Solange: Jewellery for Chromantics

London-based jewelry designer Solange Azagury-Partridge’s work has transformed the jewelry industry over the past thirty-five years and left an indelible mark on the art of adornment itself. Her first book is a captivating exploration of the enchanting world she has crafted through her fantasy-filled creations.

Witty, urbane, and edgy, Azagury-Partridge’s jewels are known for their explosive design and provocative themes and characterized by bold and unconventional use of color and material. Her work has gained a dedicated following in the fashion and jewelry industries for its innovation and avant-garde designs that set her apart from more traditional jewelry houses.

Celebrities and tastemakers such as Julianne Moore, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Beyoncé beat a path to Solange’s London boutique, drawn to her iconoclastic, pop-art influenced jewels, playfully irreverent yet subtly layered with cultural and historical meaning and redolent of talismanic traditions. Her expressive rings, alive with color, remain her best-known and most innovative creations. Her love of language and meaning became part of the creative process, informing the names of her collections: Stoned, Chromance, Regalia, Poptails, Scribbles, Sentimentals, Hotlips, and Metamorphosis. Her first book offers a rainbow array of the styles and collections that this singular jeweler has brought to life.

In 1987 Solange Azagury-Partridge designed her first jewel, her own engagement ring. Encouraged by friends, she began producing one-of-a-kind creations and, very quickly, a business was born. Clare Phillips is curator in the Department of Decorative Art and Sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Ruth Peltason is an author, editor, and jewelry historian. Her books include Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry, which made the New York Times Bestseller List, and The Art of David Webb, among others.