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Delfina Delettrez's jewellery is often playful, sometimes odd and yet always captivating. Her surreal take on what can and should adorn the body has yielded powerfully original results in her short career.
For Fall 2013, the Rome-born designer dubbed her collection 'Magic Triangle', a riff on the collection's otherworldly theme. It also nodded to her use of three-pronged settings of giant, emerald-cut topaz, a stone she's never worked with before and one that conveniently gives, as she says, 'this UFO-like feeling'.
Equally as interesting as the merchandise is Delettrez's way of presenting it each season. Expanding on her concept of alien phenomena, the designer nabbed German photographer Daniel Sannwald to create a 3-D parallel dimension of blue sky. Here the jewellery - including her new 'shark attack' series of fin-shaped coloured stones - appears suspended in crystal-clear air.
'When you deal with precious stones, jewellery becomes a fragment of eternity,' explains Delettrez. 'I wanted to represent it in a new dimension, a futuristic one.'
Sannwald created futuristic artificial landscapes where Delettrez's jewellery mingles with crumbling statuary and other fragments from the past. The arousing stills are accompanied by a motion video. 'Technology is just a tool,' says Sannwald of his dreamy digital environments. 'I am interested in beauty which lies in the fields of spirituality. Delfina and I found a common ground in the search for mental landscapes.'
The designer nabbed German photographer Daniel Sannwald to present the collection in a series of arousing stills and accompanying video, seen here. He created futuristic 3-D blue-sky landscapes where Delettrez's jewellery mingles with crumbling statuary
The collection's name, 'Magic Triangle', nods to Delettrez's use of three-pronged settings of giant, emerald-cut topaz. Featured here is the 'Fishing for Compliments' square-cut purple topaz earring with pearl and gold chain. It's accompanied by a 'Fullmoon' bracelet in silver and gold-plated silver with a pearl
The 'Triangle' rings in orange, pink, purple and green topaz, each with three diamonds, a pearl and a gold setting. They're accompanied by a 'Magic 'Knod' bracelet in silver, gold-plated silver and one diamond
In Sannwald's images, the jewellery - including her new 'Shark' bracelets with fin-shaped coloured stones - appears suspended in crystal-clear air.
The 'Green Triangle' earring in gold, with a green topaz, three diamonds and a pearl
The 'Eye' bracelet in gold with six diamonds, eight emeralds a black diamond and a pearl. The orange-topaz ring is from the 'Shark' series
The 'Triangle' pendant necklaces and earrings, each with topaz, three diamonds and gold setting. The earrings get a pearl as well
The 'Cartoon Eye and Pearl' earrings and 'Eye' chains, each with 25 diamonds, eight bluelight sapphires, a black diamond and a pearl for the earrings
The 'Triple Stones' gold ring with purple, orange and green sapphires
The orange 'Triangle' earring on one of Sannwald's futuristic busts
The 'Shark' bracelet in purple topaz, a stone Delettrez has never worked with before and one that conveniently gives, as she says, 'this UFO-like feeling'
'Detaille Unique' bracelets in silver and coloured coating
Three 'LED' bracelets in different shapes