Naude Bourn Returns to Cannes. La Relique. The 79th Festival.

Naude Bourn, independent designer-led sculptural fine jewelry house, returns to the 79th Festival de Cannes with its most resolved body of work to date. For the second consecutive year, the brand is housed within the Giorgia Viola Communication showroom at the Hotel Martinez — the address that has become, over the course of the festival, the fixed point for independent fine jewelry of consequence.

This year, Naude Bourn arrives with a singular object at its centre: La Relique — Diamond Carapace. Commissioned in 18k yellow gold and set with signature diamond, La Relique is the finished statement of the brand's ÉNONCÉ Collection — a body jewel that moves across the arm in the architectural language of the Naude Bourn signature motif, the Whisper Gallery. It is 1 of 1. Whoever acquires it does so as a custodian.

An acquisition. One custodian. For life.

Surrounding La Relique, the 2026 Cannes presentation introduces new work across the brand's established collections — each piece handcrafted in 18k solid gold, each maintaining the architectural rigour that has defined the Naude Bourn aesthetic since its inception. The Whisper Gallery motif — the geometric sigil that structures every object the brand produces — runs through the new work with increased precision. 

From the ÉTAT D'OR collection, the corset sculptures that premiered at Cannes 2025 — SORANIS — returns as the reference point for what wearable sculpture means in 18k gold. The body as the gallery. The 2026 collection extends that proposition: new forms, same Naude standard. 

The Giorgia Viola Showroom at the Hotel Martinez operates as the correct context for this work. It is the room where the conversation happens before the object changes hands. Naude Bourn makes no concessions on the standard of that conversation. The pieces shown at Cannes 2026 are handcrafted, made-to-commission, and available through direct acquisition inquiry only.

About the Showroom Placement

Giorgia Viola Communication, Paris, has represented Naude Bourn at the Festival de Cannes since 2025. The Hotel Martinez showroom placement positions the brand within the festival's established fine jewelry and haute couture circuit — alongside the cultural and institutional figures who attend the festival as participants in its larger conversation, not its spectacle.

Pieces Available for Press Preview & Acquisition

• La Relique — Diamond Carapace Body Jewel, 18k Yellow Gold, ÉNONCÉ Collection. 1 of 1. Bespoke for Festival de Cannes 2026.
  
  
• Le Sceau — Signature Motif Choker, 18k Yellow Gold, ÉNONCÉ Collection.

New architectural works across BON TON, HABITUS, and ÉNONCÉ Collections — handcrafted in 18k yellow gold and 18k white gold. Full collection available for press preview at the Giorgia Viola Showroom, Hotel Martinez, by appointment.

About Naude Bourn

Naude Bourn is an independently designer-led fine jewelry house producing 18k solid gold jewelry across five collections: BON TON, HABITUS, EMERGENCE, ÉNONCÉ, and ÉTAT D'OR.

Each collection is built for a specific woman at a specific point in her life. The gold is always 18k. The standard is non-negotiable. Pieces are handcrafted and made-to-commission. The brand does not mass-produce.