Van Cleef & Arpels - Mother's Day 2025

 

Mother’s Day — though marked just once a year — honours a quiet, everyday devotion lived out by the women who raise, nurture, and shape us. Their love is constant, their strength often unspoken. For Mother’s Day 2025, in collaboration with Van Cleef & Arpels, we sought to celebrate not only the care mothers give, but the radiance, grace, and quiet grandeur they embody.

With this intention, we created a floral hatbox designed to reflect mothers in full bloom — featuring vibrant peonies and Free Spirit roses, chosen for their lush, ruffled petals and generous presence. These statement blooms speak to an abundance of beauty — one that doesn’t ask for attention, but effortlessly draws it.

Cradled among them is a cheerful medley of carnations, tanacetum daisies, rice flowers, and chamomile, evoking a sun-dappled spring meadow — a tender nod to the nurturing and joyful essence of motherhood.

A Bold, Heartfelt Palette

The bold palette of corals, tangerines, and soft blush mirrors the energy, resilience, and enduring warmth that mothers bring into our lives. These hues remind us that strength can be graceful, and that love often shines brightest through colour and contrast — both gentle and fierce.

Symbolism in Every Detail

To complete the gift, the hatbox includes a photoframe — to hold cherished memories and honour the bonds that tether us — and a bottle of champagne, to mark moments of joy, quiet victories, and celebration.

All of this is held within our elegant hatbox — a vessel that reflects the qualities we admire most in mothers: generosity, gracious strength, and a love that remains expansive, even in the face of challenge.

This is more than a gift. It’s a tribute — to enduring love, to quiet strength, and to mothers in all their radiant, powerful form.

 
Ina Shea