Overview
- Chanel officially appointed Marie-Laure Cérède as director of its jewelry creation studio, with a confirmed start date in October 2026.
- At Chanel she will oversee all precious jewelry and high-jewelry creations and report to Frédéric Grangié while working alongside Arnaud Chastaingt in the house’s creation studios.
- Cérède succeeds Patrice Leguéreau, who led Chanel’s jewelry creation studio for 15 years until his death in November 2024, ending a vacancy in the role.
- She brings long-form experience from Harry Winston and most recently served as Cartier’s creative director for watches and jewelry from 2016 to 2025, a background Chanel leaders praised for craft and gemology expertise.
- Chanel’s watches and jewelry business is a comparatively small but strategic part of the house’s sales — estimated at around 5% of revenue — and Cérède’s appointment could shape product direction, studio collaboration between Paris and Geneva, and future high-jewelry releases.