Thandie Newton for "Solange"

It all started with an unlikely barter between friends. “Would he do it for jewelry?” Solange Azagury-Partridge asked Tracy Lowy of having Lowy’s husband, Laurence Dunmore, direct a short film to showcase her new creations. “Yeah, ask him” was Lowy’s mischievous reply. Thus the lovely short film The Letter, starring Thandie Newton and Jason Isaacs, was born.

It tells the story of a beautiful woman (Newton) who decides to leave her husband for her lover, but not before packing up her jewelry (pieces from Solange’s new Stoned collection). Still, when she reaches to her lover, she decides she doesn’t need him either—only the jewels, namely a diamond engagement ring she left behind on the nightside table.

“I wanted her to say, ‘I’m not staying with my husband; he’s stifling me. Then she runs to her lover, and thinks, But I don’t think I’m bothered about him, either, but I am bothered by that ring,” explains Azagury-Partridge, laughing. “It’s tongue-in-cheek, really.” With a sound track by Rob Dougan, an original script by Azagury-Partridge’s husband, Murray Partridge, and styling by Charlotte Pilcher, the project was a family affair; hence the creation of Friends and Family Productions as the force behind the shoot. Says Azagury-Partridge of putting together the talent, “It was great being an old-fashioned producer and just letting them do their thing.”

The film debuts by invitation only on Monday at the Solange Azagury-Partridge store on Madison Avenue, with a special screening and party planned in London later this month, but you’ll have to wait until the holidays for the jewels (like this gorgeous ring above). They don’t arrive stateside until December.

(Vogue.com)

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