A pair of earrings from Gucci’s Allegoria collection channels fluid lines in a different way. The collection is inspired by the four seasons, and among the pieces designed to celebrate summer is a pair of jacket earrings, where the pièce de resistance are two fan-shaped emeralds in a deep green tone, totalling 18 carats. The emeralds sit atop 17 delicate strands of diamonds, some of the strands ending with a marquise tourmaline in shades of green, pink or silvery blue. With strands of diamonds that flutter gently when the earring is worn, catching the light as they move, this is certainly a piece that stands out for its ability to present precious stones in a dynamic, fluid design.

Hong Kong’s own Ronald Abram has been showcasing new earring designs at its boutique in the Mandarin Oriental, with one of the earrings featuring strands of cabochon emeralds and marquise diamonds, cascading from an emerald surrounded by a halo-like set of white diamonds.

Other new earring designs from Ronald Abram emphasise coloured stones in different cuts. One has gorgeous pear-shaped emeralds matched with marquise diamonds, the latter set in a unique angular grid.

Yellow diamonds are the star of the show in another piece, where each earring has four golden-yellow stones, one of them in the shape of a heart. Providing colour contrast are four white diamonds, with one also heart-shaped to match its yellow counterpart.

Graff is known for its yellow diamonds, a reputation that began in 1974, when Laurence Graff acquired a yellow diamond that became known as the Star of Bombay, an emerald-cut beauty totalling 47.39 carats.

During autumn/winter 2023-24 Haute Couture Week, the British high jewellery house displayed its expertise in yellow diamonds with an exhibition at its flagship boutique in Paris. “Sunrise: A Celebration of Graff Yellow Diamonds” gathered various Graff pieces, one of which is a pair of earrings from the Tribal collection that feature pear-shaped yellow diamonds as bright as a ray of sunshine.

Victoire de Castellane, creative director at Dior Jewellery, took two things close to Christian Dior’s heart – couture and gardens – and turned them into high jewellery collection Les Jardins de la Couture. The pieces are complex and colourful, with de Castellane tapping into colours from a large variety of precious stones such as opals, tourmalines, sapphires and diamonds to create jewelled gardens. The earrings look like floral bouquets, some featuring as many as seven colours from different precious stones in one design, all in intricate settings requiring hours of painstaking work by Dior’s artisans. As befitting the collection’s name, it’s a process that brings to mind the hours of dressmaking work that go into couture creation.

Earrings don’t have to be in a cascading design to make a statement. Le Jardin de Chaumet takes high jewellery collectors on a walk through the wonders of nature, from trees and flowers to wheat fields and vineyards. The Magnolia earrings feature a circular design that wraps around the ear lobe. Diamond pavé petals and delicately engraved gold palmettes surround a diamond cut in Chaumet’s patented Taille Impératrice style.

Piaget’s Metaphoria collection is also inspired by nature, and the Alata ear cuff is a novel way to wear an adornment around the ear. Petals of mother-of-pearl, diamond pavé and gold – treated with Piaget’s Décor Palace engraving – fan out, creating an ear cuff that feels more like a hair adornment, a matching ear stud tying the whole look together.