Louis Vuitton High Jewellery Travels to 19th Century France

This new chapter, the Awakened Hands Awakened Minds high jewellery collection pays tribute to the evolution of savoir-faire and the great scientific advances of the 19th century, while highlighting Louis Vuitton's fascination with extraordinary stones and precious metals.

True to Francesca Amfitheatrof's unique vision for Louis Vuitton, Awakened Hands Awakened Minds demonstrates an incredible innovative momentum, reflecting an effervescent era, full of upheavals that will change the world forever. It is also an opportunity to welcome for the first time a men's capsule, consisting of a compass, a pocket watch and two brooches in homage to the elegance of the 19th century. Other exceptional high jewellery pieces such as the Elegance tiara (above) evoke the woman of the time, while rare yellow diamonds punctuate this exceptional collection.

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Evoking the meteoric rise of industrialisation, the Vision necklace — fully articulated in platinum, diamonds, yellow sapphires, and yellow gold — inaugurates a new era of travel marked by the mechanisation of railways, with a subtle nod to the metallic details of Louis Vuitton trunks. At its centre is a rare 50.01-carat octagonal yellow sapphire from Sri Lanka. This architectural piece took 2,504 hours to complete.

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The Splendeur set evokes the richness of the decors and the sophistication of the ornaments that characterised the French royal palaces. The Louis Vuitton Monogram Flower is reinvented, in homage to the floral motifs adorning the imperial furniture, while impressive Mozambique rubies adorn the fascinating medallion as well as its gold and diamond chain.

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Phenomenal. The art of French porcelain inspires the very first men's capsule of Haute Joaillerie designed by Francesca Amfitheatrof for Louis Vuitton. Here, a dazzling hand-chiselled compass is adorned with delicate knot patterns encircled with diamond sparkles. The dial, with perfect geometry, hangs from a chain held by a tsavorite, as does the watch case, which is also adorned with two tsavorites of more than 2 carats each.

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From the Elegance theme, this infinitely flexible transformable bracelet converges into a signature V extended by a succession of Monogram Flowers set with diamonds, while at the end, a ring adorned with an LV Monogram Star cut diamond hypnotises the eye.

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The Victoire cuff celebrates the Eiffel Tower with pomp and splendour. The incredible technical prowess behind the Parisian monument is reflected and highlights a 3.98-carat yellow diamond, closing the second part of the collection with a visionary homage from Louis Vuitton to the 19th century and the beginnings of surrealism.