Mikimoto unveils L’éclat collection with pearls and rare gemstones in Paris

Mikimoto unveiled its 60-piece L’éclat high-jewelry collection at Hôtel d’Évreux on Place Vendôme during Paris Haute Couture Week, turning the Paris presentation into a study in pearls, rare gemstones, and white gold. The launch, staged on July 8, 2026, also reaffirmed the Tokyo house’s place inside the couture calendar, where it has been a Haute Joaillerie member of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode since 2018.

The collection is built around a simple but potent idea: a light that emerges suddenly from stillness. Mikimoto framed that image as the emotional core of L’éclat, and the setting followed suit, with fashion designer Anna Choi creating original dresses for the presentation. Michelle Yeoh, Ken Watanabe, Keiko Kitagawa, James Jirayu, and Lady Amelia Windsor were among the guests in attendance, giving the debut the sort of social polish that high jewelry still requires to feel fully alive.

The collection’s most compelling pieces are also its clearest style clues. L’éclat Stellaire pairs an Akoya pearl with a South Sea pearl, diamond, and 18K white gold, a combination that reads less like ornament and more like a miniature constellation. L’éclat Solaire pushes the idea further, mixing Akoya pearl with tourmaline, sapphire, emerald, diamond, and 18K white gold. L’éclat Majestueux brings aquamarine, tourmaline, tanzanite, diamond, mother-of-pearl, and 18K white gold into a shoulder brooch that trades softness for a sharper, prismatic edge. Mikimoto also named L’éclat Éternel among the collection’s signatures, underscoring how much of the range is built around radiance as a design language.

For gold jewelry, the most exportable ideas are not the grandest forms but the details that make the pieces catch the eye: pearl-and-gold pairings, bright gemstone contrasts, and settings that seem to throw light back at the room. Those are the elements most likely to filter down next into more wearable fine jewelry, where the celestial motif can shrink without losing its drama. Mikimoto’s own history gives that translation added weight. Founded in 1893, the house says Kokichi Mikimoto was the first to successfully cultivate pearls, and L’éclat feels like a modern extension of that origin, only now written in diamonds, color, and polished 18K white gold.