Roberto Coin’s Art Deco collection reworks the style born a century ago in Paris ♦ ︎
There are fads fleeting like winter snow. They are fashions, indeed. But there are also styles that are planted in the memory like the fences of a garden that everyone wants to visit. Time passes and the flowers of that garden continue to fascinate lovers of beauty. Art Deco falls into this category. Not everyone knows that the name derives from the Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes which was held in Paris in 1925. Since then a century has passed, but the style was baptized on that occasion, and has influenced decorative, visual arts, architecture and fashion, continues to be revisited. And jewelry is no exception.
The last tribute to that taste that combines rigorous geometries with the pleasure of decoration is signed by Roberto Coin. The new collection presented at VicenzaOro is called, precisely, Art Deco and connects the vintage atmosphere with a modern and contemporary design. Precious stones and gold alternate in square or round shapes, without the reference to a style of the past compromising its freshness. Alongside gold, white or pink, jewels use a wide variety of stones, such as diamonds, tourmalines, malachite, rubies, amethysts, garnets, tanzanites, citrines, mother-of-pearl, black jade …