AS FENDI celebrates its centenary in 2025, the Roman house unveils a dazzling tribute to its heritage, legacy, and the timeless spirit of its birthplace with a new High Jewellery collection titled Eaux d’Artifice.
An immortal love letter to the city of Rome, the 2025 High Jewellery collection, designed by Delfina Delettrez Fendi, draws inspiration from both the ancient and modern foundations of the Eternal City.
Fendi Eaux d’Artifice Anniversary Necklace
The collection features three unique parures, three exceptional cocktail rings, and a singular, namesake centennial necklace. Each is a monochromatic expression of exceptional gemstones and diamonds, meticulously crafted in the High Jewellery ateliers in Paris.
The collection creates a dialogue between Italian classicism and Eaux d’Artifice, a 1954 short film by American avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger. In this conversation, FENDI reimagines the fountain as a symbol of fluidity, mystery, and architectural grandeur. A reflection of the world and the ever-changing light of Rome.
The collection’s palette mirrors the vibrant natural beauty found around Rome’s iconic fountains: watery blues represented by sapphires; fiery hues and glowing sunsets captured through spinels and topazes; and the deep, lush greens of Colombian emeralds evoking moss-covered stone basins.
Fendi Eaux d’Artifice Ovato Ring
Fendi Eaux d’Artifice Sunset Alba Ring
At the heart of the collection is the centennial necklace. A masterwork of symmetry and craftsmanship, it features an extraordinary 20.25-carat cushion-cut Fancy Vivid Flawless Yellow diamond, set on the diagonal within a cascading fountain-inspired design. Surrounding the central stone, 100 pear-shaped yellow diamonds shimmer like droplets of light, each representing a year in the House of Fendi’s storied history.
Fendi Eaux d’Artifice Cento Necklace
Fendi Eaux d’Artifice Cento Earrings
With Eaux d’Artifice, Fendi transcends traditional high jewellery to create a poetic expression of identity, artistry, and place. Blending Roman heritage with avant-garde imagination, Delfina Delettrez Fendi offers a centennial collection that is both a tribute to the past and a vision for the future. One where craftsmanship flows as effortlessly as water, and every stone tells a story rooted in the eternal beauty of Rome.
by Ellis Dowle