https://www.scmp.com/rss/512662/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Enhancing the versatility of high jewellery as well as revolutionising conventional beauty, numerous long-established houses – including Boucheron, Bulgari and Chaumet – have launched gender-fluid collections in recent years, contributing to the appeal of androgynous designs. Boucheron sought inspiration from its largest special order – commissioned by the maharaja of Patiala in 1928, who made quite an entrance at the store in Paris’ Place Vendôme, arriving with 40 servants carrying safes filled... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3179266/how-high-jewellery-brands-are-embracing-gender-fluid-pieces?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3179266/how-high-jewellery-brands-are-embracing-gender-fluid-pieces?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 May 2022 08:24:02 +0000 “The spectacle of the starry sky attracts us, envelops us, speaks of infinity, communicates a dizzy sense of the abyss; for, more than anything else, it grasps and calls out to the contemplative soul,” wrote Camille Flammarion in his celebrated book L’Astronomie Populaire, conveying mankind’s inexhaustible curiosity in the world beyond our planet’s atmosphere. This thirst for astronomical knowledge dates back to a time when human beings’ understanding of space was limited to what was perceivable... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3179094/why-do-high-jewellery-brands-find-space-so-inspiring-how?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3179094/why-do-high-jewellery-brands-find-space-so-inspiring-how?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 May 2022 09:00:18 +0000