2022 was a stellar year for Deepika Padukone, one of the biggest stars in Bollywood. The actor became an ambassador for two of the world’s most prestigious brands: Cartier High Jewelry and Louis Vuitton. At the 75th 2022 Cannes Festival, Padukone was appointed to the nine-person jury.

Reality is that ever since Deepika Padukone landed on the 2018 TIME annual ‘100 Most Influential People’ list, the actor has used her platform in positive ways to advance the human condition at home in India and worldwide.

She has been a bright light — even as a Hindu politician in India offered a reward of $1.5m for the individual beheadings of Padukone and movie director Sanjay Leela Bhansali over the movie “Padmavati”.

TIME recognized the critical success of the global star by putting her alone on the cover of its current May 29, 2023 edition, accompanied by the cover story: “The Global Star: Deepika Padukone Is Bringing the World to Bollywood”.

Deepika Padukone Wears “Le Voyage Recommencé Collection” High Jewelry

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].

Padukone was praised on Reddit [seriously!!] for not trying to outshine the fine jewels in images shared with her 74M Instagram followers. Padukone's personal aesthetic of understated elegance and glamour was complimented as being a perfect blend with Cartier Maison codes.

As confirmation of the megastar’s influence, the single Cartier image below has earned almost 1M likes in 12 hours.

***GIRIH NECKLACE from Cartier’s Le Voyage Recommencé May 2023 Collection. The center pendant is detachable.***

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.

“The sense of beauty evolves,” Pierre Rainero, Cartier Director of image, style, and heritage explained at a presentation of the new High Jewelry collection. “At Cartier, we are on a permanent search. Le voyage recommencé is a journey of shapes. The idea of geometry is very important in the history of our creations,” he continues, evoking Cartier’s history with Art Deco. “The geometry in these creations is entirely new. And it’s one that could only exist now. The culture of the eye has evolved considerably,” he furthers. “In our world, beauty is still an objective and there is an expectation for this and for innovation, something that creates a surprise. When people come to us, they want everything.”

***Le Voyage Recommencé May 2023 Collection***

The showcasing of Le Voyage Recommencé had another Italian unveiling as Cartier organised an exhibition at the Villa Reale di Marlia in Tuscany, showcasing selective High Jewellery pieces. Staged by architect and decorator Patricia Urquiola, the exhibition displays more than 350 pieces that left guests breathless over the presentation.

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.

The peacock motif in particular, which brought two bold colours blue and green together, became a Cartier signature over the decades.

From October 21, 2021 thru February 20, 2022 the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris presented ‘Cartier et les arts de l’Islam. Aux sources de la modernité’, co-organized by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris and the Dallas Museum of Art, thanks to an exceptional collaboration with the musée du Louvre and the support of Cartier.

The exhibition showed the influence of Islamic Art on the high jewellery Maison Cartier in its design of jewellery and precious objects from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day.

Read this in-depth review of the Cartier-sponsored exhibit.

Padukone combined her Louis Vuitton ambassador’s role with her Cartier role at the 2023 Oscars, where she dazzled in a breathtaking yellow diamond necklace.

The star evoked an Angelina Jolie vibe in a stunning display of old-Hollywood glamour, showcased on the star’s IG.