Louis Vuitton 'Deep Time' High Jewelry Ode to Earthly Evolution with Ana De Armas AOC Jewelry News

Louis Vuitton revealed the fifth creative session of the Maison’s high jewelry collection called ‘Deep Time’, choosing the Odeon of Herodes Atticus under the Acropolis, one of the oldest open-air theatres in the world for the presentation.

Louis Vuitton Ambassador Ana De Armas is photographed wearing select pieces from Louis Vuitton’s Artistic Director of Watches and Jewelry Francesca Amfitheatrof’s ‘Deep Time’ collection.

Spanning the birth of the planet to the creation of life, the pieces chart a profound voyage reflecting the origins of the precious gemstones.

‘Deep Time’ is Louis Vuitton’s largest high jewelry collection to date, comprising over 170 unique pieces. Divided into 16 themes, 95 of the pieces are part of ‘Deep Time’. We have a further division of ‘Deep Time’ into Geology and Life.

Probing the evolution of the Earth and the history of our planet for millions of years before the first spark of life joined unmined geological riches, Francesca Amfitheatrof weaves geographical, philosophical and mythological references into each magnificent piece of ‘Deep Time’ high jewelry.

In fact, on Thursday, writing about a fashion story with Jessica Stam in Vogue Greece set in Santorini — but not knowing until now that Stam is wearing ‘Deep Time’ necklaces on two covers — Lulu took us on a historic tour of the volcano that erupted in Santorini and wiped parts of pre-historic Greece and also late Minoan civilization off the face of the Earth for hundreds of years.

Stam wears ‘The Wave’ Louis Vuitton High Jewelery ‘Deep Time’ necklace on the left cover, and ‘The Rupture’ on the right cover.

Spanning the birth of the planet to the creation of life, the pieces chart a profound voyage reflecting the origins of the precious gemstones.

‘The Bones’ Collection

Ana De Armas also wears the spectacular Bones necklace, “an ode to the architecture of humanity” — and “the link between life and metamorphosis”.

Francesca Amfitheatrof explains that the Bones necklace took a mind-boggling 4,500 hours to create. That’s 187 days, each of them 24 hrs in duration. It’s the most complex piece of high jewelry ever made by the Louis Vuitton Maison.

The necklace is anchored by a 20.93-carat Paraiba tourmaline and a 43.58-carat opal, evidenced on the sketch below.

The talent in the Louis Vuitton organization is almost becoming more than AOC’s very mortal mind can process. The entire organization is so inspiring. ~ Anne