Milan Creativity, Architecture Key to Pomellato’s New High Jewelry Collection

Milan’s different facets are a strong source of inspiration for Pomellato, and even more so with the brand’s fifth high jewelry collection to be unveiled on Thursday.

Last year, creative director Vincenzo Castaldo paid tribute to the city, where the jewelry brand was founded in 1967, with the “Ode to Milan” collection, and now he celebrates it with “The Dualism of Milan” lineup of 51 imaginative and one-of-a-kind designs.

In an interview at Pomellato’s headquarters here, Castaldo said his take on the city was now more “in-depth and extensive, even introspective. I have always been impressed by the two different souls of the city, so different yet co-existing in harmony, complementing each other. There are two parallel universes that may not be visible to those that visit Milan only occasionally.”

Castaldo emphasized how the city’s different dimensions span from a “more industrial and urban” side, “austere, discreet, monochrome and gray,” to a a cradle of creativity, fashion, design and art, allowing “freedom of expression, inclusivity and an explosion of joyful colors.”

In the city, rationalist architecture and skyscrapers flank the work of Gio Ponti or the Memphis Group, he pointed out.

Accordingly, the collection hinges on two themes, “Milan’s Monochromatic Treasures,” and “Milanese Color Prism,” which reflect the dualism of the city.

The former is inspired by the more understated yet refined aesthetic of a more discreet Milan, exemplified by the Planetarium, designed by the late architect Piero Portaluppi, where austere lines are offset by tone-on-tone sculpted stars. Cue the Planetario Notturno necklace, a rose gold disc encrusted with a swirl of diamonds and storm-gray spinels. Eight randomly placed anthracite spinels evoke the sky at dusk.