MAISON PRISM

Cristal de roche
taillé à la main — Paris

Some houses whisper. We are not one of them.

01Put it on and the room rearranges itself around you.

02Thirty-one stones. Not one of them apologises.

03Nine a month. You will rarely meet yourself coming.

Prisme 001 crystal frame

Prisme 001 — Lunettes de cristal

Clear crystal, a gold rail, and a run of coloured stones down each temple. For people who like being looked at.

$3,300

See the collection

The collection

Eleven pieces,one material.

Eleven ways to be the most interesting person in the room. Hover any piece to see it on; open one for the detail.

Why it matters

Nothing here
is quiet

and that is entirely the point

Colour on a body is not decoration. It is a statement of intent, and people read it long before you speak. These are not pieces for an occasion that never comes — they are for a Tuesday, a bad week, the walk to the shop.

Nine a month, finished by hand. Which means you will rarely meet yourself coming — and when you do, the two of you will know it across a room without saying anything.

Colour18k goldParis

How it is made
Grand Collier$9,800
Montre Cristal$5,200
Manchette Cristal$3,900
Manchette Rubis$3,600
Prisme 001$3,300
Cercle 002$3,100

01 / 06  ·  the six highest

Sets

Four ways to
leave the salon.

Pieces bought together are cut from one block, so the crystal matches across them. Set prices hold for the season.

01

La Table

The tray, the compact and the rouge. What the house makes for a surface rather than a body.

  • Plateau Cristal
  • Miroir de Poche
  • Rouge Prisme

$2,200$2,390 apart

02

Le Regard

Frame, choker, rouge. Everything that sits between the collarbone and the brow.

  • Prisme 001
  • Collier Fin
  • Rouge Prisme

$5,400$5,880 apart

03

Les Mains

The watch and both cuffs. Worn together they sound like glass when you move.

  • Montre Cristal
  • Manchette Cristal
  • Manchette Rubis

$11,600$12,700 apart

04

Le Cercle

The collar, the round frame and the foot pieces. The whole house, head to floor.

  • Grand Collier
  • Cercle 002
  • Sandales Nues

$14,500$15,800 apart

Atelier

Made slowly,worn loudly.

  1. 01

    Choose

    The crystal comes from Brazil and most of it goes back. We keep only what is clear enough to take colour properly.

  2. 02

    Cut

    Cut under water, because crystal splits if it warms. Slow, unglamorous, and the reason the piece survives being actually worn.

  3. 03

    Set

    Sapphire, tsavorite, citrine, amethyst, spinel — set one at a time into gold. This is the day the piece gets its personality.

  4. 04

    Give

    Fitted in the salon or sent with a measurement card. Reset free, for as long as you own it. Wear it everywhere.

A crystal frame held up to the light
Held to the window. The gold rail reads before the stones do.
You willknow eachother instantly.

It looks different on everyone, which is the point — it takes the yellow of a sleeve, the light of whatever room you walked into. What it never does is go unnoticed. That is the whole arrangement: you are seen, and the only other person who fully understands what you are wearing is already wearing one.

Photographed in the salon, 18 rue de Turenne.

Service

Fitting

By appointment at the salon, or a measurement card by post. Twenty minutes either way.

Prescription

Single vision or progressive, cut to the frame. Send your script, we do the rest.

Repair

A lost stone is reset free, for life. Crystal is re-polished on request.

Return

Thirty days, worn or not. Made-to-order pieces included.