Inspired by the iconic Harry Winston 1950s motif, the latest Sunflower jewels transform botanical beauty into everyday luxury
Harry Winston has long turned to nature for inspiration, and in its latest high jewellery creations, the maison revisits one of its most enduring motifs: the sunflower. First introduced in the 1950s, the design continues to offer new ways for Harry Winston’s jewellery designers to translate the bloom into wearable works of art through the Sunflower Collection.
Across many cultures, the sunflower carries a romantic, almost mythic symbolism: a flower that constantly turns towards the light. In Greek mythology, one of the best-known stories links the sunflower to unrequited love. The water nymph Clytie falls deeply in love with Apollo, the sun god, and spends her days watching him cross the sky in his golden chariot. Rejected by him, she stops eating and drinking, remaining rooted to the ground while following his path from sunrise to sunset until she is transformed into a sunflower. It is for this reason why the flower has come to symbolise devotion, loyalty, warmth and hope.
The Sunflower collection takes this graceful silhouette and reimagines it as a family of contemporary jewels: necklaces, pendants, earrings, bracelets, and rings designed for everyday wear. Each piece centres on a round brilliant diamond encircled by eight carefully matched diamonds that form a three-dimensional corolla. The result is a bloom captured at its brightest moment, every facet catching and releasing light with brilliance that feels joyful rather than ostentatious.
For those drawn to stronger colour, the limited-edition Sunflower suites replace the central diamond with yellow stones, deepening the connection to the flower’s sun-drenched character while heightening the contrast against the surrounding white diamond “petals”. These pieces retain the romance of classic Winston style while introducing a more relaxed versatility suited to both everyday wear and special occasions.
Last year, the house marked 75 years of its sunflower motif, and the collection now blooms again in two new colourways. One radiates in verdant green with vibrant emerald centre stones, while the other blushes softly with pastel pink sapphires. Produced in limited quantities, these new interpretations join the existing all-diamond and yellow-diamond versions, expanding what feels like a carefully curated garden of variations.
