Research note
Developed at the boundary of fine jewellery and dress: a wearable object that changes the identity of a garment through one precise, removable intervention.
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The Quiet Fastening
2026The work
A detachable organza collar in which the fastening becomes the jewel — one saturated stone holding an almost weightless structure.
- Year
- 2026
- Category
- JEWELLERY · FASHION
- Project
- Jewelled collar · wearable object study
- Materials
- Proposed: silk organza · white gold · raspberry spinel · diamond pavé
- Dimensions
- Detachable collar · proportion defined for the wearer
- Type
- INDEPENDENT CONCEPT STUDY
Intended application
Signature jewelled accessory, private commission or defining object within a fashion-jewellery capsule.
Status
Independent study · available for selected development
Story
The thought
before the object.
The Quiet Fastening begins with a garment detail and gives it the status of an object. Translucent organza traces the neck with almost no visual weight; the gemstone closure creates the single point of focus.
The collar is conceived to move between looks rather than belong to one garment. It can alter a bare neckline, a precise black dress or a controlled denim silhouette without becoming conventional jewellery.
Creative concept
Every line
must account for itself.
The contrast is deliberate: softness against mineral precision, transparency against concentrated colour. The closure is not applied decoration; it is the functional centre of the piece.
A cushion-cut raspberry spinel is proposed in a restrained white-gold frame with fine diamond pavé. Final clasp mechanics, stone weight and organza reinforcement would be resolved as one integrated construction.
Availability
Available for development under a defined brief. Final textile engineering, clasp architecture, gemstone selection and setting require collaboration with the appointed couture atelier and master jeweller.