H. Stern’s Red Carpet collection carries your spirit animal

Katie Holmes is a bronze goddess adorned in brushed gold, onyx and pavé diamonds in a campaign shot by Tom Munro for H. Stern’s Ancient America collection. Fascinated by the pre-Columbian belief that the world was full of entities influenced by spiritual beings, H. Stern designers crafted pieces inspired by the spirits that existed not only before humans, but animals as well. Each piece is marked by patterns that are interpretations of animal skin –– and when worn, may just give any woman a jolt of supernatural confidence and beauty.

So what’s your spirit animal? Mine is the ram, or Jessica Chastain, though the collection’s eagle-esque rings and earrings are calling out to me as well. The Ancient America collection features the Serpent, a symbol of the underworld and rebirth crafted with pavé diamonds in tones of cognac and black set in Noble Gold; the Jaguar, a symbol of the earthly world, strength and power, whose spotted coat is recreated in rose gold and carefully placed diamond studs; the Fish, which represents fertility, represented by scale-like plates made of malleable Noble Gold and yellow gold; and the Bird, a symbol of the gods, peace and spirituality, represented in pieces of stylized brushed yellow gold. If your spirit animal is Katie Holmes, don’t worry –– you can channel her timeless elegance through the collection, too.

Ancient America is but one of the many collections with pieces included in the Brazilian jewelry brand’s traveling Red Carpet collection –– pieces worn by Hollywood and international stars, photographed on the red carpet. Every year, H. Stern brings pieces from its Red Carpet Collection to the Philippines. This year’s collection, exclusively available at Adora for a limited time, includes special pieces from the Ancient America, Brazilian Flowers, Sunrise Colours and Fluid Gold collections.

Yet another collection drawn from nature and mythology is Iris, named after the messenger of the gods who moves with the lightness of the wind in the depths of the sea –– but there’s more: she is also the personification of the rainbow. All these attributes inspired the abstract forms, subtle gradient colors and delicate, feminine silhouettes of H. Stern’s Iris collection, which includes earrings, rings, pendants and a bracelet in different gold tones from yellow to rose, and diamonds.

Fluid Gold features pieces inspired by water. Its signature piece, a 10-foot-long necklace in brushed 18K yellow gold, is made of small gold tubes pieced together to create the most delicate and dynamic accessory –– one that can also be worn as a bracelet, anklet or waist chain.

H. Stern is one of the few jewelry brands to become a member of the elite group of red carpet regulars. Its pieces have been worn by everyone from Miranda Kerr to Taylor Swift, Kristen Stewart to Angelina Jolie. H. Stern appears in fashion magazines like Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, W and InStyle (and recently, a stunning editorial on the brand’s cobblestone bracelet in the September issue of Vogue Portugal). Now with the Red Carpet collection available to be viewed and purchased at Adora, you can make your who-wore-it-better fantasies come to life.

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H.Stern is available only at Adora, 2/F Greenbelt 5, Ayala Center Makati; tel. no.  217-4029.