Loveness Lee Hali: Layered Emerald and Sapphire Necklaces

Loveness Lee has reimagined the tennis necklace with the Hali collection, a limited edition of layered chains set with lab grown emeralds, sapphires and white sapphires in textured gold settings. Rather than matched stones in uniform arrangement, the Hali works as multiple strands worn together, each carrying gemstones in alternating patterns that catch light as the chains shift against the skin.

Lab grown emeralds and sapphires carry the same optical and physical properties as mined stones without extraction impact. The gold work around each stone is deliberately irregular, catching the eye with its unpolished surface. Loveness Lee, the jewellery designer and founder who builds each piece by hand in her London studio, has built a practice around texture and personality over the straightforward display of material wealth. The settings give each gemstone a sense of movement, as though allowed to respond to how the wearer moves rather than locked rigidly in place.

The Hali Necklaces work equally well worn alone or layered together, bringing colour and movement to evening wear without formality. They offer festive dressing a path beyond the conventional pairing of cocktail dress and inherited diamonds. The limited availability means the recipient owns something that will not be restocked or copied, a scarcity that is genuine constraint rather than marketing tool. Once current stock sells through, the designs will not be remade.

The Hali Necklaces work equally well worn alone or layered together, bringing colour and movement to evening wear without the formality of ceremony. They offer festive dressing a path beyond the conventional pairing of cocktail dress and inherited diamonds or safe metallics. Worn as a gift, the limited availability means the recipient owns something that will not be restocked or copied, a quiet signal of intention in the choice itself.

Once available quantities are sold, they will not return. The scarcity is not a marketing tool but a genuine constraint, the kind that gives a piece its particular moment and significance. The collection is available through Loveness Lee’s official channels.

Loveness Lee, the jewellery designer and founder behind the brand, builds each piece by hand in her London studio, drawing on a background in fine jewellery that shapes how she approaches texture and form. Her practice centres on sustainability without compromise: lab grown gemstones, recycled gold and a considered approach to production mean each necklace carries intention beyond its visual presence. The Hali collection reflects this philosophy, moving away from the machine perfection that dominates contemporary jewellery toward surfaces that register the maker’s hand.

The Hali necklaces sit within Loveness Lee’s wider body of work, which has gained recognition for refusing the aesthetic conventions of luxury jewellery. Rather than the polished symmetry and uniformity that signal traditional wealth, her pieces embrace irregularity, layering and colour. Each Hali strand works independently or combines with others, allowing the wearer to build their own composition rather than accept a predetermined form. This flexibility reflects a broader shift in how jewellery functions: not as a static statement but as something responsive to the wearer’s mood, outfit and occasion.

The lab grown emeralds, sapphires and white sapphires used across the collection are optically identical to their mined counterparts, carrying the same refractive properties and durability while eliminating the environmental cost of extraction. The gold settings are deliberately textured, hand finished to catch light unevenly rather than reflect it in the uniform gleam of polished metal. This surface irregularity is deliberate and integral to the design language, visible in close view and photographic detail alike. The combination of these choices means the Hali necklaces read as contemporary rather than derivative of the traditional tennis form, modern in philosophy rather than merely updated in presentation.

The limited edition status of the Hali collection is genuine scarcity rather than artificial constraint. Once current stock sells through, the designs will not be restocked or remade, a production model that reflects Loveness Lee’s commitment to considered quantity over continuous supply. This means each necklace carries a particular moment and a finish point, qualities that shift how ownership feels and how the piece will be experienced over time. The collection is available directly through Loveness Lee’s studio and official channels, with orders placed through the brand’s website and Instagram account.

Imagery courtesy of Loveness Lee (@lovenesslee).