Pomellato debuts Stile Libero at first Paris exhibition

Pomellato used its first Paris exhibition to make a case for jewelry as personal language, not ceremony. At Palais de Tokyo, the house opened Pomellato, Le Joaillier Révolutionnaire on June 24, after a private preview on June 23, and paired the show with the debut of Stile Libero, a new high-jewelry collection of more than 60 one-of-a-kind creations.

The exhibition runs through July 20, 2026, with free admission by reservation. Curated by Alba Cappellieri, Ph.D., full professor and head of jewelry design at Politecnico di Milano, the installation moves through the revolutions Pomellato has claimed since its founding in Milan in 1967 by Pino Rabolini: style, craftsmanship, color, image, and its long relationship with women. That framing matters because Pomellato has never tried to speak only to occasion buying. Under Kering, and through the Pomellato for Women platform launched in 2017 by chief executive Sabina Belli, the house has consistently argued for jewelry as self-definition.

The Paris display leans on that history with photographs by Gian Paolo Barbieri, Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Horst P. Horst, Michel Comte, and Anthony Armstrong-Jones, whose images helped build Pomellato’s visual identity around confident women and a freer kind of luxury. The house describes the exhibition as an immersive journey through jewelry, photography, and design, and that mix gives the show a sharper edge than a standard brand retrospective. It is not only about archive pieces; it is about how a Milanese jeweler made boldness look wearable.

Stile Libero extends that idea into the present. Forbes says the collection is organized into three themes and built around creative freedom and personal expression, with sculptural forms, unusual gemstone pairings, asymmetry, and fluid settings among its defining ideas. For custom work, those are the details worth borrowing. A bespoke engagement ring can take that language into a low, architectural profile with an off-center stone. An anniversary piece can push contrast through unexpected side stones or mismatched proportions. A statement commission can use movement and volume instead of symmetry to make the setting feel alive on the hand.

That is where Pomellato’s influence lands most clearly for the personalized market. The house’s high-jewelry vocabulary, from iconic chains to audacious stones, points toward pieces that look finished but not rigid, polished but not precious in the old sense. In Paris, Pomellato made that argument in a museum setting and turned a collection launch into a blueprint for clients who want individuality built into the design itself.