Legendary musician Nile Rodgers and Skydiamond collaborate on luxury jewellery
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Nile Rodgers, founder of CHIC, songwriter and music producer, is partnering with Skydiamond to launch an exclusive collectible brooch, bringing sustainable luxury jewellery to fans around the world.
Our sister company Skydiamond creates the world’s only carbon-negative man-made diamonds, using 100 per cent green electricity from Ecotricity. Crafted in the UK using rainwater and atmospheric carbon, Skydiamonds are chemically identical to mined diamonds without the destructive environmental impact of traditional diamond mining.
The exclusive CHIC x Skydiamond brooch features 1.10 carats of Skydiamonds set in recycled silver, inspired by CHIC, the iconic band co-founded by Nile Rodgers.
Nile is the Songwriters Hall of Fame Chairman and wore the CHIC x Skydiamond brooch on the red carpet at the ceremony on June 11, where Taylor Swift, Alanis Morissette and Kenny Loggins were inducted.
The piece began life as a bespoke gift from our founder Dale Vince OBE to Nile Rodgers. Nile loved the design and wanted to make it available to fans as part of the online CHIC BOUTIQUE, combining music, fashion and sustainability in one collectible piece.
The brooch launches alongside Nile Rodgers & CHIC’s UK summer tour and is available exclusively at Skydiamond.com. Priced at £1,976, a tribute to the year CHIC was formed, a percentage of every sale will support Nile Rodgers’ We Are Family Foundation.
Dale Vince OBE, founder of Ecotricity and Skydiamond, says: “Mining diamonds from the ground is one of the most destructive things we do for luxury. A single carat of mined diamond requires blasting and extracting up to 1,100 tonnes of rock. That process exposes toxic metals which are never cleaned up and uses roughly 500 tonnes of water, all for a fraction of a gram of diamond.
“So we made diamonds from the sky instead - using four natural ingredients: the sun, wind, rain and atmospheric carbon. Real diamonds, just without the destruction. Nile got that straight away. He’s passionate about sustainability and doing things differently. This collaboration is about great music, iconic design and proving that luxury doesn’t have to cost the Earth.”
Nile Rodgers adds: “Innovations like this are exactly what the planet needs. Skydiamond proved you can create something truly beautiful without destroying the Earth to do it - and that’s a message I’ll wear with pride.”
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