It all begins when Delfina Delettrez, daughter of Silvia Venturini Fendi and Bernard Delettrez, French jeweler who works in Rome, decides to make in her father's workshops, a gold and silver necklace.
This collar was such a success that Bernard decided to teach himself her daughter the practices and tecniques of the profession. It was then when Delfina Delettrez decided to create her first collection of jewelery.
This collar was such a success that Bernard decided to teach himself her daughter the practices and tecniques of the profession. It was then when Delfina Delettrez decided to create her first collection of jewelery.
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| Skull and snakes ring |
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| Skull and snakes ring, gold and ivory |
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| Fur, silver, sapphires, crystal and glass bracelet |
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| Silver, pearls, crystal and glass bracelet |
Delfina's first collection, made in October 2007, was characterized by a Gothic-Romanesque style. It was full of fantastic animals and magic images, coming out of antique burial bestiaries, reflecting her greatest fears. For Delfina only two collections where necessary to be included, in 2009, into the permanent collection of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, with two pieces of her jewelery: a gold bracelet with black spines, peridots and gray Tahiti pearls, and an enamel ring frog-shaped, crowned with a ruby pavé.
Delfina Delettrez is influenced by many sources: from Leonardo da Vinci, Tim Burton, Andreas van Hessel, Dali, Bunuel and De Chirico, to even the human body.
In her fourth and fifth collection called "Anatomik" we can find hands, frogs, old beliefs, superstitions, ex votos, etc
The ring "Secret hand" is clearly influenced by the "sentimental jewels": rings that since the Middle Ages have been hidding words or phrases with love messages. We can also find double or triple alliance rings, a special model with an origin in the Italian "Mani in fede" or hands in faith (a symbol of love).
In her fourth and fifth collection called "Anatomik" we can find hands, frogs, old beliefs, superstitions, ex votos, etc
The ring "Secret hand" is clearly influenced by the "sentimental jewels": rings that since the Middle Ages have been hidding words or phrases with love messages. We can also find double or triple alliance rings, a special model with an origin in the Italian "Mani in fede" or hands in faith (a symbol of love).
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| German ring, gold enameled and set with a diamond 1600-1650 V&A Museum |
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| German ring, gold enameled and set with a diamond 1600-1650 V&A Museum |
In 2010 she worked in two very different grounds. One of them is the belief of the end of the Mayan world by December 21, 2012 wich inspired the series "My World", where jewels become talismans and were we find numerous memento mori.
The other spot is the collection "We-Men", wich is inspired by independent women: writters like Virginia Woolf, George Sand and Colette, or artists like Domenico Gnoli. Here we can find shirt collars, shirt cuffs and cufflinks, men's clothes that women appropriates.
The other spot is the collection "We-Men", wich is inspired by independent women: writters like Virginia Woolf, George Sand and Colette, or artists like Domenico Gnoli. Here we can find shirt collars, shirt cuffs and cufflinks, men's clothes that women appropriates.
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| Shirt cuff bracelet, silver and gold Collection We-Men |
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| Domenico Gnoli Giro di collo 15 1/2 |
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| Silver shirt collar necklace Collection We-Men |
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| Silver shirt collar necklace Collection We-Men |
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| Shirt collar necklace, silver and pearls Collection We-Men |
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| Shirt collar necklace, gold shappires and diamonds Collection We-Men |
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| Shirt cuff bracelet, silver and amethyst Collection We-Men |
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| Bronze and gold ring Collection My World |
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| Silver ring Collection My World |
In 2011, she exhibited the collection "Rolling Stones" in which she retook the insects world, but this time in a smaller size and with different connotations, working bees and killer mosquitoes taken from "The Wasp Factory" by Lain Banks, appropriated her collection.
"Rolling Stones" is also a direct reference to jewelry in gneeral, all jewelry moves. The stones and pearls revolve into metal, rings and bracelets made of concentric circles are constantly moving.
"Rolling Stones" is also a direct reference to jewelry in gneeral, all jewelry moves. The stones and pearls revolve into metal, rings and bracelets made of concentric circles are constantly moving.
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| Tourbillon earrings, enamel and silver |
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| Baroque pearls, enamel drops and silver bracelet |
Her ninth collection "Love Is in the Hair" was inspired by love and hair, and was influenced by the Victorian tradition.
Hair jewelry was not only associated to death but also to love and friendship.
Hair jewelry was not only associated to death but also to love and friendship.
In Delettrez's jewelry hair is present not only in the hearts of resin necklaces hanging from the samples but also in-wigs.
These hearts replace Victorian brooches and medallions and can be removed and exchanged. In one of them she included a lock of her daughter.
These hearts replace Victorian brooches and medallions and can be removed and exchanged. In one of them she included a lock of her daughter.
The hair, is one of her obsessions, and symbolizes strength.
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| Leather choker with metal studs and resin pendant Collection Love is in the Hair |
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| Leather choker with metal studs and resin pendant Collection Love is in the Hair |
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| Leather choker and metal pendant Collection Love is in the Hair |
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| Leather choker with metal studs Collection Love is in the Hair |
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| Leather choker with pendant Collection Love is in the Hair |
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| Hair Brooch with rubies, diamonds, silver and gold 1754 V&A Museum |
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Hair locket, gold, pearls and green glass pastes 1775-1800 V&A Museum |
Tradition is in all her jewels. Delfina takes the punch of the five stars and the crescent moon that Karl Lagerfeld designed for her father in the 80's.
Humor, the mixture of materials, the variation of universes, cultures, travels and experiences, characterize the jewels of this young designer that deals with universal themes and renews the classics. She seems to have an endless inspiration.
And it is only the beginning ....
And it is only the beginning ....
