By Frances Hopes

Luxury French jewellery Maison Chaumet has launched colourful new additions to its iconic Hortensia and Liens collections, offering playful and stylish accessories for today’s woman.

The new Hortensia Eden collection complements the naturalistic collection with a line dedicated to vividly hued natural stones. Ultra-feminine mini-watches offer a palette of dazzling colours, with malachite, turquoise, lapis lazuli, mother-of-pearl and pink opal dials paired with an array of lizard skin or satin straps (powder pink, fuchsia, green, blue and orange). These timepieces are must-haves pieces for day and night, perfect to be paired with delicate, precious jewellery pieces.

Fuschia Hortensia watch by Chaumet
Fuschia Hortensia watch by Chaumet
Orange Hortensia watch by Chaumet
Orange Hortensia watch by Chaumet
Fuschia Hortensia watch by Chaumet
Fuschia Hortensia watch by Chaumet

The Hortensia Astre d’or line, with its rounded contours that celebrate Empress Josephine’s passion for flowers, combines brushed rose gold and diamond pave setting as a delightful addition to the existing Hortensia collection. Five new pieces shimmer in the summer sun: a long sautoir necklace, a bracelet, a pendant, a pair of long earrings and a ring.

Hortensia bracelet by Chaumet
Hortensia bracelet by Chaumet
Hortensia ring by Chaumet
Hortensia ring by Chaumet
Hortensia ring by Chaumet
Hortensia ring by Chaumet
Hortensia ring by Chaumet
Hortensia ring by Chaumet
Hortensia pendant by Chaumet
Hortensia pendant by Chaumet
Hortensia pendant by Chaumet
Hortensia pendant by Chaumet

Meanwhile, a playful promise of halcyon days, the Jeux de Liens creations are also enriched with new colours: chrysoprase and pink opal set on rose gold, white and grey mother-of-pearl set on white gold, and sparkling versions featuring pavé-set diamonds on white or rose gold – all ready for a vibrant game of mix and match. Each design is available as a double-chain bracelet or a pendant necklace. Discreet, feminine and iconic, these second-skin jewels are the universal symbols of the loving ties between two souls.

Jeux de Liens bracelet by Chaumet
Jeux de Liens bracelet by Chaumet
Jeux de Liens pendant by Chaumet
Jeux de Liens pendant by Chaumet
Jeux de liens bracelet by Chaumet
Jeux de liens bracelet by Chaumet

The American photographer Karen Collins has focuses her lens on a Parisian swimming pool for Chaumet’s new campaign, capturing the allure of its Art Deco architecture. In a decor of graphic lines and pop art colours, we dive into the fresh pool of endless indigo while the sun’s first rays caress the skin, and prepare for summer with the Maison’s vibrant new pieces.