Investing in longevity and aesthetic capital: the new HTSI Beauty and Jewellery
On newsstands with a special issue dedicated to high and fine jewellery, unique pieces, fantasy masterpieces. A plunge into light, colour and beauty.
by Editors
There are two guiding themes in the new issue of HTSI on newsstands from Friday 21 November with Il Sole24Ore. The first is light, the second is beauty, and the two threads of the story are closely intertwined. The entire colour spectrum is explored through the masterpieces of high and fine jewellery photographed, in the issue's cover feature, in a dense sea of Rocailles, rosettes, lampwork beads and artistic beads, made using ancient techniques and a varied repertoire of materials and colours. One immerses oneself in the iridescent intensity of the Scottish skies, in the gardens of Dumfries House, where over 3,000 specimens of roses have given inspiration to a collection of jewellery that resembles flowers among flowers: yellow-orange corollas of citrines, purple of amethysts, pink of rhodolites, blue of aquamarines, green of peridots. And again, one enters the home of one of the greatest contemporary collectors, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, who, for HTSI's photographers only, wears her collection of fancy necklaces, brooches and bracelets as well as the latest acquisitions signed by the creative genius BillyBoy, never exhibited or seen before.
Beauty and creativity take centre stage in the world of art and fashion with an interview with photographer Nick Knight, who has redefined the language of the image through painting, sculpture, fashion, artificial intelligence, cinema and augmented reality. Also to be discovered is the reinterpretation of the Grands Magasins du Louvre by the architectural genius Jean Nouvel to host contemporary art in a new, theatrical way, with an exhibition design by FormaFantasma: this is the new Fondation Cartier in Paris, previewed by HTSI.
When beauty becomes a personal investment, it is worth exploring new phenomena. First and foremost, that of the beauty brokers, emerging professional figures of international super consultants who select and monitor surgeons and beauty professionals, helping them to find their way in a billion-dollar market. An enquiry delves into the theme of snapchat dysmorphia, which increasingly affects the younger generations and which must be addressed, combated and scaled down, together with the excess of perfectionism, which risks becoming self-defeating. Lastly, in this issue of HTSI, a special focus is devoted to longevity issues. In a world where, by 2050, more than two billion people will be over 60, the priority is to shift focus: not just adding years of life, but improving its quality. By working on the personal eposome, the sum of exposures to internal and external risk factors, and by surrounding ourselves with products capable of evolving with us.
