Sparkly makeover: Inside Tiffany and Chaumet’s revamped Ion Orchard Singapore boutiques

[SINGAPORE] Just nine months ago, Tiffany & Co opened a temporary store on level one of Ion Ochard to showcase some of its jewellery collections while its two-storey boutique was being transformed into a three-storey version.

That luxurious gem of a pop-up was just a hint of what has finally arrived: a lighter, brighter and very elegant triplex store where clean, contemporary design serves to keep the focus firmly on the American brand’s fabulous jewels.

This expanded space will also host Tiffany’s Blue Box Cafe – its first in South-east Asia – on its top floor. And of course, there is now room to carry the full suite of its offerings, from jewellery and watches to archival objects.

But first, accompanying the brand’s latest global design concept is a gorgeous facade: a sparkly, mesmerising kinetic light sculpture by British architect Hugh Dutton that references Tiffany’s famous diamonds.

In the store, there are gentle nods to the jeweller’s signature robin’s-egg blue hue used in its packaging and branding. For instance, a wall on the first floor is embedded with New York-based artist Peter Lane’s undulating, textured, ceramic forms glazed in blue, from which shimmering boxes emerge.

Amid artisanal lacquer and resin wall panels are two rare Tiffany archival treasures, both designed by Louis C Tiffany, son of the founder of the house, Charles Lewis Tiffany.

The first is a Monumental Bronze-Mounted Vase circa 1898, and the second, a Jack-in-the-Pulpit Vase circa 1911, the iconic and desired flower form vase produced by Tiffany Studios.

The first floor is also where you will find the Tiffany Icons, including its popular Lock, HardWear, T, Knot and Sixteen Stone collections. There is a dedicated watch section – a first for Tiffany in Singapore – as well as a private room for its very important customers.

Move up to the second floor and you will encounter the jeweller’s famous engagement rings, surrounded by ivory and silver walls that bring to mind the colours of wedding gowns.

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A splendid section on this level is the Schlumberger Gallery, an “interpretation” of a room on the 10th floor at The Landmark, Tiffany’s famous Fifth Avenue flagship store in Manhattan, New York.

In the local version, you can take in the rich, nature-inspired pieces by Tiffany’s most renowned jewellery designer, Jean Schlumberger. His arrival at Tiffany in 1956 brought such imagination and innovation that his designs continue to inspire new collections at the house today.

This is also the floor to find Tiffany’s high jewellery pieces, with a backdrop of wall panels made of metal leafing and painted canvas layers in champagne gold and blue.

To mark its opening, the boutique is holding a showcase of 20 archival jewellery and timepieces till Jul 12. Garden in Bloom shines the spotlight on Schlumberger’s expressive and often sumptuous designs.

There are many pieces deserving of close attention, but one highlight is the fantastical 1951 Wings Clip in gold, platinum, diamonds and sapphires. Some say it is an angel, others describe it as a mermaid – with wings unfurled.

The otherworldly piece was commissioned by a New York-based European woman deeply engaged in the international art world, which explains her appreciation of Schlumberger’s surrealist sensibility.

Meanwhile, French luxury jeweller Chaumet also recently reopened its renovated boutique in the same mall, where it has had a store since Ion Orchard opened back in 2009.

The completely redesigned space – one of two locations in Singapore – pays tribute to the maison’s heritage and signature codes.

You can’t miss the sense of luxury in the refined and sophisticated interiors, which are now found behind a fully-windowed, softly curving, glossy facade carrying the distinctive deep Chaumet blue.

There is meaning in every design detail; even the walls tell a story.

There are, for instance, engravings of windswept golden ears of wheat by French artist Patricia de la Torre. The cereal grain – a symbol of prosperity and fertility – was chosen as the maker’s mark by Chaumet’s founder, Marie-Etienne Nitot, and continues to be one of its key jewellery design motifs.

Along the same theme is a mural in an ombre of gold and white that evokes a wheat field.

The Chaumet blue reappears on a textured painting in undulating motifs by another French artist, Martin Berger. On this wall is an enchanting collection of nickel silver tiaras, which hark back to the maison’s close links to the imperial couple Napoleon I and Josephine – its first major clients.

Apart from Chaumet’s three emblematic collections – Josephine, Bee de Chaumet and Liens – you will also find a selection of its high jewellery creations in the boutique.

Time to go shopping.

Tiffany & Co is at #01-21 Ion Orchard, 2 Orchard Turn. Book a visit to its Garden In Bloom showcase at Tiffany.sg.

Chaumet is at #02-07 Ion Orchard.