It is sensible that French jewellery home DAVIDOR ought to set up its first US brick and mortar boutique in Miami Seaside’s iconic Bal Harbour Retailers. In spite of everything, luxurious begets luxurious, to not point out that DAVIDOR founder David Gusky is a Miami native who believes strongly within the native market. “Bal Harbour felt like a pure match for DAVIDOR because it is likely one of the most luxurious purchasing locations within the US and has distinctive components of pure magnificence all through the out of doors purchasing expertise,” stated Gusky, whose ardour for tremendous jewellery was ignited at an early age; his household has a historical past of high-end jewellery manufacture and distribution. His DAVIDOR designs are the results of private experiences and factors of inspiration, largely from his travels all through the world. “The DAVIDOR DNA is strongly rooted in my private reference to what evokes me.” At the moment working out of an opulent pop-up that options each Parisian and Miami-Esque design facets, the soon-to-open DAVIDOR flagship boutique will present a really transportive Parisian expertise. The well-traveled Gusky tells us extra:
What’s Davidor’s most iconic piece or design?
DAVIDOR is most well-known for our iconic, daring, signature, L’Arc de DAVIDOR assortment that includes the repetitive arch sample. The gathering highlights our true savoir-faire of metalwork (18k gold), lacquered ceramic (16 distinctive colours), and diamond setting (4 patterns). Creating L’Arc de DAVIDOR and bringing it to life took three years of design and improvement.
Are you able to clarify your course of?
The design section begins with an thought, level of inspiration, a primary sketch or “croquis” after which slowly involves life by way of quite a few iterations right into a hand-created gouache after which to a wax mannequin. At that time, we validate the design, its measurement, scale, and the way it interprets into a bit of bijou.
What are your biggest inspirations when designing a bit or a brand new line?
Nearly all of my inspiration comes from French and Italian structure. I like to inform the story of what you see while you look by way of the Arch….the flora, the fauna, the surroundings from totally different views.
What do you like most about what you do?
I like being able to create and work in a medium that allows us to inform tales and articulate an inspiration each actually and abstractly.
Please describe the qualities of the basic DAVIDOR buyer?
DAVIDOR’s clientele is a lady/man who’s obsessed with high quality and purchases from real love for the piece. They love that they’re shopping for one thing distinctive, handcrafted, and serial numbered. Our items are all handmade in our Paris atelier and this speaks to our purchasers. We have now a rising male clientele, however we stay a extra feminine self-purchase model. Our male purchasers are rising day by day which may be very thrilling to see.
How does it really feel if you end up out and about, touring the world, and you see one in every of your items on a stranger?
I’m all the time extraordinarily excited and proud to see a DAVIDOR piece “within the wild” on our purchasers. There’s nothing extra rewarding than seeing individuals take pleasure in what they’ve bought from the model.
Do you put on your individual gadgets? What are a few of your favorites?
I personally put on the L’Arc de DAVIDOR Bangle PM, 18k Yellow Gold with Neige Lacquered Ceramic, and two L’Arc Voyage Allure PM, 18k Rose Gold on Anemone and Mykonos Blue Silk Wire.
Why is jewellery vital to a cultured life-style? What does a phenomenal piece of bijou convey concerning the wearer?
I believe jewellery is completely a type of artwork and due to that, it impacts tradition. Jewellery tells rather a lot concerning the individual sporting it, their tastes, pursuits, passions, and inspirations.
Do you view your items as an heirloom?
I do imagine DAVIDOR items are multigenerational.
Moreover Florida, the place do you spend an excessive amount of your time, and what are a few of your favourite locations on the planet and why?
Pre COVID, most of my time was spent in Paris and different European spots. I like Paris as a house base and the flexibility to journey to small cities all through Europe, to style the unimaginable meals, and to see the gorgeous heritage and structure. I’ve been lucky to journey all through Asia, Europe, the Center East, and South America and every place provide one thing distinctive that I love.
What are a few of your favourite spots in Bal Harbour?
Bal Harbour is a particular place crammed with pure magnificence, the best purchasing, and a few distinctive eating places. Personally, I like sushi so I’m keen on Makoto, however Hillstone is a day by day lunch spot and by no means disappoints.
Along with the Bal Harbour Retailers location at 9700 Collins Ave., Bal Harbour, FL, DAVIDOR jewellery could be present in shops resembling Betteridge Jewelers in Aspen, Greenwich, Palm Seaside, and Vail, Bergdorf Goodman’s Valuable Jewellery Salon, New York Metropolis, and Hamilton Jewelers in Princeton and Palm Seaside Gardens, in addition to on-line at DAVIDOR.com.
Photographs courtesy of DAVIDOR