Guess what the Jack de Boucheron jewellery collection’s coolest design feature is?
- This playful Boucheron collection turns into a bracelet, necklace or belt and has a fastening mechanism unlike any other, says creative director Claire Choisne
Boucheron’s latest collection of chains is inspired by a touch of mystery and wit.
Jack de Boucheron, a versatile range in three lengths that can be worn as a bracelet, necklace or belt, was designed after a request by CEO Hélène Poulit-Duquesne.
When asked to produce the collection, creative director Claire Choisne decided she wanted versatile jewellery for women.
“I wanted to propose a design for women without imposing how they should wear our pieces,” says Choisne. Thus the new range of chains – available in white and yellow gold, some accented with diamonds – is a nod to the house’s mantra: “freedom to wear”.
“I wanted to create something contemporary, but with the craftsmanship of high jewellery-making,” says Choisne. Together with Boucheron’s craftsmen, Choisne realised her vision for a clasp quite unlike any other: one that fastens like an auxiliary jack, a port typically used for audio equipment.
The complexity and sheer novelty of the idea meant that the collection took well over two years to realise, almost as long as it usually takes to create an entire high jewellery line.
“Functionally and technically, it was very difficult to create. At first most people think it’s fastened with magnets. But in fact we created a clasp that’s very much how a jack is plugged in.”
When fastened, the clasp transforms into an elegant bauble. But the clasping mechanism is only one aspect of the overall design.
