According to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, all life is related and has descended from a common ancestor. Human, animal and vegetal life forms all stem from one singular entity.

This goes without the creative authority of Bernard Delettrez.

For spring/summer 2012, the Wizard of Haute Jewelry unveils yet another bewildering collection that renders an entirely new perspective on the concept of ‘natural selection’ itself. Not just confronting Darwin’s general theory but literally turning it upside down.

Written by Joyce Bidouzo-Coudray

Furthermore, Delettrez dares to assert that although the year 2012 will not be the end of the world as we know it, it will witness the emergence of a new genetic hierarchy. What if the complex creatures humans have always claimed to be, were only the mere avatars of the next race of microcosmic super beings?

With the undisputed mastery and stylish irreverence that has become his trademark, Delettrez entices us to take part in a cosmic role play in which we gradually become subjected to strange genetic mutations and end up wondering which one of us will transform into a magnificent tarantula, a magical ant, an enchanted grasshopper or a dazzling bee…each adorned with glistening black diamonds, radiant rubies, wrapped in yellow gold, precious wood or crowned with a moon stone.

Draped ‘sautoirs’, scarabs rings, magnetite skulls…each resting on intricate gold, bronze or silver rings; infinitely refined neck pieces and bracelets, laced with keys and skeletons circling the wrist; butterfly earrings dangling from fine gold ropes. Frogs, ladybugs, flowers, insects, sea stars, crabs and dragons are also invited to the ball where Pegasus and Medusa are all lavishly immortalized.

This collection of exquisitely hand carved talismans announces the future reign of microcosmic creatures over human kind; the genesis of a new race which amalgamated over time, to ultimately result in new organisms. Not just variations of their blue prints, but utterly different entities in their own right. The emblematic “Delettrez Skull” continues to serve as the nutshell from which a fabulous bestiary leaps outward in a cataclysmic explosion of uber-opulence.

Experimenting with a variety of materials, playing with structure and always exploring new carving techniques this S/S12 season presents Delettrez at his absolute finest. It’s an invitation to apply nature’s most valuable lessons to our modern society life yet with unmistakable elegance.

A Jewelry Collection by Bernard Delettrez often evoke memories from his Moroccan childhood where snakes are a man’s best friends, taking inspiration from his beautiful palazzo and private ateliers in the city of Rome…to life at his second home in Kenya where he spends part of the year.

“Exercise de Style” accomplished!

Bernard Delettrez R’EVOLUTION S/S12 Collection will be unveiled during Paris Fashion Week at PREMIERE CLASSE from September 30 to October 3.

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