Since its founding in 1976, Milan has been the source of inspiration for Pomellato, tirelessly nourishing the brand that has stood for more than half a century. Last year, Pomlando released the Ode to Milan top jewelry series in Paris. It is based on modernity while looking back on history. Through 33 unique and extraordinary designs, it tells the story of the brand’s deep friendship with this city and expresses its heartfelt tribute. of thanks.
Milan was built in the fourth century BC and has a history of more than 2,000 years. In AD 395, Milan became the ecclesiastical city of the Western Roman Empire and was one of the earliest independent urban republics to emerge in the Italian Middle Ages. After thousands of years of baptism by war, Milan continues to develop its urban landscape, constantly demonstrating its reverence for manufacturing excellence and its pursuit of design innovation. This spirit is the soil where Pomellato takes root. The functional designs of mid-century modernist masters such as Gio Ponti and Piero Fornasetti, as well as the magnificent architectural complexes throughout ancient and modern history, have injected vitality into the brand and formed its unique style.
Divided into four chapters, the series Ode to Milan depicts four unique aspects of this mysterious capital of the Lombard Kingdom: the urban drama of the skyscrapers, the mysterious power of medieval architecture, the creativity of La Scala, and the ecstasy of the cathedral. Holy Arc.
The first chapter "Vertical Landscape" is inspired by the towering skyscrapers of Milan, showing a strong modern style architectural outline, inlaid with harmonious and unified exquisite gemstones, showing the brand's deep understanding of bright colors. Among them, the iconic Skyline Necklace is built with a linear structure and consists of 128 dazzling rare spinels. It seems like the sunset in Milan is refracted through the high-rise buildings, showing a mixed color effect, and extraordinary colors flow on the neck. Cushion-cut spinels come in a variety of colors, from classic red to lesser-known warm reds, dark pinks, lilacs, sky blues and smoky greys. The necklace is soft to the touch and features a flexible door chain at the back, ending in a rose gold bar studded with pavé diamonds.
Chapter 2, "Contemporary Heritage," captures in detail the power of Milan's magnificent Sforzesco Castle. This chapter interprets the majestic stone carvings of the castle's exterior walls, using gold as a carrier and inlaid with extraordinary jewelry, reproducing the mysterious charm of this ancient fortification in Milan. With an unconventional creative soul, craftsmen boldly reverse-set emerald-cut gemstones in green titanium, creating mosaic-like dynamics, colors and textures. The effect is reminiscent of Gio Ponti's hypnotic architectural facades.
The third chapter, "Stage Creativity," takes the brand's chain-making history as a guide and presents the talent and art on the Kara Theater stage through each piece of jewelry. The design of the layers of chains resembles the folds of a stage curtain, draping sensuously on the body, making them flow and become the real protagonist of the Pomeranto style. Craftsmen reinterpreted previous chokers and boldly created the Castello necklace in neo-medieval style. This necklace is composed of rose gold pieces, connected by thick curb chain links. Its sharp edges are sublimated through reverse inlay, creating this unique new pavé method.
Chapter 4, "Piazza Dumo", distills the iconic shape of the cathedral's Gothic facade into modern sculptural earrings, a necklace and two bracelets, each crafted in white or rose gold and decorated with white diamonds. These works encapsulate the essence of Milan's architectural wonders in a thoroughly modern way.
This series aims to present the diversity and complexity of Milan, both ancient and modern, depicting the connotation of classicism through the contemporary urban landscape, and integrating the profound and timeless collection design with a straightforward modern style. Even the location of the press conference is meaningful. Jewelry full of elements from Milan, Italy, enters Paris, injecting the soul of Parisian jewelry into the Middle Ages, triggering a profound dialogue about top jewelry.
