Chopard and Disney have come together to create a fine jewelry collection inspired by the Disney princesses. That thump? That was 13-year-old me falling over in a dead faint.
So, here’s the thing. I think this is a really cool idea, and the pieces are impressive. But I’m not sure that I really like some of them that much. Especially Belle’s jewelry, which breaks my heart because she’s my favorite by far (she reads!!). I’d love to hear your thoughts – please take a look and let me know what you think.
You should also see the designer gowns that are also going to be on display at Harrods in honor of the princesses. Dibs on Sleeping Beauty’s Elle Saab. (Although I wouldn’t say no to Rapunzel’s Jenny Packham.)
If you’re in London, please go see this display and tell me all about it.
Obviously I am going to show you all of the pictures of the Disney princess collection jewelry. I’m having troubling finding much information on the actual materials of the pieces, so I apologize for that. We can still oogle.
This cherry blossom brooch was inspired by Mulan. It’s my favorite piece. The connection to Mulan is obvious, the colors are stunning, and the shape is beautiful. The fact that I have a tattoo that looks a lot like this does not make me biased at all.
This ring is inspired by Belle from Beauty and the Beast. I just don’t think this is pretty. I’m also not sure what the connection to Belle is. I don’t think she ever wears any of these colors, although perhaps they’re supposed to be a reference to the stained glass in the movie.
This is Belle’s necklace. Again, I don’t see the connection, although it’s very technically impressive and more pleasing to the eye (or at least less off-putting) than the ring above. Maybe the idea is that it will go well with her yellow ballgown? Perhaps the shape is inspired by the swirls of magic that surround the Beast when he turns back into a human. That’s my best guess.
Belle’s earrings. I do hope this set isn’t meant to be worn all at once.
This necklace was inspired by Tiana, from The Princess and the Frog. I think it’s lovely. The colors are dreamy and I really like how the tendrils of the necklace weave around the flowers. I wonder what the stones are?
Pocahontas’ bracelet. Shiny! Colorful. This one is more wearable than some of the others. I like the pattern, it’s unique and appealing.
Rapunzel necklace inspired by the movie Tangled. This is the kind of thing I was expecting when I heard about this collection: you can see the connection to the movie but it’s not overly on-the-nose and it’s still a beautiful piece of jewelry.
Cinderella’s earrings. These I understand – they’re clearly Cinderella colors. I’m not wild about the shape, however. So jagged at the tops and chunky overall.
Snow White’s poison apple ring. It’s a ring AND an apple. I love the leaf – very finely sculpted and at a perfect angle. Also, the inside of the ring has a pattern of tiny apples, which is great. However…it’s still not as cool as this poison apple ring.
What did you think about the Chopard Disney princess collection? Was it what you were expecting? Are you a fan? What would you have done differently?
All images and info in this post are thanks to The Jewellery Editor’s marvelous feature on the Chopard Disney princess collection.
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On the Chopard Diary one can get a description of some of the jewellery pieces in the Disney Princess Collection (Chopard Diary – search Disney).
Belle’s necklace for instance “the stones used in this piece, using
shading from one side of the neck to another, starting from an electric
blue 69-carat pear-shaped tanzanite and blue round sapphires, swimming
through purples and violets with marquise-cut and oval amethysts. Pear,
square and round-shaped rubellites add strong shades of magenta,
followed by morganites, kunzites and spinels.
The shading concludes with round pink
and white diamonds while the heart-shaped pink sapphires represent
Belle’s caring nature, connecting back with the magnificent tanzanite,
reminiscent of her great love for her prince” (Chopard Diary).
The stone for the Tiana necklace are made of paraiba tourmalines – same source.
I don’t think that they are especially mainstream, but I do think they are artistic. With the exception of Cinderella’s earrings, which don’t seem to be overly creative and Snow White’s which is a little too obvious. However, it is very well done and so it scores major points for that.
I’m disappointed that there was no offering for Sleeping Beauty as she is my favorite.
I have to admit, I’m not terribly impressed by these. I like Rapunzel’s necklace, but I feel like it’s just a fancier version of a thing I’ve seen before.
Can we talk about Belle’s apparent lack of taste in jewelry? As a bibliophile, she is also my favorite (just look at that library, man!!!) and due to her book-loving, I always just assumed she has really great taste. Perhaps I was wrong.
Were there more in the series? I’d be interested in seeing what they came up with for Ariel.
That’s basically how I feel. And I’m SO with you on Belle’s jewels. I don’t buy it for a second. A girl who reads that much simply must have better taste.
There’s more in the series (a Jasmine necklace, a Cinderella Tiara, and an Ariel bracelet) but I’ve only been able to find sketches so far and they’re not as fun to look at. You can see them here if you’re interested: http://www.thejewelleryeditor.com/2012/11/disney-and-chopard-come-together-for-some-magical-jewellery/
Perhaps the children of say, Kate & William, could buy these…so there is a mixed message about who these are intended for as grown women most likely won’t want to wear them. I’ll go with the publicity angle 🙂
I’ll check out your posts as often as I can! Found you on Pinterest and love to follow along….
Love your stuff!!
As for Belle’s pieces, perhaps they are supposed to show the joining of a beauty and a beast into one? Half of it looks like a tiara and the other (prong set) half is more rough and unrefined. Perhaps I’m stretching….. I agree that they are interesting to look at but not very “pretty” in the “I MUST OWN THAT” category.
Tianna’s necklace could have pariba tourmalines, maybe?
Oooh, I’d never thought of that interpretation of Belle’s – I’m intrigued. The pieces do have a duality to them, like you say. It may be a stretch but I like it. And all of my theories were stretches as well.
I also totally buy the theory of pariba tourmalines in Tianna’s necklace. They look more like that than anything else (too green for blue topaz or aquamarines, too blue for emeralds). And since we have no information, we might as well pick whatever sounds best.
I feel like they designed this collection to appeal more to little girls than grown women. Which makes some sense, because Disney princesses are for little girls…but fine jewelry by Chopard is definitely for women. You’ve gotta wonder who they’re thinking is going to wear it. But maybe with a collection like this it’s more about publicity and display pieces, anyway.
This was fun! I like you. Please comment all the time, Sarah K.