This piece showcasing the jewelry of Elsa Peretti required copy that could adequately express the lyrical beauty of the designs.

Project Text
Elsa Peretti takes familiar shapes and transforms them into universal forms of beauty. She is an iconoclast who endows her work with a mythic presence. Her designs are quintessentially simple yet so eloquent. Their sublime symmetry and sensuous contours have an ergonomic quality that makes them one with the body. Coveted and collected like talismans of the modern age, they are the ultimate objects of desire.

[circle]
There is no shape more complete, more eternal than the circle. Like a pendulum, it hypnotizes; like the moon, it beckons; like the earth itself, it is utterly self-contained. Its smooth arc is a tonic to the eye and hand. Sculpted to a sensual perfection, this seminal form retains its mysterious allure for all time.

[star]
Five undulating points of light creates an homage to both sea and sky. The star evokes life beneath the waves and in the celestial heavens, an irresistible beacon to the wanderer, the dreamer, the stylish adventurer.

[bean]
Like the seed of life, the bean represents the origin of all things. The subtle hollows of this rounded form conjure up the curves of a woman’s throat, its smoothness adding to the sensual appeal.

[heart]
Who among us is not vulnerable to love? This classic shape, hung slightly askew, reflects both the idyllic and fragile nature of our passions. It is an open heart: receptive, joyous, swirling in space like a soul searching for its mate.

[heart]
By shaping fluid space with a simple line, an icon emerges. All excess detail is eliminated, leaving only the absolute essence of the form. It is something so pure, so sublime, that it’s a pleasure simply to have or to hold.

[wave]
For all its transformative energy and momentum, the wave has a quietly hypnotic quality. A powerful motion captured in a graceful swoop, it seduces the eye and soothes the spirit. From a ripple to a rising crest, its form evolves to suit fingers, ears and necks.

[hoop]
The fiery Sevillana cuts a shapely figure, hoop earrings flashing against the proud lines of her face. This elliptical form—a circle with supremely elegant posture— defines itself with minimum fuss and maximum impact.

[pearls]
Like tiny moons, these radiant orbs cast their magical glow. Scattered along a delicate chain, pearls are sleek treasures harboring luminescence in their round profiles. Refined and lustrous, they hug the border between propriety and indulgence.

[snake]
This winding tale of seduction is as sinuous and mesmerizing as a snake charmer’s melody. What appears first as a subtly curving line animates into a cunningly constructed streak of serpentine fire. With ancient overtones of temptation, this form remains a modern force of nature.

[circle]
To be encircled is to be embraced, contained within an unbroken line on an endless journey. Polished to gleaming reflection, its rotund shape echoed by equally pneumatic contours, this bit of theater in the round deserves an ovation.

[teardrop]
A tear is like a feeling crystallized into something tangible. It hangs suspended, a moment caught in time, reminiscent of a solitary raindrop or a shining spot of morning dew.

[chain link]
Link by link, inextricably bound together, chains extend into a sensuous line. Ornamental and functional, they are as old as the hills. These show the hand of time, worn and weathered into a perfect imperfection, every edge smoothed as though tumbled beneath the waves of a vast sea.

[mesh]
It’s like a riddle, this notion of weaving in metal, spinning so intricate a pattern on such a fine scale. How can something be so light, so supple, and yet so sturdy? The form is malleable, ergonomic in the way it drapes over the body’s contours, a wondrous fabric of spun gold.

[diamonds]
Diamonds are bold and pure, exuding great strength of character. The way they play with light, however, infuses them with an air of whimsy. They tantalize and transfix, their angled facets flirting with a ray of light and spilling out brilliance.