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TIME LOCK Cartier is famed for
its iconic watch shapes: the Santos, Tank, and Ballon Bleu. This year’s Clé de Cartier draws from the clean, pure lines of modern architecture. Its name comes from the sapphire crown
shaped like a key (or the French clé).
Clé de Cartier watch in rose gold with diamonds,
Cartier
An icon of Bulgari since the ’60s, and a favourite of Elizabeth Taylor’s, the Serpenti has always played a major role in the brand’s repertoire. This year, Bulgari combines the snake with another of its icons to create the new Serpenti Tubogas collection. Instead of “scales”, the new serpents come in the flexible, tubular lines of the Tubogas, which were created without any soldering. Bulgari also presented a High Jewellery collection during Design Week Milan, with Serpenti bracelets, rings, and necklaces covered in
mother-of-pearl and diamond pavé. Flowers have always played a part in Jonathan Liang’s collections. For Pre-Fall, he zoomed in on the Dracula orchid, translating its moody sensuality into a cool and wearable wardrobe of knits, leathers, and chiffon. “It was a study on the structure and blossoming of the orchid; and the silhouette is reminiscent of ’50s rebel style,’ Liang explains. He also focused heavily on texture. “We did glazed Lurex, heat-fiber iron-on prints, sunray-pleated chiffon, and
leather layers paired with angora.” Serpenti bracelet in mother- of-pearl and diamonds, Bulgari