Brazil to the World

Hector Albertazzi turns travel memories into Brazilian jewelry

With Namibe, the first chapter of Jetsetters, the Brazilian brand looks to the windswept dunes of Namibia to explore movement, texture and organic forms.

Patricia Zanotti · October 2, 2026

Model lying on sand against an orange backdrop, wearing a pavé silver ear cuff, a crescent ring and a wide crystal bracelet

Some collections begin with a trend. Others begin with a place.

For Hector Albertazzi, the starting point of Jetsetters is travel itself: the references, memories and visual impressions collected while moving through different destinations.

The Brazilian jewelry brand has divided the collection into four chapters, each inspired by a different landscape and released in monthly drops throughout the semester. The first is Namibe, an interpretation of the desert scenery of Namibia, in southwestern Africa.

Rather than reproducing the landscape literally, the collection translates its shapes and movement into jewelry. Fluid, asymmetric lines evoke dunes continuously reshaped by the wind, while irregular volumes and crystals introduce points of light across the pieces.

Jewelry shaped by movement

“Jetsetters was born from the idea of a woman who collects experiences and incorporates references from each place into her identity,” says Marcelo Albertazzi, creative director of the brand.

According to Albertazzi, Namibe opens the collection with an interpretation of the natural forms of the Namibian desert, exploring movement, texture and organic volumes. The intention, he says, was to create jewelry carrying a sense of discovery while remaining relevant beyond a single season.

That idea appears throughout the collection. Metal takes on soft, irregular shapes, while crystals follow the contours of each design, reinforcing the sensation of movement.

Model in a checkered headscarf and black halter top wearing a crystal choker with pendant, stud earrings and a crystal armlet — Namibe explores fluid silhouettes, crystals and organic volumes. Photo: Fernando Tomaz / Courtesy of Hector Albertazzi.

The pieces were developed in Ouro Vintage and Prata Boho, two metal finishes associated with Hector Albertazzi’s visual identity. The drop includes ear cuffs, hoops, necklaces, chokers, bracelets and rings, with pieces such as the Zircônias and Maxi Namibe rings among the designs presented.

Model with eyes closed and hair in motion, wearing a crystal choker with pendant, a sculptural earring and a crystal armlet — Details from Hector Albertazzi’s Namibe collection. Photo: Fernando Tomaz / Courtesy of Hector Albertazzi.

A Brazilian point of view on elsewhere

There is an interesting inversion in Jetsetters. A Brazilian brand looks outward, absorbs references from another landscape and brings them back through its own design language.

Namibe therefore says something beyond the individual pieces. Travel becomes less about destination and more about what remains after returning home: shapes remembered, textures observed and impressions transformed into objects.

And that makes Hector Albertazzi particularly relevant to Brazil to the World. Brazilian design does not need to speak only about Brazil to express where it comes from. Sometimes its identity is revealed precisely in the way it looks at the rest of the world.

Model with windswept hair in a satin parka, wearing a gold wave-shaped choker, matching earring and ring, and crystal bracelets — Hector Albertazzi’s Jetsetters begins with Namibe and will unfold in four chapters. Photo: Fernando Tomaz / Courtesy of Hector Albertazzi.

Hector Albertazzi
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