Miracles are just around the corner and literally everywhere in Chopard's Red Carpet Collection 2026. Co-president and artistic director Caroline Scheufele sees miracles in a different light, expressing them through the new high-jewellery pieces.
The annual Red Carpet Collections are premiered during the Festival de Cannes, whose edition determines the number of pieces.
In 2007, the artistic director started with 60 to celebrate the diamond jubilee of the international film festival. Adding a piece each year, the count has gone up to 79 for the Red Carpet Collection 2026.
The theme "Miracles" encompasses delightful things that animate everyday life, from a flower in full bloom and spontaneous beasties to a captivating sky and the beauty of gemstones.
The flutter of a butterfly, for instance, inspires a secret watch in white gold and titanium, with a diamond-set papillon opening its wings to reveal an enamel dial against a floral motif. Centred by a cushion-cut pink sapphire, the matching brooch also blooms with petals, paved with diamonds as well as pink and yellow sapphires.
Another exquisite brooch in rose gold and titanium portrays the mythological phoenix in mid-flight through a mesmerising mix of amethysts, diamonds, emeralds, tanzanites and multi-coloured sapphires.
A miracle of nature, emeralds render their rich green hue to white gold necklaces and earrings. A Colombian emerald cabochon, notably, centres a cuff bracelet set with diamonds while a variation has emeralds and pastel sapphires joining the sparkling symphony.
Another geological marvel, a majestic cushion-cut Royal Blue sapphire graces a white gold necklace with cascading strands of sapphires, aquamarines and diamonds. The design represents the poetic encounter between earth and sky while the white gold and titanium carp brooch, with diamond‑ and sapphire‑set scales, reflects the fluidity of the aquatic world.
Creating the Red Carpet Collection involves Chopard's sustainable practices such as responsible sourcing of gemstones and crafting the high jewellery from ethical gold.
Its artisans also work on the Palme D'or trophies -- an undertaking since the independent maison became an official partner of the Cannes International Film Festival in 1998. Moreover, the Trophée Chopard, created in 2001, is awarded each year to an actor and an actress, in recognising the rising stars.
The trophies and the Red Carpet Collections are crafted at the high-jewellery atelier located within the Chopard Manufacture in Meyrin, on the outskirts of Geneva in Switzerland.
Facilities in Fleurier are dedicated to watchmaking and developments of mechanical movements, building on a heritage that dates back to 1860, when Louis-Ulysse Chopard set up his workshop in the village of Sonvilier.
Karl Scheufele III acquired the company in 1963, and diversification into jewellery began in the mid 1980s with the Happy Clown pendant.
The designer of the playful pendant with twirling precious stones was none other than his daughter, Caroline Scheufele, who went on to create various jewellery collections as well as exceptional haute joaillerie besides feminine timepieces.
Her repertoire expanded to fashion design through Caroline's Couture, launched in 2023. The artistic expressions on garments echo her high-jewellery creations through various elements such as playful motifs, refined embroidery and sculptural silhouettes.
The new couture designs include a long halter neck white gown with a blue gradient rising from the hemline, which is matched with the elegant necklace centred by a Royal Blue sapphire from the 79-piece Red Carpet Collection 2026.
Meanwhile, a diamond-set brooch, shaped like a dragonfly, alights on a long tulle gown, embroidered with transparent embossed sequins and crystals, and adorned with a cascade of laser-cut white flowers and foliage.
The designs of the haute couture and haute joaillerie come to life through the expertise of artisans from a different realm, yet sharing the dexterity and unwavering attention to details in working their own miracles.
