Skinny or Catene
Messika · Pomellato
Skinny
A rivière of diamonds made elastic: tiny springs between the settings let the line twist, stretch over the hand and close back round the wrist.
Catene
The plump gourmette link Pomellato has made since its first season, blown up and softened until three or four articulated links become the whole ring.
In 2009 Valérie Messika made the diamond rivière, once an evening piece, elastic enough for daytime by threading it on nano springs; she called it Skinny. In 2021 Vincenzo Castaldo took the gourmette chain that Pomellato had made since its founding in 1967 and blew it up into Catene, rings of three or four plump links, with diamonds added two years later. Each designer took a classic and changed its temperament: the rivière turned supple, the gourmette turned into sculpture.
| Fact | Skinny | Catene |
|---|---|---|
| Introduced | 2009 | 2021 |
| Designer | Valérie Messika | Vincenzo Castaldo |
| School | Place Vendôme | Milan & Valenza |
| Materials | white gold, rose gold, diamond | rose gold, yellow gold, white gold, diamond, coloured diamond |
| Moves | No | No |
| From | €5,900 | €8,100 |
| Top of line | €9,900 | €45,000 |
Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.
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More with Catene
- Catene or Elsa Peretti Diamonds by the Yard Tiffany & Co.
- Catene or Parentesi Bulgari
- Catene or Granelli DoDo
- Catene or Pepita DoDo