Sara Sampaio for Harper’s Bazaar Arabia in Cartier Trinity Jewelry, Lensed by Daniella Midenge
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Cartier, Grace Kelly, Elle Fanning and Grain de Café: A Perfectly Rich Brew
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If there is a future remake of a Grace Kelly film, Elle Fanning is certain to get the part. People who have watched the Cartier campaign film for the relaunched Grain de Café Collection are quite astonished.
To pay tribute to Grace Kelly, the iconic Hollywood star, Cartier turned to American director Alex Prager whose sensitivity resonates with the codes of the collection.
The original story of the collection, born in 1938 is embedded in a difficult time in world history when Cartier’s creative director Jeanne Toussaint had risen quickly to the coveted and rare for a woman design position in Paris.
In creating Cartier’s Grain de Café Collection, Toussaint tapped into her extensive knowledge of global power and conflicts, economic suffering and rising authoritarianism. Hitler had been chancellor in Germany since 1933. Quiet luxury was on her creative mind.
Read MoreDeepika Padukone Stars in Launch of Cartier “Le Voyage Recommencé Collection” May 2023
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In one her first photoshoot since becoming a Cartier ambassador, Deepika Padukone shares images of her wearing extraordinary pieces from the French Maison’s new high jewelry “Le Voyage Recommencé Collection”, lensed by Johan Sandberg [IG].
An elaborate soirée in Florence in the gorgeous garden of the Palazzo Corsini, was the scene of the new collection’s unveiling. The palace is known for its artistic heritage and is home to works by Rubens, Fra Angelico, and Caravaggio.
As Jacqueline Karachi, Director of High Jewelry Creation at Cartier describes it, the new Le Voyage Recommencé is "a journey back to the heart of Cartier creation, an uninterrupted story being told over time."
Louis Cartier discovered the "Islamic arts" exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1903, which led to a long-standing presence of Islamic inspired geometric motifs, arabesques, and peacock motifs in the brand’s pieces.
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‘Panthère de Cartier’ Is Queen of Jeweler's NYC Nature-Inspired Store and Fall 2022 Campaign
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The iconic Cartier Panthère is channeled by ambassadors Jisoo of BLACKPINK and actor Ella Balinska in the new Fall 2022 campaign. Her feline fierceness is also on prominent display in Cartier’s New York Fifth Avenue store.
The Cartier New York renovation channels organic parts of the city — its parks — by introducing lush green hues into the space, seen in the furnishings throughout and the carpeting that ascends the grand staircase. “I simply think that green represents vegetation, nature,” designer Laura Gonzalez explained. “Fifth Avenue is very close to Central Park, and I needed to include all these elements in the project to create an oasis, a peaceful beacon in between classicism and the building’s history.”
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Lara Jade Flashes Roos Abels and Cartier's Sixieme Sens Collection for Modern Luxury
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Lara Jade Flashes Roos Abels and Cartier's Sixieme Sens Collection for Modern Luxury AOC Modern
Model Roos Abels travels to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to showcase Cartier’s Sixieme Sens jewelry collection against the Western sky. Sixieme Sens reimagines Cartier’s iconic house designs by combining precious 1,000-year-old stones. The collection in total embraces unusual geometric ornamentations, contrasting textures, and other visual patterns that exhibit optical illusions.
Stylist Faye Vande Vrede chooses Jackson Hole-ready outerwear, knits, and dresses from Erdem, Etro, Ralph Lauren and more as a fashion backdrop for a Cartier collection that is sublime beauty. Photographer Lara Jade [IG] captures the style majesty for Modern Luxury Magazine./ Hair by Walton Nunez; makeup by Georgina Billington
Rawdah Mohammed in Vogue X Cartier for Vogue Arabia by Nima Benati
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Rawdah Mohammed in Vogue X Cartier for Vogue Arabia by Nima Benati AOC Fashion
In her role as Norwegian fashion editor for the new Vogue Scandinavia, model Rawdah Mohamed is appearing frequently as a model for the magazine and online at Vogue Scandinavia. In May AOC featured Mohamed as an ambassador for Cartier, representing the brand in Denmark.
Today we share new images of Rawdah Mohamed in a Vogue X Cartier collab for Vogue Arabia. Gaia Fraschini styles the multifaceted model in images by Nima Benati [IG] for the September 2021 issue.
Studying these women is a fascinating example of “new thinking” around creatives and talents, media and luxury brands. Old-fashioned lines of "‘ethical’ demarcation are definitely blurring.
Benati’s IG is filled with images of her toasting Moet & Chandon, with whom she has worked since 2017, at the Venice Film Festival. “I adore you!” she exclaims about her LVMH client, raising her glass from her boat in the canals of Venezia.
On the sustainability front, Cartier’s chief executive Cyrille Vigneron recently interviewed with BOF on the subject of sustainability and also lab-grown diamonds.
For decades consumers assumed brands and retailers did the right thing, the CEO explained and “that was enough”. In the digital age, brands and retailers cannot make unsubstantiated claims about their sustainability initiatives. “When it comes to the environment, you must express your intentions and show that you “walk the talk,” Vigneron said.
We believe that as brands, models, image-makers, editors and magazines become one contiguous cast of interlinking characters, each will inherit the other’s DNA. AOC has never been judgmental about these business decisions, but we will explore them always as part of our own editorial policy.
In July, WWD featured an article on parent company Richemont and its brands — including Cartier — stipulating that the company has fully embraced a “green growth” agenda. Preparing to release its July 2021 report “Movement for Better Luxury”, Richemont stated that for the first time in the 15 years, it has asked EY to audit its processes, progress and adherence to the U.N.’s Sustainable Development, and other goals.
On this topic, AOC likes to think we may have influenced this decision, being positively critical of Cartier’s sustainability reporting. In May 2020, we wrote:
Model Vivien Solari is styled by Sam Ranger in simple elegance accented by ‘Panthere de Cartier’ luxury jewelry. Photographer Charlotte Hadden is in the studio for Exit Magazine’s Spring-Summer 2020 issue.
Looking for more information on Cartier’s sustainability practices, it strikes me as being more vague than those of Tiffany and Chopard. Here is Tiffany & Co. 2017 Sustainability Report. — all 100 pages. And this fall 2019 link takes us to a detailed overview of all Tiffany & Co. sustainability practices and global initiatives.
Working off the Cartier resources website, this simple list of very general Sustainable Development goals appears, when I request the output of Cartier’s sustainability strategy in report form. One must never draw any conclusions between a 100 page sustainability report from Tiffany and a 1 page report from Cartier. This link from the US Cartier website highlights the brand’s philanthropy efforts, particularly with women.
The content is heavy on culture generally but I don’t see any public discussion of Cartier’s sustainability efforts. If I have missed the sustainability discussion — including the rights of workers — on this page, I sincerely apologize. There’s no time to click every link in the website.
We agree 500% that Cartier via Richemont is doing a fantastically better job at embracing publicly and subjecting itself to credentialed scrutiny on the topic of sustainability in 2021.
AOC has done our job well, too. ~ Anne
