Boucheron Unveils Gold-Focused Histoire de Style 2026 Tribute to Frédéric

Claire Choisne has presented Nom : Boucheron, Prénom : Frédéric, the Histoire de Style 2026 high jewellery capsule, as a four-piece tribute to the Maison’s founder. The collection debuted at 26 Place Vendôme on 26 January 2026 and, in the house’s words, positions “Boucheron, through the prism of Frédéric – four High Jewelry creations that tell the Maison's story. The first jeweler.” Vo‑plus describes the works as “four portraits, in black and white, that reinterpret the unconventional vision of Frédéric Boucheron, the first to recognize the potential of Place Vendôme and to conceive of jewelry as an extension of the body.”

The Address anchors the capsule with a graphic, multi-wear architecture that references Place Vendôme. The Jewellery Editor identifies a central 10.01‑carat emerald‑cut diamond in The Address; that stone can be removed from the necklace and worn as a ring. Vo‑plus notes the piece uses black lacquer and diamonds and that its archive inspiration reaches back to an 1839 design that echoes the shape of Place Vendôme as seen from above. The Address exemplifies the collection’s interplay of historical reference and convertible function.

Two designs explore the question‑mark motif in different registers. Vo‑plus calls The Spark a reinterpretation of the Point d'Interrogation, a no‑closure, free curve composed of a sequence of diamonds in varying cuts. The Jewellery Editor specifies that The Spark “uses eight different diamond cuts that flow around and down the neck.” The Untamed takes that motif into a botanical register: The Jewellery Editor describes it as a question‑mark necklace that runs the entire length of the torso and can be taken apart to create multiple jewels, while Vo‑plus highlights its composition as a long branch of ivy in diamonds and rock crystal that is modular and wearable in multiple ways. JE credits a Paul Legrand 1879 archive drawing as the explicit inspiration for the Untamed.

Technical bravura shapes the Silhouette, the capsule’s most transformational piece. The Jewellery Editor reports the Silhouette comprises seven metres of 2,500 diamond‑set beads and “can be worn in six different ways.” Vo‑plus lists four concrete wearing modes - choker, shoulder jewellery, brooch, or bracelet - as examples of that versatility, and JE pairs the piece with an archival shoulder ornament, circa 1880, as source material. RobbReport frames Choisne’s approach within the Maison’s legacy, noting that “that daring ethos still guides the maison today” and that Choisne draws on archive pieces “while pushing technical boundaries with innovative multi-way wearability, fluid constructions, and an expressive language that bridges past and present.”

After the Place Vendôme debut, Vo‑plus reports the capsule traveled to China, Japan, and Cannes; social buzz included an 11 February Instagram post by schonswitzerlandmag tagging Boucheron. The Histoire de Style 2026 capsule places archival sketches and exacting technical feats — a 10.01‑carat removable stone, eight diamond cuts, seven metres and 2,500 beads, rock crystal modularity — at the center of Claire Choisne’s homage to Frédéric Boucheron and the Maison’s Place Vendôme origins.