Mimosa or Giardino

White gold and diamonds for Damiani, rose gold and coloured stones for Mellerio. Mimosa is Damiano Grassi Damiani's dedication to his wife and daughter, later widened to all women, a shrub chosen because it flowers in any weather. Giardino comes from the half-wild island garden of Isola Madre on Lake Maggiore, an openwork four-petalled flower with a lace edge, its pink sapphires and tsavorites standing for the flowers. Both houses keep an Italian thread running through their histories.