The Enchaînements Libres jewelery collection signed by Hermès: wild chains ♦
Free from chains, or free despite the chains? You choose how to interpret the name of the new Hermès jewelry collection: Enchaînements Libres. In fact the collection alludes to two different meanings. The first refers to the shape of the jewels, which are based on variations on the theme of the chain: large, small, intertwined. But it can also allude to the inequalities that afflict the female world.
The fact is that Pierre Hardy, creative director of Hermès’ jewelery division, chooses a third explanation: the chain as a link between cosmetics and the cosmos, “words that share the same origin and are linked to order and harmony.” In short, it flies high, even if a fourth interpretation indicates the chain as a return to the origins of the Parisian Maison, since they were used for harnesses and saddles, the first activity of Hermès.The collection consists of six thematic variations on the chain. Adage Hermès, for example, is an oversize necklace composed of elliptical rings studded with diamonds of over 110 carats Hermès Voltige recalls the surplice, the metal mesh used by knights in the Middle Ages to protect themselves in battle.
