Per APPELGREN c/o BOSCHTOBANRAP photographed model Isabelle Hinrichs for the GUCCI jewelry collection ‘Hortus Deliciarum’ and L’OFFICIEL Thailand in Milan. Back in 2019, Gucci introduced its first-ever haute joaillerie collection. Named ‘Hortus Deliciarum’, the breathtaking jewelry is themed upon the animal kingdom and ancient times. The third collection of the line is now being dropped.
Designed by Creative Director Alessandro Michele, the rings, necklaces and earrings are divided into five thematic groups, reminiscent of an ‘imaginary Grand Tour’ through the world of jewelry, according to Gucci. Starting with designs influenced by the mid-19th century and continuing to the 1970s, the drop takes you on a sparkling journey chock full of pink tourmalines, blue topaz and colorful cascading diamonds.
Alessandro Michele’s creations are famous for storytelling. The theme of the collection references the Grand Tour – the 19th-century rite of passage in which young men of means toured Europe with a chaperone in search of education, inspiration, and not lastly, themselves. And since Italy was often a heartfelt destination for the journey, the collection depicts iconic structures such as the Colosseum, Piazza San Pietro, the Pantheon, the Roman Forum, the Temple of Vesta, the Temple of Hercules, the waterfalls at Tivoli, and the Pyramid of Cestius.
Styling: Kai Atinan Nitisunthonkul, makeup: Claudia Malavasi, hair: Cosmo Bellomo, DOP: Natacha Mantovani, and the motifs were post-produced Retush.
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