Boat International US Edition – July 2019

PHOTOGRAPHY:

COURTESY

OF

THE

ARTIST

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BORTOLAMI,

NEW

YORK

AND

THE

APPROACH,

LONDON;

MADAME

YEVONDE/MARY

EVANS

PICTURE

LIBRARY

Artistic

allies

High jewelry

designersturntotheart

worldforinspiration,

learnsLuciaFerigutti

LILYGABRIELLA

RaisedbetweenhernativeBrazilandMonaco,LilyGabriella

Eliawasexposedtobeautifuljewelsinherchildhood,

courtesyoftheimpressivecollectionbelongingtoher

grandmother,thephilanthropistLilySafra.Aftertraining

attheGemologicalInstituteofAmericaandworkingat

Christie’sGeneva,shecreatedherowncollectionwith

Sotheby’sDiamonds,inspiredbyherfavoriteart.Named

“AnOdetoYellow,”eachpieceintherangeisconceived

aroundrareyellowdiamondsofdifferentshapesandsizes,

oftenwithcolorfulgemstones.Whendesigningthem,she

lookedatreferencesrangingfromJeanNouvel’sbuilding

fortheLouvreAbuDhabitotheworkofAnishKapoorand

theabstractpaintingsofSwedishartistHilmaafKlint

(aboveandleft).lilygabriella.com

Orbitearrings

(aboveright),Holi

earrings(left),POA,

Sotheby’sDiamonds

byLilyGabriella