Van Cleef & Arpels’ Lucky Spring Collection Celebrates the Joys of Spring
With springtime comes the welcome resurgence of Van Cleef & Arpels’ Lucky Spring collection — its precious carnelian and onyx ladybugs resting or fluttering, and mother-of-pearl plum blossoms and lily of the valley buds blooming on rose gold pieces.
Each year since 2021, the approach of spring has come hand in hand with a celebration of Van Cleef & Arpels proportions. The season to start afresh and renewed is no small matter, after all. Four years ago, the Maison expertly emblematised this time of new beginnings with the Lucky Spring range — the collection has since become an enduring part of the house’s nature- and luck-influenced repertoire, with pieces coming to bloom each time spring draws near.
Pretty and poetic at once, the range brings together rose gold, white mother-of-pearl, carnelian and onyx on bucolic motifs of ladybugs, plum blossoms and lily of the valley buds. The little, round, brightly-coloured and spotted beetle plays a big role in the collection — believed to bring not only good fortune but love and happiness, the cute and charmed critter (joyfully dressed in contrasting carnelian and onyx, with sparkling rose gold dots!) rests with its wings closed on striking pieces such as a Between the Finger ring and the Lucky Spring bracelet. Ready to fly and flourish, an opened wing ladybug decorates another iteration of the Lucky Spring bracelet.
Why settle for one precious symbol of spring when you can wear three? The Lucky Spring bracelet, 5 motifs and Lucky Spring clip lets the ladybug dance between white mother of-pearl lily of the valley buds and plum blossoms — the latter, with its trait of blooming in winter to signal the arrival of spring, is a true emblem of renewal and strength. One may also layer and mix-and-match in more unexpected ways, as the flower shows equally elegant florescence on the pure plum blossom Lucky Spring earrings and pendant in rose gold with white mother-of-pearl.
