Safe Word: Dior’s ‘Diorissima’ Turns Fine Jewelry Into a Wild Garden Fantasy

Dior unveiled its latest high jewelry collection “Diorissima” with artistic director of Dior Joaillerie, Victoire de Castellane, creating her most whimsical collection to date. With universal symbols of happiness and joy—sun, moons, stars, and nimbus clouds—alongside many forms of flora, fauna, and sea life, the line pays homage to some of Monsieur Dior’s favorite artists through an abstract lens. The inspiration was underscored by the maison’s choice to present the collection in Venice during the Biennale, alongside couture looks by Jonathan Anderson. Though the full collection is 141 pieces, the first chapter consists of 112 designs from shoulder-duster earrings to a transformable brooch, necklaces, rings, and bracelets using bright lacquer and one-of-a-kind stones. Highlights include the Récif Fleuri brooch, evoking a childlike interpretation of five-petaled flowers, and the Galon Fleuri ring, which is centered around an almost 16-carat black opal surrounded by tiny flowers made of sapphires, emeralds, tsavorite garnets, and turquoise. Just in time for summer, the Fruits d’Été necklace celebrates the colors and flowers blooming all around in a collar-length piece covered in diamonds, emeralds, multicolor sapphires, rubies, spessartite, and mandarin garnet set in pink gold, creating a rainbow effect.