Year of the Snake: The Cover Story of VO+ April 2025

In the April 2025 issue of VO+, photographer Chiara Quadri captures fine jewelry in a visual set inspired by the symbolic essence of the snake

Monday, 07 April 2025, by VO+ Magazine

A serpent serves as both visual thread and metaphor: the cover story is a tribute to a creature as enigmatic as it is powerful. Drawing from the natural, the artificial, and the human worlds, the images unfold between tension and abstraction. Danger, seduction, transformation. But also, protection, rhythm, return. The snake sheds its skin. So does the jewel. In doing so, both reveal something new.

Photos by Chiara Quadri

Set design by Chiara Arsini

Three-row choker with white Japanese Akoya pearls, O by Yoko Collection. YoKo london.
old-plated silver Chicco bracelet with zircons. unoaeRRe.
Gold elastic bracelet with diamonds and ceramic tiles, La Via collection. benoi.
old earrings with pink sapphires and mother-of-pearl. J’oR.
White gold earrings with white diamonds and pearls. evanueva.
Gold and diamond Capture Me Bracelet. aKillis.