Anya Taylor-Joy in Tiffany & Co. 'Blue Book 2023: Out of the Blue' High Jewelry by Craig McDean AOC Jewelry News

Tiffany house ambassador and new bride Anya Taylor-Joy poses in the new Tiffany & Co. ‘Blue Blook 2023: Out of the Blue’ collection. The “Queen’s Gambit” star, 27, married musician Malcolm McRae, 29, at the Palazzo Pisani Moretta in Venice, Italy, over the weekend. A masked ball was enjoyed by wedding guests.

Chief Artistic Officer Nathalie Verdeille both perpetuates and reinvents the aquatic worlds dreamt up by legendary Tiffany & Co. designer Jean Schlumberger. See our AOC Sunday post Tiffany and Co’s “Blue Book 2023: Out of the Blue” High Jewelry in Grazia International.

The jewelry artist posessed with an extraordinary imagination and technical skills set first recognized by Elsa Schiaparelli in the 1930s, when she employed him to made spectacular buttons. Subsequently, Schiaparelli commissioned Schulumberger to design costume jewelry for clients.

In 1956, Tiffany & Co president Walter Hoving asked Schlumberger to begin designing for the firm. Disallowed by his parents to pursue any formal training in the jewelry arts, Schlumberger had his own workshop at the company until the late 1970s, when he retired.

Experience the entire Tiffany & Co. Jean Schlumberger collection on their website.

The sea anemone designs appear as if frozen in a state of perpetual bloom. The design evokes its splendor with highly innovative designs that exemplify Tiffany’s savoir faire, such as blue cuprian elbaite tourmalines and diamonds set en tremblent in inverted settings that lend a sense of motion and texture to the creations.

The Tiffany & Co. website goes behind the scenes educating us about the magnificent sea anemone bracelet not shown here.

Inspired by one of the House’s most iconic designs by Jean Schlumberger, this reimagined Bird on a Rock necklace worn by Anja Taylor-Joy features an emerald-cut aquamarine of over 32 carats in an innovative setting with over 59 total carats of round brilliant diamonds.

Photographer Craig McDean [IG] captures these extraordinary Tiffany & Co high-jewelry images, styled by Ryan Hastings, who regularly works with Anya Taylor-Joy.

Legendary designs, effortless sophistication. Known for modernizing impressive, stately jewels in settings inspired by nature, Jean Schlumberger’s Flowers and Leaves necklace is a study in technical virtuosity and expert craftsmanship.