A Bold Collaboration with Victor Weinsanto
During Fashion Week 2024, Maxence was captivated by Victor Weinsanto's show at the Centre Pompidou. This young fashion prodigy, known for his audacity and controlled exuberance of haute couture, embodies an artistic vision that fuses fashion, drag culture, and unbridled creativity.
Fascinated by this energy, Maxence contacted Victor, and an immediate connection developed. Together, they broke with convention, uniting the worlds of fine jewelry and haute couture.
This meeting marks the beginning of an ambitious project: the Lace & Diamond collection, an ode to disruptive elegance where the delicacy of precious lace meets haute couture and fashion.
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LACE & DIAMOND
Stylist Victor Weinsanto & jeweler Maxence Van Der Bauwede take a fresh look at Fashion Week
A Unique Meeting for Collaboration and an Exceptional Event
Maxence Van Der Bauwede, jeweler, designer and gemologist, is the heir to a dynasty of jewelers established since 1890. Born in Lille in 1959, he moved to Geneva in 1983 to found his fine jewelry workshop. Before capitalizing on the family name and internationalizing the VAN DER BAUWEDE GENÈVE brand, he collaborated primarily as a designer for prestigious houses on Place Vendôme, Rue du Rhône, New Bond Street, and Rodéo Drive, perfecting his expertise alongside the greatest.
Today, VAN DER BAUWEDE GENÈVE is an independent and exclusive brand, mastering the entire value chain, from design to distribution. Its workshops in Geneva and Valenza, Italy, are the cradle of unique and personalized creations.
It was by reconnecting with his Bruges origins that Maxence Van Der Bauwede had the idea of transposing to fine jewelry the delicacy of the art of lace, imported by the Medici family in the 16th century.
By revisiting this ancestral technique but enhancing it with gold and diamonds, he gives life to a jewelry lace of unequaled finesse.
Thanks to innovative and patented processes, it transcends the boundaries between traditional craftsmanship and fine jewelry, combining timeless elegance with a heritage spanning more than 400 years.
The Collection
"Lace and Diamond"
The result of more than 18 months of research and development, the Lace & Diamond collection is a technical feat. The VAN DER BAUWEDE GENÈVE brand has developed an exclusive, patented process that adapts lace weaving to the world of fine jewelry.
Each piece is meticulously crafted on a base of Avalon, a technical material that disintegrates upon contact with water, releasing a lacework of gold and diamonds, woven stitch by stitch with millimeter precision under a microscope. This unique process guarantees jewelry that is lightweight, supple, and exceptionally strong, designed to blend seamlessly into haute couture creations.
Each work in the collection is accompanied by a numbered certificate of authenticity , personally signed by Maxence Van Der Bauwede and Victor Weinsanto, attesting to its unique character and iconic status.
The Collection
"Lace and Diamond"
The Lace & Diamond collection embodies a bold fusion of heritage and modernity, combining the timeless elegance of jewelry with the visionary extravagance of fashion. By bringing their worlds together, Maxence Van Der Bauwede and Victor Weinsanto are redefining the codes of luxury, offering a new path where exceptional craftsmanship meets creative avant-gardism.
Unveiled during Fashion Week, this collaboration celebrates the alliance of two visionaries determined to push the boundaries of their disciplines. Lace & Diamond is not just a collection; it is an artistic statement, a dialogue between tradition and audacity, ready to captivate the world.