Cindy Chao’s White Label Collection: Wearable Art For Life’s Most Meaningful Moments

Exceptional creations with the highest standards of artistic jewellery, Cindy Chao’s White Label Collection is perfect for all the right reasons and seasons.

We have witnessed the striking presence of Cindy Chao’s masterpieces in only a handful of prestigious settings: on the red carpet worn by award-winning stars of note, and as centrepieces in haloed museums, displayed in well-lit, foreboding glass cases to be admired from afar. You may look, but certainly not touch these works of rare art. 

Cindy Chao The Art Jewel has garnered admiration from connoisseurs and collectors alike over the years as the artist’s work is that perfect amalgam of bejewelled sculptures that can be worn with glittering ease. A perfectly structured leaf or butterfly dazzling in diamonds and precious stones—it must be the art jewel Chao is synonymous with. 

While the iconic Black Label Masterpieces remain the crown jewels of the maison, the White Label Collection represents an exquisite expression of Cindy Chao’s artistic universe. It not only embodies the essence of artistic jewellery but also offers a sophisticated entry into her sculptural aesthetic through captivating thematic series, most notably the celebrated Four Seasons.

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A Designer For All Seasons: Celebrating 20 Years of Cindy Chao the Art Jewel

A landmark year for designer Cindy Chao, 20 years just floated by like a dragonfly in flight.

We’ve long covered—and not so secretly coveted—the exquisite works of designer Cindy Chao for years now as her sculptural, nature-inspired, museum-worthy jewels have been a point of fascination and debate: Is it jewellery, or is it art?

Her jewels have appeared in the pages of Robb Report Hong Kong’s annual Best of the Best, and intermittently in various iterations of Robb Report globally since 2012, such sporadic bursts of inspired creations finding a safe haven in the Best in Jewellery pages with increasing frequency. Chao’s earrings can be seen on the lobes of Academy-Award-winning actresses, her famed brooches on the lapel of gentlemen as they hit the red carpet. Chao’s singular sensations have also appeared in capital museums, guarded in enclosed glass cases, glimmering under a spotlight. How many jewellers can state that their work is part of the permanent collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, and the Smithsonian in Washington, DC?

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Black, White, and Read All Over: Jeweller Cindy Chao Premieres 18 New Pieces in Hong Kong

 

Floral for spring but timeless in nature, Cindy Chao impresses yet again.

When you first enter (by appointment only) the maison of jeweller Cindy Chao (whose company name is Cindy Chao The Art Jewel), the exploratory conceit is, it doesn’t look like a store—or a jewellery shop. When you saunter in, it’s really a museum with singular gem- and diamond-encrusted artefacts in frames. Except, upon closer inspection, it is, in fact, jewellery. And yes, it’s wearable and it’s on sale. It’s also rare, often unique, and made with the most magnificent stones sourced from the world over to create Chao’s notable collection.

Read the entire feature here at Robb Report Hong Kong. 

Jeweller Cindy Chao’s Hong Kong Exhibition Is Opening to Dazzling Butterfly Effect

Opera Gallery Hong Kong has never before showcased jewels of this size, magnitude, and intricacy

For the past decade, with consistency and artistic integrity, jeweller Cindy Chao has been painstakingly recreating a delicate creature in precious stones and metal, culminating in her 10th Annual Butterfly piece: 2023 Black Label Masterpiece I Amour Butterfly Brooch. 

Her brand, CINDY CHAO The Art Jewel, presents an exhibition like no other this year. “Meld in Light and Shade” at the famed Opera Gallery Hong Kong is part of a global tour that also includes a stint in Shanghai and other Asian stops. For the city, it’s the first of its kind to have a jewelled, precious butterfly exhibition done by a leading female artist—for is there any doubt this jewellery artist’s work is nothing short of wearable, sculptural art?

Read the entire feature here at Robb Report Hong Kong.