The results of the Jewelry 2021 awards are officially out, and we’ve selected 22 of the most iconic jewelry pieces of the past year. The inspiration theme of this year’s global jewelry shows the vast time and space thinking of designers. You can see different themes such as natural treasures, vast starry sky, poetic mythology and even virtual world. The breakthrough application of innovative materials is also more bold, holographic ceramics, electroplated titanium metal, etc., gives designers a broader imagination space.
There are six categories on this year’s list, which covers five items including rings, necklaces, brooches, bracelets and earrings, as well as creative designs. Check out the full list of Jewelry Awards 2021 below:
The best ring creations of 2021 combine creative themes, gems and craftsmanship — Boucheron Illusion Cocktail rings use Opal’s natural colors to create ever-changing light and shadow effects, like an infinite mystery. Chopard Water pairs blue titanium with three-dimensional diamond inserts to create a sculptural effect. Cartier Clash [Un]limited used natural gems to create a punk style “rivet” element, the style is avant-garde and spontaneous.
Award: “Best Ring.
Award winning jewelry: Boucheron “Illusion” Opal Ring
The main stone is a 50.95ct water drop curved cut white Opal from Ethiopia with blue, yellow and pink sapphires, saffron stone, orange and green garnet, emerald, blue tourmaline and diamond.
Illusion cocktail ring is like an infinite mystery, and the natural changing colors of Opal are used to present the changing effects of light and shadow. A rare 50.95ct Ethiopian white Opal is specially selected for the main stone, and the pure white background sets off the colorful changing colors. The main stone outer ring brocade cluster inlaid with colored sapphires, diamonds, tourmalines, emeralds, garnet and shafrite, so that the Opal main stone’s charming color extended to the ring. Viewed from a distance like a complete gem, the beautiful colors show excellent visual tension.
Award: “Best Ring.
Award-winning Jewelry: Chopard Chopard “Water” Titanium Ring
The main stone is a 2ct water drop cut Paraiba tourmaline with a total weight of 5ct diamonds set in white gold and titanium.
The Water ring draws inspiration from nature and creates a moving scene of three waves flying in and out of each other. The waves are made of blue electroplated titanium metal. The surface of the waves can be seen with overlapping arc-shaped engravings, showing the flowing light and shadow effect. Wave crest decorated with white gold carved splash, lined with a package of different sizes inlaid round diamond; The wave is also inlaid with a 2ct water drop shaped Paraiba tourmaline, clear water blue and titanium natural contrast, freeze the moving moment of the waves.
Award: “Best Ring.
Award-winning Jewelry: Cartier “Clash [Un]limited” Platinum Ring
Set with amethyst, onyx and 396 round brilliantcut diamonds with a total weight of 3.73ct.
Clash [Un]limited ring style is avant-garde and spontaneous. It adopts “rivets” of punk style as the design element, and uses 3 kinds of natural gems to present striking color contrast. “Snowflake Mosaic” technology is covered with diamonds, creating a future style of silver and white. The onyx uses Cartier’s unique “Fur setting” Mosaic technology to simulate cheetah markings; Conical amethyst main stone becomes the visual focus, perfect integration of the spirit of creation and luxury temperament.
The Best bracelet works of 2021 focus on the vast sky and natural landforms, and remind you of the infinite imagination of the world. CINDY CHAO The Art Jewel embodies the blue Mediterranean landscape, just like an impressionist painting; Chanel Constellation Astrale cleverly uses Lapis lazuli to interpret night and starlight; Van Cleef & Arpels’ Sentier d’Etoiles bracelet takes us to the double bar spiral galaxy NGC 7098, some 95 million light-years from Earth.
Award: Best Bangle Bracelet
Award winner: CINDY CHAO The Art Jewel 2021 Black Label Masterpiece Bracelet “Riotous Mediterranean” from the Master Collection
The main stone is a 50ct Myanmar unburnt sapphire, embellished with diamonds, yellow diamonds, sapphires and roselite. The inlay is made of white gold, gold and rose gold.
“Riotous Mediterranean” bracelet is inspired by the blue Mediterranean — the main stone is a 50ct unburnt sapphire from Myanmar. The artist Outlines the structural lines like natural landforms through wax carving. The walls of the bracelet are scattered with diamonds, yellow diamonds, sapphires, roselite and other gems of different colors, just like an impressionist painting, paying tribute to the colorful scenery of the Mediterranean. And a rich and interwoven history of civilizations.
Award: Best Bangle Bracelet
Award-winning Jewelry: Chanel Chanel Constellation Astrale Bracelet
The main stone is a yellow sapphire cut in the shape of a pillow, decorated with yellow sapphire, lapis lazuli and diamonds.
Inspired by St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, the Constellation Astrale bracelet recreates the deep blue night sky behind the Winged Lion on the exterior of the basilica to create a romantic view of the stars — using lapis lazuli to create a Mosaic of underpinings, The symbol of the deep night; The surface is naturally speckled with golden pyrite, reminiscent of the gorgeous glow of the stars.
Award: Best Bangle Bracelet
Award-winning Jewelry: Van Cleef & Arpels “Sentier d’Etoiles” Sapphire bracelet
The main stone is a 69.23ct globular-cut sapphire, mined in Sri Lanka and decorated with round cut sapphires, savolites, yellow diamonds and diamonds.
Sentier d’Etoiles bracelet is inspired by NGC 7098 — the main stone is a curved sapphire that weighs 69.23ct and represents the galaxy’s bright central core of stars. The inner layer is inlaid with sapphires and saffron stones, representing the stars; the middle is inlaid with a long stepped diamond and a shining star made of gold; the outermost glaring yellow diamond represents a bright new star in the making.
Picturesque Oriental imagery, poetic myths, and distant celestial bodies have been transformed into vivid new brooches that reflect the designer’s vast time and space thinking — one of Van Cleef & Arpels’ Saturn brooches was created using “crepe metalwork” to create the craggy surface of the planet. This traditional technique is often seen in the brand’s jewelry from the 1960s and 1970s; Another Deesse Mercure is a poetic and dreamy “Mercury goddess”; The Mikimoto pearl brooch is inspired by the iconic “waterfall” scene of Japanese Ukiyo-e.
Award: “Best Brooch.
Award-winning jewelry: Van Cleef & Arpels’ Saturn ‘diamond brooch
Set with round and long step cut diamonds, set in white and gold.
This Saturn brooch was inspired by the second largest planet in the solar system, Saturn, which is made of gold and uses the traditional process of “crepe metalworking” to create an undulating surface that is realistic and shiny. The surface is strewn with diamonds encrusted in white gold, like the fog rising from Saturn; Saturn’s outer rings are three sets of delicate diamond planetary rings, giving the work a sense of visual layer.
Award: “Best Brooch.
Award-winning Jewelry: Van Cleef & Arpels “Deesse Mercure” White Opal Brooch
The main stone is a 5.10ct curved cut white Opal, embellished with rubies, pink sapphires and diamonds.
Deesse Mercure White Opal brooch combines the vastness of the sky, poetic fantasy and myth. The title of the work means “Mercury Goddess” in French — the image of the goddess is reminiscent of classic “ballerina” works, such as diamond cheeks, a raised dress, ballet shoes encrusted with rubies and four-pointed stars; In her hand, the goddess held up a globo-cut 5.1ct white Opal “Mercury”, illuminated by mirrorlike polished gold and gradually growing round diamonds, dotted with pink sapphire stars.
Award: “Best Brooch.
Award-winning Jewelry: Mikimoto Mikimoto “The Japanese Sense of Beauty” Pearl Brooch
Inlaid with freshwater pearls, emeralds, zoisite, emeralds, sapphires and diamonds.
The Japanese Sense of Beauty brooch is inspired by the highly representative “waterfall” scene in Japanese Ukiyo-e, creating a picture of green pines leaning against the cliff and a clear waterfall flying down. On the top of the brooch are three overlapping pines, with a thick canopy of custom-cut jade. The two “Baroque pearls” below the tree trunk remind people of the rocks of different shapes on the cliff wall; Beneath the pines stretched a long chain of delicate gems, like a cascade of melted ice in early spring.
The 2021 Best necklaces list is full of history and humanity — BVLGARI’s two necklaces pay tribute to the Roman city and British architect Zaha Hadid; Chanel N°5 necklace to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the eponymous perfume; Louis Vuitton Le Mythe pays tribute to the pioneer spirit of the founder and the classic elements of the brand; Boucheron Opalescence moulded a betta fish, which symbolizes good luck in Oriental culture, and created a gorgeous texture with beautiful meaning.
Award: “Best Necklace”, Best Necklace
Winning Jewelry: BVLGARI “Celestial Sky” Necklace above the Sky
The main stone is a pillow cut Sri Lankan sapphire, embellished with arc cut sapphire, red tourmaline ball, round bright cut diamond.
“Rome”, the birthplace of BVLGARI, became the Muse of Celestial Sky necklace — the main stone is a sapphire cut in the shape of a pillow, with deep and mysterious colors symbolizing the Roman blue sky; The necklace uses sapphire, red tourmaline beads and diamonds to outline the circular decorative patterns, reproducing the typical decorative style of the Roman Baroque period, as well as the sky under the setting sun presents a distinct gradient effect, the whole necklace took about 1,800 hours to complete.
Award: “Best Necklace”, Best Necklace
Winning jewelry: Boucheron’s “Opalescence” white Opal Necklace
The main stone is a 71.69ct curved cut white Opal, produced in Ethiopia, and a 46.91ct water drop shaped curved cut white Opal, produced in Ethiopia. The necklace part is made of white Opal beads with a total weight of 1518.78ct, decorated with round cut diamonds and painted with colored lacquer, which can be converted into a brooch to wear.
Opalescence necklace shaped a colorful dancing “betta fish”, creating a dream-like color light and shadow. The body of the rose gold betta fish tilted slightly, and its swinging fins and tail were full of streamline feeling. The scales were lined with custom-cut white Opal, and the tail fin was decorated with curved white Opal slices, which was full of natural vitality. The most eye-catching is a 71.69ct curved cut white Opal beside the Betta fish body, the surface can be seen gorgeous blue green color change, like containing the magical mystery of the ocean.
Award: “Best Necklace”, Best Necklace
Award-winning jewelry: Chanel Chanel “N°5″ Diamond Necklace
The main stone is a 55.55ct emerald cut diamond in D color and Flawless grade, framed side track type embedded 42 long step diamonds.
This necklace to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of CHANEL classic “N°5″ perfume and special design — the main drill “55.55″ carat number corresponding to the name of this classic perfume, emerald cut and “N°5″ octagonal perfume bottle shape fit; The main body of the necklace alternately uses round, olive, water drop, and long step diamonds to create the geometric outline of the perfume bottle. The lower part of the necklace is transformed into a water drop diamond pendant, symbolizing the fragrance in the air and attracting infinite imagination. The buckle is also designed in the shape of the number “5″.
Award: “Best Necklace”, Best Necklace
Winner: Louis Vuitton Le Mythe sapphire necklace
The main stone is a 19.70ct Sugar Loaf Mountain Cut sapphire, from Sri Lanka, paired with an 8.64ct Sugar Loaf Mountain Cut Colombian emerald, and a 7.11ct Sugar Loaf Mountain cut Madagascar sapphire, dotted with sapphires and diamonds
In tribute to the pioneering spirit of Louis Vuitton, the brand founder, Le Mythe necklace cleverly integrates Monogram pattern, Damier checkerboard pattern, luggage rivets and other classic elements into the three-layer structure. The gemstones are beautifully matched — you can see Sri Lankan sapphires weighing 19.70ct, Colombian emeralds weighing 8.64ct and Madagascar sapphires weighing 7.11ct, all cut with sugar loaf mountain to highlight the rich and intense color of the gemstone. Also notable are the six star-cut diamonds, designed independently by Louis Vuitton, which naturally echoes the Monogram pattern.
Award: “Best Necklace”, Best Necklace
Winning jewelry: BVLGARI Bulgari “Fluid Tanzanite” Elegant Tanzanite Necklace
The main stone is a 77.88ct tanzanite decorated with round bright cut diamonds.
Fluid Tanzanite necklace was inspired by Zaha Hadid, a British female architect, in honor of her courage and strong heart in pursuing dreams and being loyal to her ideals. The necklace was made with BVLGARI’s classic Tubogas process in the 1940s, embellishing with dense round diamonds. Reproducing the iconic curves and irregular geometric figures in Zaha Hadid’s works; A tanzanite weighing about 77.88ct becomes the focal point, adding a dazzling charm to the jewelry.
“Naturalism” is undoubtedly The key word of 2021 high Pearl ear jewelry design. The designer spreads the natural canvas in the limited space. CINDY CHAO The Art Jewel is inspired by the vivid natural scene of dew moisten the green vine. Chopard Fire depicts the dynamics of flame combustion through translucent fire Opal; BVLGARI Sapphire Petal lets the ear pieces take centre stage with the natural blue hue of sapphire.
Award: “Best Earrings.
Award-winning Jewelry: CINDY CHAO The Art Jewel Black Label “Morning Dew Green Vine” Earrings
The main stone is 2 pillow cut diamonds of 13ct each, matched with 14 Colombian emeralds of 16.16ct, embellish diamonds, emeralds, gray blue sapphires, gray green sapphires, and color-colored garnet. The inlaid base is made of titanium metal and white gold.
“Morning Dew Green Vine” earrings are inspired by the vivid nature of the morning dew moisten the green vine. 14 Colombian emeralds are used to create fresh green vine leaves. Two 13ct pillow shaped diamonds are held up, just like the morning dew shining in the sun. Titanium inserts are specially treated with blue and green layers to make the soft vine branches more vibrant.
Award: “Best Earrings.
Award-winning Jewelry: Chopard “Fire” Earrings in Rose Gold
The set weighs 13.04ct camber cut fire Opal, embellish round cut yellow sapphires, orange sapphires, rubies and yellow diamonds. The set is made of rose gold and titanium.
The Fire stud is like a flame blown by the wind. Through the translucent fire Opal main stone, you can see the gold engraving below, which reminds you of the dynamic burning of a flame. The side of the stud is also embellished with 2 water drop shaped Briolette cutting fire Opal, crystal clear and transparent, become the focal point of the whole work; It’s worth noting that the studs are made of titanium, Chopard’s favorite material, which is electroplated to create a gorgeous orange hue that blends in with the burning flame.
Award: “Best Earrings.
Award winning Jewelry: BVLGARI “Sapphire Petal” Earrings
Set 2 pillow cut sapphires, embellish arc cut sapphires, drop cut and round cut diamonds.
Featuring the Sapphire stone favoured by Nicola Bulgari, grandson of the brand’s founder, Sapphire Petal Petal Petal Petal design is a contrasting blue and white colour that gives the ear pieces a centre of attention – a rounded badge shape is used for the studs, Set in the center is a bold sapphire square pillow shape. The two sides of the main stone are lengthwise extended into striking blue and white patterns, blue for custom-cut curved sapphire and white for bright cut diamond.
Designers give full play to their unrestrained imagination and create refreshing “creative jewelry” through unique elements and themes and special jewelry materials.
The Boucheron Chromatique ring uses high-tech “holographic ceramic” jewelry materials to give a surreal eternal life to natural flowers; Hermes Kelly Gavroche finger ring takes the classic “Kelly Bag” buckle thin belt as the theme creation; The Garrard Fanfare Symphony is inspired by the “folding fan” element of the 18th-century London masquerade ball; Pomellato Iconica uses colorful gems and sets of different shapes to create a charming effect like gems scattered; Chanel Graphic N°5 uses emerald-cut diamonds and the number “5″ to pay tribute to the brand’s classic perfume.
Award: Best Innovative Jewelry
Award-winning Jewelry: Boucheron “Chromatique” flower Ring
The main stone is a 7.88ct occipito-cut aquamarine with holographic ceramics and round cut diamonds.
The design of this ring is inspired by fantastic light and shadow. The most special feature of this ring is the use of high-tech “holographic ceramic” jewelry material, which gives natural flowers brilliant and ethereal colors. The name of the work “Chromatique” means “the natural color of things” in Greek. 7.88ct Aquamarine is reflected among the petals, giving the flower a surreal eternal life.
Award: Best Innovative Jewelry
Award-winning jewelry: Hermes Hermes “Kelly Gavroche” interfinger ring in platinum
Inlaid long step cut and round cut diamonds.
Kelly Gavroche finger ring is inspired by the brand’s classic handbag “Kelly Bag”, taking the “buckle strap” of Kelly bag as the theme. The whole ring is designed as a double ring structure, which shuttles freely between the two fingers, reminding people of the three-dimensional shape of the natural curling of the thin band, just like the soft texture of leather goods; Exquisite diamond-encrusted buckles can be seen at the top of the ring face, which becomes the focal point of the whole piece.
Award: Best Innovative Jewelry
Winning Jewelry: Garrard “Fanfare Symphony” Platinum Ring
Inlay round cut sapphire, lapis lazuli slice and round cut diamond.
The Fanfare Symphony ring design is inspired by the “folding fan” element of 18th-century London masquettes — the ring face is shaped into a hollow fan leaf, and the structure of the fan bone is highlighted through an intricate Mosaic of circular cut sapphires, lapis lazis slices and circular cut diamonds. The style is ornate and sophisticated.
Award: Best Innovative Jewelry
Award-winning Jewelry: Pomellato “Iconica” Rose Gold Ring
Inset with pink tourmaline, orange sapphires, sapphires, beryl, Shafrite, red spinel, blue zircon, ananite, garnet, amethyst, ruby and peridot, total weight 4.3ct.
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The Iconica ring is inspired by the jewelry style of the 1970s, when jewelry design was deeply influenced by the hippie movement and advocated bold, avant-garde and energetic style. The ring is based on a gold ring with a mirror finish to create a gorgeous, shiny look, and then set with stones of different colors. Each stone set is also designed with different geometric shapes to create an attractive effect like the scattering of gems.
Award: Best Innovative Jewelry
Award-winning Jewelry: Chanel Chanel “Graphic N°5″ Platinum Interfinger Ring
Set emerald-cut diamonds and round cut diamonds.
Graphic N°5 Ring Designed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the N°5 perfume, the ring is shaped in platinum and features the two iconic elements of the perfume bottle at each end — one end features an emerald cut diamond, inspired by the octagonal body and lid of the perfume. The other end presents the number “5″, inspired by the name of the perfume, which creates a clever visual balance in the asymmetrical design.
Post time: Mar-17-2023