Shadow Games

Designer Pierre Hardy turns to the dark side for the Hermès high jewellery collection Les Jeux de l’Ombre

By Jacqueline Tsang

Pierre Hardy does like to do things differently. In the world of jewellery, where the standard “Four Cs”—cut, clarity, colour and carat—are metrics used to measure how brilliantly gemstones shine, only he would decide to create a high jewellery collection for Hermès inspired by the darkness of shadows. “We always talk about light and sparkle in jewellery, so I wanted to take the opposite approach,” said Hardy, who is the brand’s creative director for jewellery. “In the performing arts, I’ve always loved the incandescent effect of the spotlights as well as the shadows they cast onto the stage floor. I find this distortion of light very appealing. The collection is a response to this desire: to poeticise the form taken by shadows.” This collection, named Les Jeux de l’Ombre (games…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2023

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