Kelly Rutherford and The TwentyFour Six Expand Collaboration Into 18k Gold

Kelly Rutherford walked into a bar in Paris and left with a jewelry collaboration. The story sounds apocryphal, but the result is tangible: a partnership with Belgian label The TwentyFour Six that began as a limited one-off and has since grown into something more lasting.

The initial run of 150 pieces, launched in gold-plated brass, sold out immediately. Unlike most projects on The TwentyFour Six platform, which are conceived as one-offs, this one did not end there. Rutherford and collaborator June Van Thillo, described in reporting as part of a working trio, returned this year with further pieces, pushing the collaboration into 18-karat gold and sterling silver.

In February, the expansion took a specific and considered form: delicate 18-karat gold diamond-set earrings. The design philosophy behind them is legible in how Rutherford describes wearing them. "I don't like a big earring," she admitted. "They bother me. These are like air — you can't feel them." For a fine jewelry collaboration, that is a precise brief: presence without weight, visibility without intrusion.

The earlier pieces carry their own quiet detail. One pendant, signed with "R+G" as a teaser for further projects between the siblings involved in the collaboration, hangs on a chain with a distinctive rhythm of three long links and a smaller oval one that had a satisfying feel when it slipped through the fingers. The signature suggests the collaboration has a longer arc in mind.

What distinguishes the expansion from a straightforward celebrity licensing exercise is the material step it represents. Moving from gold-plated brass to 18-karat gold is not a cosmetic upgrade; it signals a commitment to the work, and to buyers who want something they can keep. Sterling silver pieces round out the new range, offering an entry point below the gold tier while maintaining the minimal, considered aesthetic the initial sellout established.

Retail pricing and production numbers for the 18-karat and sterling silver pieces have not been disclosed. What is clear is that a collaboration structured as a single limited run has become something The TwentyFour Six is treating differently than its usual one-and-done model, and that the pieces themselves are being made to justify that distinction.