Melanie Georgacopoulos Evokes an Array of Emotions With Tria

By Karen Dybis | September 19, 2025

Melanie Georgacopoulos’ latest collection, Tria, speaks to her obsession with the pearl: its colors, its scale, and its complexities.

“Tria is the number three in Greek,” says Georgacopoulos. “I favor collection names which are quite literal, and so Tria is the number of colors which are featured in this collection.”

She explores the harmony between those three colors—classic white, soft lavender, and rich peacock—by combining two or three of them in several Tria pieces.

“I found these colors to be bold and quite representative of primary human emotions. When I picture white, I think of serenity, peace and quiet confidence. Pink represents emotion, love, warmness, and peacock is anger, frustration, darkness,” Georgacopoulos says.

*Lavender, peacock and white freshwater pearls ascend in size. on the Tria bracelet ($4,600), which is finished with a hidden 18k white gold ball clasp.*

“I feel we go through life experiencing these emotions on a regular basis, and it was interesting for the connection of color to emotions in my work,” says Georgacopoulos, who adds that she gave the collection a Greek name because “lately I seem to be more and more influenced by my roots.”

For Tria, Georgacopoulos sought out freshwater akoya, South Sea, and Tahitian pearls in just the right sizes. They are set on 18k white and yellow gold as well as black ruthenium–plated silver. Prices range from $3,670 for the Ascending ring to $11,800 for a double strand necklace.

Design of the Tria jewelry stands out: Open rings create an illusion of the pearl floating across the fingers; necklace and bracelet clasps disappear seamlessly within the strands. Metalwork is also concealed on Tria’s earrings, to ensure the eye rests only on the pearl.

TRIA MELANIE GEORGACOPOULOS — Tria stud earrings ($5,905), shown here with lavender and white pearls, are available in other color combinations; the model also wears the double strand necklace ($11,800) featuring black Tahitian pearls on 18k yellow gold.

The Tria necklace, Georgacopoulos says, represents her vision for the collection. It balances three pearl colors across a steady graduation of sizes—not an easy accomplishment when you are working with nature’s organic materials. With a camouflaged ball clasp hidden among the lavender pearls, the necklace can be worn any way around.

“It’s about finding balance visually and aesthetically, but also creating pieces which bring together different colors one does not often see together in pearl jewelry [to] create a harmonious result,” she explains. “In the end, your eye is not distracted by something specific—instead it moves from end to end, discovering all the details.”

Some Tria jewelry includes marine diamonds, and this is the first time Georgacopoulos has used these gemstones sourced from the ocean floor. Each jewel comes with an Ocean Diamonds certificate of provenance, showing the designer’s commitment to traceability, transparency, and responsible sourcing, she says.

“I recently came across these diamonds, and so I’m hoping we can use them more and more,” Georgacopoulos says. “It seems obvious to me that using diamonds found in the sea has a direct link to pearls and marine life. It also in a more sustainable way to find diamonds, and therefore I am very happy we have started using them.”

Top: Melanie Georgacopoulos’ new Tria collection includes an all-white ring ($4.985) and drop earrings ($4,195). (Photos courtesy of Melanie Georgacopoulos)