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There are collections that mark a season, and others that mark a moment in the history of a House. Reach for the Stars, CHANEL’s 2025 High Jewelry collection, belongs to the latter.
Conceived under the direction of Patrice Leguéreau, Director of the CHANEL Fine Jewelry Creation Studio until his passing in November 2024, this new opus reads as a luminous continuation of his aesthetic language — one rooted in clarity of line, architectural lightness and an unwavering dialogue with Gabrielle Chanel’s symbols.
Inspired by that fleeting hour between sunset and dusk — when the horizon glows in pink, orange and gold — the collection imagines jewels kissed by the light of dawn and twilight. Glamour here is not theatrical. It is structured, precise, and quietly radiant. It is the glamour Gabrielle Chanel envisioned when she first encountered Hollywood in the 1930s: confident, independent, freed from ostentation.
Within this constellation of 109 creations, one jewel rises as its emblem.
Wings of Chanel: The Masterpiece
For the first time in CHANEL High Jewelry, the symbol of wings takes flight.
Echoing Gabrielle Chanel’s oft-quoted phrase, “If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing”, the Wings of Chanel necklace translates aspiration into form. The design unfolds in a sensual Y silhouette, diamond wings embracing the neckline before descending into a detachable cascade of stars. The lines are graphic and openworked, deliberately distancing themselves from the naturalistic rendering of feathers. Instead, they resemble lace, embroidery in light.
At its center rests an extraordinary 19.55-carat Padparadscha sapphire from Sri Lanka — a stone whose name evokes the lotus flower at sunrise. Its delicate equilibrium between pink and orange mirrors the golden hour that inspired the collection. Homogeneous in tone, perfectly proportioned in cut, and endowed with remarkable clarity, it radiates warmth rather than fire, a glow rather than a blaze.
Requiring 1,500 hours of work, the necklace demonstrates the Studio’s mastery of articulation and flexibility. The detachable pendant transforms into a bracelet; the wings rest lightly against the skin, creating movement without weight. It is not simply a statement piece, it is an architecture of air.
From this centerpiece, the narrative expands.
Freedom, Elegance, Audacity
Three themes structure Reach for the Stars, each anchored in a CHANEL emblem.
The comet, first scattered across Gabrielle Chanel’s 1932 Bijoux de Diamants, returns as a symbol of freedom. Lengthened in gold and punctuated by diamond cascades, it suggests motion and destiny. Pieces such as Dreams Come True reinterpret couture necklines in diamond constellations, while transformable designs allow comets to shift between choker, bracelet and sautoir — affirming movement as a form of independence.
Elegance finds expression in the newly introduced wings. Across necklaces, tiaras and asymmetrical earrings, the motif is articulated with precision. These are not decorative feathers; they are structural, graphic interpretations of lift. The jewels breathe with the body, embracing curves with restraint. Pink sapphires, tanzanites and sunset-hued stones echo the chromatic palette of dusk, reinforcing the collection’s atmospheric origin.
Audacity is embodied by the lion — Gabrielle Chanel’s astrological sign and an emblem of CHANEL Haute Joaillerie since 2012. Presented both frontally and in profile, the feline appears surrounded by stars or sculpted in lace-like gold. In pieces such as Embrace Your Destiny or Sky Is the Limit, cascades of diamonds frame the lion’s silhouette, merging authority with lightness. Strength here is not heavy; it is luminous.
Even the collection’s final object, The Silhouette Clock, reinforces this message: Gabrielle Chanel, standing against a black jade backdrop, gazes upward toward the stars. It is a gesture of continuity — and of belief.
In yellow gold, white gold, natural polished diamonds, black jade and blue lacquer.
With Reach for the Stars, CHANEL does not merely revisit its symbols. It refines them. It strips them back to line, light and presence.
In doing so, the collection reaffirms a particular idea of glamour — one that is neither nostalgic nor ostentatious, but deliberate. A glamour that invites women not simply to shine, but to rise.