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In Shanghai, the Milanese jeweller Pomellato debuted its first retrospective exhibition, celebrating its free-spirited story.

- GORDON NG

For a jeweller as relatively young as Pomellato, staging a debut retrospective is a major step. So when it unveiled Art & Jewellery, its first major exhibition, in Shanghai at the Fosun Foundation, the brand made a bold statement of its confidence in its heritage and identity.

“This exhibition is a thoughtful moment for Pomellato,” mused creative director Vincenzo Castaldo, speaking with Vogue over email. “It’s our first comprehensive showcase of our journey from 1967 to today. Working with curator Alba Cappellieri, we’ve created an immersive experience that weaves together our revolutionary jewellery designs with our groundbreaking advertising campaigns.”

Pomellato was founded in 1967 by Pino Rabolini with a sense of youthful verve. He was inspired by the revolution of ready-towear and the pulse of the youthquake. In the introduction to Pomellato’s 50th anniversary monograph, Rabolini wrote: “Women were changing before my very eyes: they were dynamic, they travelled, they drove cars. I sensed that dynamic jewellery was ideal for them.” The resulting Pomellato was, per Rabolini, “the prêt-à-porter of jewellery, which transforms gold into pure modernity”.