For Valentine’s Day 2026, the high jewellery Maison and the legendary Left Bank restaurant unite heritage and modernity in an exclusive My Twin Toi & Moi creation.
In Paris, romance is rarely improvised. It is staged—in candlelight, in whispers, in ritual. For Valentine’s Day 2026, Messika and Lapérouse formalize that ritual in diamonds, unveiling an exclusive My Twin Toi & Moi ring that binds two distinctly Parisian institutions in a single gesture.
The collaboration marks a symbolic alignment: Lapérouse, founded in 1766 under Louis XV, represents more than 260 years of Parisian art de vivre, while Messika, established in 2005 by Valérie Messika, embodies two decades of modern high jewellery defined by movement and audacity.
The Messika x Lapérouse My Twin Toi & Moi Ring
Created exclusively for Lapérouse, the new My Twin Toi & Moi ring reinterprets one of Messika’s most emblematic designs. Crafted in pink gold, the piece features two 0.60-carat diamonds—one pear cut, one emerald cut—set face to face in a contemporary expression of the classic Toi & Moi motif.
Encircling each stone is a halo of rubies, introducing a vivid chromatic tension that heightens the emotional charge of the composition. The duality of shapes—soft and structured, curved and linear—reflects Messika’s enduring exploration of contrast and union. An engraving reading “Messika x Lapérouse” seals the collaboration.
The ring will be presented exclusively at Lapérouse and at Messika’s Saint-Honoré boutique in Paris.
Diamonds and Discretion at Lapérouse
Few addresses are as interwoven with diamond lore as Lapérouse. Elevated to prominence in the 19th century under Jules Lapérouse, the restaurant became a fixture of Le Tout-Paris, welcoming literary and artistic luminaries including Maupassant, Zola, Hugo, Rodin, and Sarah Bernhardt.
Within its private salons—long prized for discretion—legend holds that mirrors were scratched with diamonds as women tested the authenticity of jewels offered by their admirers. The marks, still visible today, have become inseparable from the restaurant’s mythology.
The ritual extended into modern culture when Kate Moss, a friend of the Maison, etched the phrase “It’s 2 late 2 go 2 bed” into one of the mirrors using a diamond ring—an irreverent echo of the 19th-century tradition.
It is this historic dialogue between diamonds and desire that Messika revisits.
Valérie Messika was photographed within the restaurant’s storied interiors, including the Salon “La Boussole,” where she engraved a mirror using her High Jewellery Concorde solitaire—a 6-carat diamond—paying homage to Lapérouse’s legacy of romantic audacity.
Two Maisons, One Parisian Instinct
Messika has reshaped contemporary high jewellery by liberating diamonds from rigid settings and infusing them with fluidity. While, Lapérouse remains one of Paris’s most iconic dining institutions. Awarded three Michelin stars in 1933 and still a preferred address for global tastemakers.
In uniting a 260-year-old institution with a 21st-century jewellery Maison, Messika x Lapérouse proposes more than a Valentine’s gesture. It suggests that in Paris, diamonds are not merely worn—they leave a trace.
