MESSIKA UNVEILS ITS SUMMER 2025 CAMPAIGN, DIRECTED BY EZRA PETRONIO AND SHOT BY JULIETTE ABITBOL
Shot on the island of Majorca, the new Messika campaign celebrates a contemplative summer. A warm light, infinite azure, a desire for summer and nature where gold and diamonds flirt against the skin. With her singular visual language, Juliette Abitbol signs an elegant and nostalgic campaign – at once timeless and intimate.
Annemary Aderibigbe and Summer Dirx are the heroines of Messika's summer. Their skin is sun-kissed and radiant, luminous and precious.
In the glow of this Mediterranean setting, the signature pieces of the House shine. So Move reveals its sculptural gold and diamond links. Fiery celebrates the duality of the pear-shaped diamond — where softness meets sculptural strength. Move Noa unveils Messika's expertise in a chiseled gold variation that recalls the precious textures of the 70s. Each hand-crafted engraving has a subtle effect that captures and reflects every ray of light. This summer, it's the jewelry that dresses the skin.
'In the golden summer light, framed by the Mediterranean, these cinematic images capture the Messika spirit — instinctive, radiant, and grounded in the now'
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