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Paloma Picasso blazed into the stratosphere of haute joaillerie in 1980 with her first collection of jewels for Tiffany & Co. Her use of ample to lavish scale, her love of vibrant color in gemstones, which brought fiery orange opals and shocking pink tourmalines into fashion, and her ever-so-chic use of Scribbles, Graffiti and, of course, of her signature X, instantly established her as jewelry designs newest star. Her unerring eye for glamour and her inquisitive and informed sense of personal style played their roles. Youthful, playfully exuberant, visually stunning, her Tiffany jewels were all of these. Today, Paloma Picasso celebrates 30 years at Tiffany with three new bold collections. She adopts the seductive intricacies of Moroccan grid patterns as a springboard for Marrakesh, her collection of compelling new designs that are at once simple and complex, not unlike Paloma herself. In her new collection, Paloma brings the visually stimulating angularity of Moroccan patterns in line with the classic foundations and reined-in - energy in her makeup that has encouraged the polished, debonair, and dapper aspects that are a common denominator in all her jewelry designs. This collection reprises thematic devices played on so effectively throughout her career. There are the generously-scaled, circular medallion pendants, this time of smoldering red jasper, chic black onyx, intensely blue lapis lazuli and vivid jade-green nephrite held in lattices of brightly-polished 18-karat yellow gold. The designer's flair for calling the bright, colorful and luscious into play is brought out with a new series of spheres and egg-shaped pendants sparkling with diamonds, emeralds and turquoise. The spheres sport aggressively chic pendant tassels of jasper contrasting with onyx in Paloma Picasso's much-loved red and black color combination or, alternately, in no-less-stylish black and blue combining onyx and lapis, both making the bold statements in jewelry for which Paloma Picasso has been famous throughout her years at Tiffany's, where statement jewels and Paloma Picasso have long been synonymous. |
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Selected Paloma Picasso pieces are currently available at: Tiffany & Co.
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