Statement and Violette Serrat unveil bold gold sautoir capsule

Jewelry layering has been quietly maturing into something more considered, and Statement’s new Portrait Joailler capsule with Violette Serrat lands squarely in that shift. Rather than adding another chain to an already crowded neckline, the Paris house chose a long sautoir necklace and matching earrings, both built around rotund ebony pendants and gold studs, for a look that reads less like accumulation and more like composition.

The collaboration is the first chapter in Statement’s Jewellery Portraits series, a concept Amélie Huynh has described as intimate interpretations of a muse. For this debut, Huynh selected Serrat not simply as a face, but as a source of attitude, saying the two share a desire to reveal a femininity that is both free and audacious. That framing gives the capsule an art-to-wear logic that feels especially current: one strong pendant worn with sculptural earrings has the clarity of an editorial image, while still speaking to the modern instinct for personal styling codes borrowed from beauty.

The pieces themselves are sharply defined. Statement lists the necklace and the earrings at 3,200 euros each, putting the capsule firmly in the world of precious, design-led jewelry rather than impulse accessories. The black ebony against gold gives the set a graphic contrast, and the sautoir format, long associated with ease and movement, gives the collection its strongest styling cue. In an era when layered chains can slide into visual noise, a single elongated pendant feels fresher because it creates a focal point rather than competing for one.

Statement says the maison was founded in 2018 and is based at 1 rue du 29 Juillet in Paris’s 1st arrondissement, near Place Vendôme, with an aesthetic shaped by Art Deco and Brutalist influences. The brand also says its creations are sold in more than 100 locations worldwide. Earlier coverage places the company’s launch in 2019 and notes that it first built its reputation on diamond-set silver before expanding into gold, a trajectory that helps explain why this polished yellow-gold capsule feels like a natural next step.

Serrat brings a different kind of reach. She founded Violette_FR in 2021 and became Guerlain’s creative director of makeup in 2022. Forbes described her as French-born and Brooklyn-based, with more than 24 million YouTube views and nearly 500,000 Instagram followers in its 2023 profile. That crossover matters here: the capsule links fine jewelry’s craft vocabulary with a beauty figure whose audience already understands image, identity and the power of a single signature object.