In a serious shock, Francesca Amfitheatrof, the acclaimed jewellery designer of Louis Vuitton, has stop the Paris-based luxurious home—simply six months after Amfitheatrof herself unveiled a brand new constructing in central Paris destined to be Louis Vuitton’s jewellery world headquarters.
Jewellery Designer Francesca Amfitheatrof exits Louis Vuitton – Photograph: Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton confirmed the departure of Francesca Amfitheatrof in an official assertion, marking the top of a seven-year collaboration: “After a successful collaboration of seven years on the creation of collections of jewelry and high jewelry, Louis Vuitton and Francesca Amfitheatrof have mutually decided to separate ways. With her remarkable talent and limitless creativity, Amfitheatrof has undoubtedly left an indelible impression on the legacy of jewelry at Louis Vuitton. For the time being, the House will continue designing and conceiving its jewelry and high jewelry collections internally while Francesca Amfitheatrof will announce her new endeavors in due course.”
In her personal assertion, Francesca Amfitheatrof stated: “I am incredibly grateful to have been given the opportunity to create the jewelry and high jewelry collections for Louis Vuitton. After seven wonderful and intense years, I am so proud of these collections and the legacy I leave behind as I embark on exciting new endeavors, which I will be announcing soon.”
Her tenure at Vuitton has been an enormous vital success, like her most up-to-date assortment, Damier, impressed by the model’s famed monogram print. The gathering features a line of checkerboard bracelets and rings, designed in slimline kinds with raised facilities—surprisingly gentle and nearly snake-like across the wrist.
“We developed one Damier ring a year ago, and people went crazy for it, so I thought, let’s do a whole collection. Sometimes the wisest decisions are right in front of your eyes,” chuckled Amfitheatrof at its launch within the new HQ.
Le Damier – Louis Vuitton
Final 12 months, whereas in excessive jewellery, she offered an distinctive new assortment entitled “Awakened Hands, Awakened Minds,” impressed by Louis Vuitton’s spirit of journey and the mechanization of railways by interlaced V-shaped hyperlinks. The gathering mirrors the marvels of the Industrial Revolution in a symphony of platinum and yellow gold, diamonds, and golden yellow sapphires.
Louis Vuitton’s “Woke up Palms, Woke up Minds” high jewelry collection – Louis Vuitton
Amfitheatrof joined Vuitton in April 2018, an appointment that underlined how much Vuitton saw jewelry and watches as major growth areas for the luxury marque. Vuitton had begun inviting scores of major well-heeled clients to exotic locations like Hawaii and Courchevel in the Alps for several days of private viewing and shopping at jewelry galas.
At the time, then CEO Michael Burke noted that Vuitton had amassed a treasure trove of 200 million euros worth of precious stones. Upon her arrival, Vuitton devoted increasing amounts of retail space to her designs in its huge flagship in Place Vendôme, the most important retail center of luxury jewelry on the planet.
Very much a citizen of the world, Francesca Amfitheatrof was born in Tokyo and studied at three London institutions—Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, and the Royal College of Art—yet speaks English with a slight Italian accent. Amfitheatrof’s first silverware collection was presented by Jay Jopling of London’s White Cube gallery in 1993. Her designs have been sold by Colette, Browns of London, Luisa Via Roma in Florence, Jeffreys in New York, and Joyce Hong Kong.
Her most important position prior to Vuitton was leading the jewelry design team at Tiffany, where, in 2013, she became the first woman to hold that position. Amfitheatrof quit that job in January 2018 when Tiffany announced that Reed Krakoff had been named the brand’s artistic director.
Previously, she had been a senior jewelry designer for UK royal jeweler Asprey & Garrard and designed for Chanel, Balenciaga, Fendi, and Marni. She also spent three years as curator of the Gucci Museo in Florence.
While at Tiffany, she developed a partnership with fashion-forward retailer Dover Street Market and featured Lady Gaga in the brand’s advertising campaigns, seen in a Super Bowl commercial.
During her time at Vuitton, Amfitheatrof continued to design for other brands. Earlier this month, her Instagram account featured a post of A$AP Rocky “carrying Psyche and Cupid, my first necklace for Maison Codognato,” the legendary Venetian jewellery model.
