Van Cleef & Arpels’ new Poetic Constellations are a masterclass in intention setting for the year ahead
There’s something energetically seductive about Van Cleef & Arpels’ enduring relationship with the stars. Since the 1950s, the Maison has returned again and again to the Zodiac, treating astrology not as a trend but as personal language. For 2026, that dialogue continues with a refined new chapter of Zodiaque creations—yellow-gold bracelets and white-gold medals that feel intimate, considered and deliberately unfussy. These are pieces designed to be lived in, worn close to the skin, their meaning shaped as much by the wearer as by the heavens themselves.
Rendered using traditional stamping techniques, each medal carries a softness that only comes from hand-finished gold: relief figures emerging from a gently patinated surface, polished just enough to catch the light. The iconography is precise yet romantic—Virgo with her unicorn, Leo poised and commanding—rooted in archival references but never nostalgic. Suspended to swing at the wrist or layered from fine chain, the collection leans into jewellery as a form of intention-setting: symbolic and powerful, like a constellation you carry with you rather than one you look up to find.
Pictured right to left: Zodiaque bracelet Scorpii (Scorpio), Zodiaque medal Piscium (Pisces), Zodiaque bracelet Arietis (Aries), Zodiaque medal Aquarii (Aquarius)
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