If you’re the sort who would usually pass on heart jewellery because saccharine sweet designs aren’t quite your style, don’t write off John Hardy’s latest capsule collection just yet. Mad Love is the second creative collaboration with British model Adwoa Aboah, where the running motif is a skewed, hand-sketched heart that’s anything but perfect—and that’s just the way Aboah likes it.
These playful hearts are a nod to her multiple tattoos, symbolising the co-existence of power and vulnerability. John Hardy also took inspiration from Aboah’s freehand sketches as well as the autograph on her personal notes. Combined with the brand’s signature Classic Chain design, the pieces evoke strength, spontaneity, and oodles of edgy charm which is synonymous with Aboah as well as John Hardy.
These playful hearts are a nod to her multiple tattoos, symbolising the co-existence of power and vulnerability.
This is the second collaboration between the two; the first one was launched in 2018. Then, Aboah played the role of a muse rather than collaborator. Now, the model, actress and activist is a design partner bringing her own definition of love to the collection.
“It was important for me to work closely with John Hardy on this collection. Each design tells a meaningful story and can be given to a loved one or to yourself. I love getting jewellery for myself and the independence that it represents. Mad Love says what I can’t put into words: how much I care about that person or community. It’s my sign off for everything,” says Aboah.
Whether in reclaimed 14K gold or sterling silver, the seven key designs collectively represent Aboah’s trademark penchant for layering and stacking statement pieces. Wear the designed-to-customise Chain Heart necklace in multiple ways, or layer it with the Classic Chain Foxtail Heart necklace.
Take your pick from the range of earrings and studs—we especially love the Classic Chain set of three single stud earrings. Featuring a mix-and-match of hearts and a single bar, it conveys the collective “bold alone, stronger together” ethos that underpins Gurls Talk, Aboah’s female-empowerment platform.
“Radical inclusivity and unapologetic individuality are central to the John Hardy ethos,” explains CEO Kareem Gahed “Adwoa embodies these values through her self-expression and in how she shows up for her community. ‘Mad Love’ is a homage to that beautiful tenacity.”
Here are Vogue Singapore’s seven favourite pieces from the collection.
John Hardy Mad Love 16″ necklace in 14K gold
This 16-inch chain link toggle necklace showcases a handcarved heart crafted in the image of Adwoa’s freehand heart drawings and signature tattoos.
John Hardy Mad Love 16″ necklace in sterling silver
An exclusive collaboration with model and activist Adwoa Aboah, inspired by radically inclusive love that springs from unconditional self-acceptance.
John Hardy Mad Love 40″ transformable necklace in 14K gold
Experience the unrestricted form that can wrap, layer and drape—wear it as a necklace, bracelet or body chain.
John Hardy Mad Love studs triptych
Three unique studs that can be broken out into solo accents or worn together as a mixed earring stack.
John Hardy Mad Love drop earrings in sterling silver
These handcarved drop earrings can be worn as a pair or remixed with other studs in the Mad Love collection.
John Hardy Mad Love toggle bracelet in 14K gold
This chain link toggle-clasp bracelet is all about loving yourself, loving your community, loving your earth.
John Hardy Mad Love station bracelet in sterling silver
Inspired by a radically inclusive, fiercely vulnerable way of loving and being loved, this lobster clasp bracelet looks amazing alone, or when stacked with other pieces.
