Renato Cipullo Reimagines Splendente Letter Pendants in Rock Crystal, Onyx price

Renato Cipullo reinterpreted his signature Splendente letter pendants in hardstone versions, introducing rock crystal and onyx alternatives while keeping the designs available in traditional 18K yellow gold. The announcement describes the pieces as translating a vintage 1970s-inspired aesthetic into rock crystal and onyx alternatives price, a trailing word that leaves retail pricing unlisted.

The new releases explicitly name rock crystal and onyx as materials and retain Renato’s heavy-gold silhouettes in the collection vocabulary, but production specifics are absent. The text provides no launch date, no SKU or size details, and no confirmation whether the hardstone pendants are solid stone, hardstone-capped, or set with 18K yellow-gold mountings. The omission of retail prices and production numbers will require direct confirmation from Renato Cipullo or the brand’s PR.

Renato Cipullo is described in industry coverage as an Italian-born designer known for bold, retro-inspired jewelry rooted in 1970s design, featuring weighty gold silhouettes and artisanal sensibility. Rapaport notes that Renato’s imagination is "constantly churning with new design ideas" and that his daughter, Serena Cipullo, helps "refine those concepts while maintaining the brand’s meticulous standards." Serena’s own design credo is succinct: "When I’m designing, I always ask myself, ‘Would I wear that?’" Serena grew up immersed in New York’s Diamond District and joined the family business after helping her father when his secretary went on maternity leave, a move Rapaport describes as a turning point for the brand.

The hardstone direction resonates with a broader 1970s vocabulary in jewelry history. Aldo Cipullo, the 1970s designer of the Cartier Love bracelet and the Nail later revived as Juste un Clou, produced rock crystal zodiac pendants and hardstone-accented collections such as Seventies Woman and Crystal Stairs. Archival research by Becker for the book Making Jewelry Modern used gouaches from an archive maintained by Renato and Serena Cipullo to reattribute several works; Becker reported, "we were able to identify some jewels [Aldo] made for Tiffany that had previously been attributed to Donald Claflin." Auction history underscores the market appetite for that era: a carnelian-and-gold bracelet attributed to Aldo for Cartier sold for $44,100 at Jewels New York.

For collectors and buyers, the most immediate gap is commercial: the brand’s text ends mid-phrase with "price" and supplies no retail figures or distribution details. Rapaport’s profile flags image assets such as "Serena Cipullo with her father Renato" and "Gold and gemstone Renato Cipullo pendants image," and Rapaport lists an editorial contact for its Under 30s series. Until Renato Cipullo confirms pricing, production runs, and technical notes on lapidary and settings, the rock crystal and onyx Splendente pieces read as a deliberate stylistic bridge between 1970s hardstone motifs and Renato’s present heavy-gold language, one that collectors will want to examine in hand once concrete specifications and prices are published.