy (2019 data) exports about 77 million jewels to Russia, about 22 million France, the United States 21 million and the United Kingdom 23 million. However, the one who exports the most to Russia is China with over 88 million.

In Akillis’s viewfinder

Published on October 6, 2021

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Anello Capture Me in oro bianco e diamanti

The adrenaline-filled jewels of Caroline Gaspard, designer of Akillis. Also with the Capture collection ♦

In this turbulent periods of time, marked by painful and bloody episodes, a bullet is not really an object that you puts at ease. But Caroline Gaspard, who founded the French Akillis in 2007, continues to offer the Bang Bang and Ak collection (which is the name of famous gun), alongside new less aggressive collections, such as Capture in motion.

Come herself she likes to describe, “The designer loves to have fun and create her style to satisfy her nature.” The truth is that the taste of provocation, with pendants, rings and bracelets in the form of bullets, gold and diamonds, is accompanied by a rigorous creative process, starting with the craftsmanship of jewels with traditional production processes such as fusion wax lost along with the most advanced technology, such as welding laser. And to say that she never attended a design school even though, in truth, jewels and precious stones have been near since she was a child, thanks to his father, gem merchant. She followed, instead, a business school, but embraced the jewelery after to create some pieces that were successful.

Orecchini Capture Me in oro bianco e diamanti

“The idea for the Ak collection came to me when I was in Russia,” she said. “Once I was in high heels and leather jacket, and I fired with a gun in a shooting range. There was a lot of adrenaline. I have collected empty shell casings as souvenirs, and they are the ones who then inspired the collection. The unisex bullet line is our bestseller in the collection”. But if you’re astonished to know a designer who inspires a Bond Girl, read here: “I like to live life to the limit. I do a lot of sports activities, such as tennis, skiing, water skiing and kite surfing. I also participate in jumping competitions. I like everything that is fast and dangerous, like very fast cars. I drove 320 kilometers an hour last Sunday, in northern France. I could go to jail.”

Orecchini pendente Capture Me in oro bianco e diamanti

Pendente Fatal Attraction in oro bianco e diamanti

VicenzaOro Design Room, who will go and who will not

Published on January 2, 2018

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Noor Fares, anello Flower of Life, pietra luna, oro giallo, pietre di colore e diamanti

Who is there, who is not there and who you must discovered among the 11 designers invited to VicenzaOro January in the Design Room ♦ ︎
Aida Bergsen, Akillis, Fernando Jorge, Bia Tambelli, Alissa jewelry, BebPop, Kellyxia Fine Jewelry, Magerit, Noor Jewelry, Netali Nissim, Qayten, Federica Rettore. There are 11 invited creators in the The Design Room district at the next VicenzaOro January 2018. The area reserved for small Maisons created by young, emerging designers and, possibly, with something more to say. Compared to last year, when this exhibition area was introduced, there are some confirmations, such as Federica Rettore, Netali Nissim, Magerit, Qayten and Fernando Jorge. The novelties, however, start with Aida Bergsen, which despite the Nordic name is based in Istanbul and is a designer-sculptor. Akillis is a Maison in Paris created by Caroline Gaspard, who describes herself as «une aventurière, audacieuse et determinée». Kellyxia, instead, is a Chinese company, based in Shanghai, also ignored by Google until now. Finally, Noor Jewelry is the brand by Noor Fares, a Lebanese designer who grew up in Paris and moved to London, already highly listed. In short, the Design Room includes well-established brands such as Fernando Jorge, Magerit, Qayten or Federica Rettore along with names that are literally to be discovered. Perhaps to increase curiosity. Lavinia Andorno

Akillis, bracciale Puzzle, in oro bianco e diamanti

Akillis, orecchini per Bond girls

Published on August 16, 2014

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akillis Orecchini Bang Bang. Prezzo: 8mila euro

Her creations have been seen as a breath of fresh air: in 2007 Caroline Gaspard, French transplanted in Russia, has founded Akillis. The brand, which recalls the English verb to kill, has become a reference point for those who like an aggressive design, unconventional. The world that inspired the designers, in fact, is that of the Bond girls, the beautiful women of the 007 movies. The reason is a episode: a 27 year old heir to a dynasty of office supplies, Caroline found herself involved in a shootout in Moscow, where he followed her boyfriend. She herself says, he fired shots. “I felt a kind of fear and excitement mixed with a sense of power to be a Bond girl,” she said. That experience has suggested the idea of designing jewelry in the shape of the projectile. “My creations are designed for Paris Hilton and for tough men.”

The passion for jewelry, in any case, was started before the adventures as Bond girl. Caroline Gaspard began designing jewelry when was 17, initially to make personalized gifts. The first jewel that created was the father was called King George, the parent’s name. He also tried the silk painting, watercolor. In Moscow, however, the French designer live fine: “After school I fell in love in Moscow. This is a free country, modern, dynamic, where everything is possible if desired. The Russians work hard and they play a lot: it is a very positive mood. There, I launched a brand of lingerie, a sort of Victoria’s Secret Russian, but I was 24 and I was not able to negotiate with Indonesia, find producers”. She turn her work to the jewelry and founds Akillis, that is a name, Achilles. But the name was changed to mean the aggressive side and provocative brand. For her jewelry Caroline uses 18K gold, white gold, yellow gold, gold, glossy or satin rose. But even black gold, that is a layer of rhodium black on white gold. They are beautiful, aggressive, but you don’t use these jewels to hurt someone.

Orecchini Kalshnicov. Prezzo: 17mila euro — Pendente Kalshnicov. A forma di proiettile in oro bianco 18kt. Realizzati a mano in Francia. Prezzo: 17mila euro

Orecchini Bang Bang. Prezzo: 8mila euro — Orecchini Bang Bang in oo bianco 18kt e 132 diamanti neri: 2.89ct Prezzo: 8mila euro

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