Kelly Rutherford and The TwentyFour Six Add 18k Gold to Jewelry Line

Kelly Rutherford walked into a bar and left with a jewelry collaboration. That origin story, reported from Paris by WWD's Lily Templeton, is now more than an anecdote: the actress and Belgian label The TwentyFour Six have turned what began as a single limited run into a multi-material jewelry line reaching into 18-karat gold territory.

The collaboration launched last year with 150 gold-plated brass pendants, each signed with "R+G" and strung on a chain with a deliberate rhythm of three long links and a smaller oval one, a tactile detail that made the piece feel intentional in the hand. Those 150 pieces sold out immediately. Unlike other projects The TwentyFour Six releases, which are typically one-off, this partnership continued.

In February, the trio returned with delicate 18-karat gold diamond-set earrings, the first move into fine jewelry territory. Rutherford's design instinct here is worth noting: she wanted nothing heavy. "I don't like a big earring," she told WWD. "They bother me. These are like air — you can't feel them." That philosophy, comfort as luxury rather than opulence as statement, is what gives these pieces their gifting appeal. An earring you forget you're wearing is an earring you reach for every day.

The expansion doesn't stop at gold. Sterling silver pieces have been added to the lineup, rounding out a collection that now spans three material registers from plated brass to precious metal to diamonds. No pricing has been confirmed publicly, and distribution channels have not been announced.

For Rutherford, the jewelry represents something larger than a side project. "I think you reach a point where it was so limiting just to do one thing your whole life," she said. "With what we do, you meet so many different people and it's inspiring. It's really about expanding your horizons and being aligned with things that feel right." She has described the collaboration as the opening act in a broader creative expansion.

That next act is already in production. Rutherford is developing a perfume with Véronique Gabai, a beauty and fashion veteran who launched her own fragrance line inspired by the South of France in 2019 and who is a longtime friend of the actress. The scent will debut under the name "Rose Première by Kelly Rutherford" as a limited 2,000-bottle edition before entering Gabai's permanent lineup. No launch date has been confirmed.

What makes the jewelry worth watching as a gift category is precisely the restraint on display. The TwentyFour Six typically builds its identity around projects that begin and end, and the fact that this collaboration refused to follow that model speaks to how well the initial pieces landed. An 18-karat gold earring light enough to forget, from a label that didn't plan to keep making them, is a more considered object than most fine jewelry marketed at volume.