Louis Vuitton presents Deep Time, an epic journey through the eons, narrated by the most exceptional stones.
This is the Maison’s fifth High Jewellery collection designed by Francesca Amfitheatrof, Artistic Director for Watches and Jewellery.
This is the Maison’s largest High Jewellery collection to date, featuring over 170 unique pieces – including 95 in the first chapter alone – and a record number of precious stones.
DEEP TIME HIGH JEWELRY COLLECTION
Deep Time is an ultimate and profound voyage, spanning the birth of the planet to the creation of life. With this new collection, Louis Vuitton’s singular, original design signature and high jewellery savoir-faire fuse with the origins of geology and geological legacy that’s at the heart of jewellery and gemstones.
Top image: LOUIS VUITTON DEEP TIME BONES HIGH JEWELRY NECKLACE
Above: DRIFT HIGH JEWELRY NECKLACE. All images: © Louis Vuitton – All rights reserved
“At Louis Vuitton we are as ever adventurers, travelling to extraordinary, unexpected places,” says Amfitheatrof. “Deep Time will transport you deeply into the past, to a time and place that is so remote and perhaps even difficult to comprehend. But at the same time, the stones – these treasures that span millennia – will bring you right there, to the beginning of the planet and into a history of the world and it’s mystical geological legacy.”
URASSAYA SPERBUND wears LOUIS VUITTON Spring-Summer 2023 HIGH JEWELRY NECKLACE
GONDWANA HIGH JEWELRY NECKLACE
FLIGHT HIGH JEWELRY NECKLACE
Deep Time is explored through two acts – geology and life – and encompasses a total of 16 themes, 13 of which are presented in the collection’s debut. Each one features masterfully executed jewels that capture this epic tale of transformation, life and also interconnectedness.
Geology charts our planet’s extraordinary evolution, starting with Gondwana, one of two supercontinent landmasses that marked our planet’s formation. Featuring an exclusive selection of the rarest, no oil Colombian emeralds, Gondwana is followed by various apocalyptic evolutions, expressed through the themes of Volcano, Wave and Rupture, whose explosive powers come to life via the Maison’s distinct design language. There is the signature Louis Vuitton V, graphic and strong, that galvanises the one-of-a kind jewels, as custom-cut LV stones radiate with innate power. The final chapter Drift embodies the sun and sea with a magnificent pairing of aquamarines and yellow sapphires – and makes way for Deep Time’s second act.
SEEDS HIGH JEWELRY NECKLACE
Life heralds an intricate and sophisticated universe, where lifeforce drives creation and the graphic makes way for the organic, all set in spectacular jewels across an initial eight themes. Ranging from Origin and Fossils through to Seeds and Flowers, the themes bring a seductive play and juxtaposition of textures, layers and of course the most spellbinding stones. The jewels are also increasingly versatile, with many designed to be worn in multiple ways – a directive around transformability that Amfitheatrof has continued to drive forward over the past five years.
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