Monique Péan

Monique Péan, homage to art and dinosaurs




A designer, Monique Péan, who is inspired by an artist, one of the main exponents of the artistic current called Land Art, Walter De Maria. The result are collections of gold jewels with clean, simple, but also sculptural shapes. But without losing the distinctive trait of the brand founded in New York in 2006, just 15 years ago: respect for the environment (it uses only sustainably extracted metals) and a socially responsible attitude. And not only that: the designer also uses very unusual materials, such as dinosaur bones, walrus or mammoth teeth.

Bracciale in oro, diamanti e osso di dinosauro fossilizzato
Bracciale in oro, diamanti e osso di dinosauro fossilizzato

For her style, just three years after her debut, Monique Péan received the prestigious CFDA / Vogue Fashion Fund Award, with former Tiffany CEO Michael Kowalski as her mentor. Péan, who grew up in the Washington DC area and graduated with a BA in philosophy, political science and economics from the University of Pennsylvania, is a great lover of art. She and she were impressed after seeing, in 1979, the work of a multidisciplinary artist like Walter De Maria. And she also decided to dedicate a line of jewelry to the late artist. The First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, wore Monique Péan’s earrings on the occasion of her husband Joe’s inauguration in the White House.

Anello in oro con diamante grezzo di 3,39 carati
Anello in oro con diamante grezzo di 3,39 carati
Anello in oro bianco con osso di dinosauro
Anello in oro bianco con osso di dinosauro
Anello in oro con diamanti e osso di dinosauro
Anello in oro con diamanti e osso di dinosauro
Collana Ellisse con zaffiri blu ombré
Collana Ellisse con zaffiri blu ombré
Anello in oro bianco e osso di dinosauro
Anello in oro bianco e osso di dinosauro

Orecchini in oro bianco e ossa di dinosauro
Orecchini in oro bianco e ossa di dinosauro







The sustainable luxury by Monique Péan

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The Atelier collection by Monique Pean, diamonds with rare cuts, such as hexagon, triangle, waterfall, rose. With guaranteed environmental sustainability 

In New York, two things go together: luxury and sustainable luxury. Two concepts that Monique Péan, with windows on 7th Avenue, is well aware. Look, for example, the necklace with dinosaur’s bone, agate, citrine and white 18 carat gold, but recycled. A unique piece that the modest price of $ 64,160 is a lot of trend. On the other hand, in the US city and beyond, Monique Péan is known for its high-end jewelry, expensive, but with the right characteristics to be accepted also by models and stars of music and cinema worried that the jewels may have an origin that disturbs the environment and working conditions. The designer, who was born in Washington and has a degree in philosophy, she opened his jewelry company socially responsible and sustainable in 2006. In 2009, she was one of the recipients of the prestigious award / CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund. More recently, she has received the award from Wallpaper magazine for Best Desktop Jewellery.

Orecchini in oro con tormaline verdi e diamanti
Orecchini in oro con tormaline verdi e diamanti

The style of jewelry is very modern and innovative: the pieces are handmade by master craftsmen in New York using materials purchased from Fairtrade. The proceeds from the sale of jewelry in Europe contributes, is keen to stress the designer, global philanthropic organizations that provide drinking water and basic sanitation services to people in developing countries. Think about this when you read the prices reported under the captions of the pictures. Rudy Serra





Anello rettangolare di giada nera del Guatemala
Anello rettangolare di giada nera del Guatemala e diamanti

Anello con diamante champagne taglio triangolare su oro rosa riciclato
Anello con diamante champagne taglio triangolare su oro rosa riciclato
Anello con diamante fancy pink, diamanti bianchi, platino riciclato
Anello con diamante fancy pink, diamanti bianchi, platino riciclato
Anello con due diamanti bianchi trapezoidali, diamanti taglio brillante, platino riciclato
Anello con due diamanti bianchi trapezoidali, diamanti taglio brillante, platino riciclato
Bracciale in oro rosa e diamanti
Bracciale in oro rosa e diamanti
Collana con ossa fossili di dinosauro
Collana con ossa fossili di dinosauro

Orecchini con diamanti e diaspro
Orecchini con diamanti e diaspro







Beyoncé’s angel necklace

“Take my hand, precious Lord” and lead me to shop at Christie’s: perhaps this is the meaning of the gospel sung by Beyoncé at the Grammys, the Oscars of the music. We do not want to be disrespectful, but certainly did not go unnoticed the mystical performance of the singer: the gospel Take My Hand, Precious Lord, sung in tone inspired. In the performance, Bey wore a white dress that gave a look angelic. And his neck stood out a platinum diamond necklace signed Monique Péan, created exclusively for Christie’s. In case you’re interested, you can buy it online here at the modest price of 117 thousand euro or, if you prefer, $ 132,680. A touch of Christian goodness, in any case, it is: “In an attempt to limit the damage significant ecological, the human toll and reduce the needs in the extraction process, in my pieces I use only 18-carat gold and platinum recycled ‘, tells the designer. Giulia Netresecollana-beyoncè

Un particolare della collana, firmata Latest Revival Designer
Un particolare della collana, firmata Latest Revival Designer
Beyoncè ai Grammy, con la collana da 117mila euro
Beyoncè ai Grammy, con la collana da 117mila euro

Christie’s sells designers online

An online auction of edgy contemporary design jewelry is the one organized by Christie’s for February 5th (click here). And it is really a special sale with its seven pieces created especially by jewelers selected by Dalia Oberlander, founder of the jewelry site Latest Revival. There is diamond ring with a black fragment of fossilized by Monique Péan, thirty-two New York designer jewelery designer inspired by indigenous cultures; the chandelier earrings with diamonds grays and blacks by Deborah Pagani, who claims to draw classic but sexy jewelry for modern women. And, yet, there are necklaces, earrings and rings by Maiyet, Pamela Love, Completedworks and Fernando Jorge, all of Anglo-Saxon culture except Jorge, a Brazilian who moved to London. Each piece comes with a sketch signed by the designer. The idea is to offer limited edition jewelry closer to the taste of customers who prefer the mouse to the ancient scoop. A curiosity: Dalia Oberlander before becoming a Web entrepreneur, has studied and worked at Sotheby’s. Matilde de Bounvilles

Monique Péan anello in oro bianco con un osso di dinosauro fossilizzato squadrato nero circondato da diamanti bianchi
Monique Péan anello con un frammento di osso di dinosauro fossilizzato circondato da diamanti
Da sinistra in alto: Completedworks anello in oro, marmo e diamanti; in basso Monique Péan anello con un frammento di osso di dinosauro fossilizzato circondato da diamanti; al centro collana in oro bianco e diamanti; in basso a destra Maiyet anello in oro con opale e diamanti; in alto a destra Pamela Love orecchini in oro con opale e diamanti
Da sinistra in alto: Completedworks anello in oro, marmo e diamanti; in basso Monique Péan anello con un frammento di osso di dinosauro fossilizzato circondato da diamanti; al centro collana in oro bianco e diamanti; in basso a destra Maiyet anello in oro con opale e diamanti; in alto a destra Pamela Love orecchini in oro con opale e diamanti