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Over the past few years, wellness, self-care and wearable technology have become increasingly connected to the way we live. From the rise of the Apple Watch to the growing popularity of smart rings, technology has gradually become something we don’t just use, but wear every day.
Our relationship with technology has also become much more personal. I find myself asking ChatGPT questions about my health all the time, whether it’s to better understand my body, my test results or the questions I should ask at my next doctor’s appointment. Of course, it doesn’t replace my doctors, but it has changed how actively I engage with my own health.
And I think that’s part of a bigger shift: we increasingly expect technology to help us understand ourselves.
That’s one of the reasons smart rings are particularly interesting to me. Beyond tracking things like sleep, activity and recovery, SOMA also incorporates cycle tracking, bringing another dimension to how women can follow and better understand patterns in their health.
For me, that’s where wearable technology becomes especially interesting: it’s not only collecting data, it’s giving us another way to understand what’s happening in our bodies.
This was part of what made our recent collaboration at ADRIA with SOMA Ring, a Peruvian smart ring brand focused on health and wellness, particularly interesting to me.
When we discovered SOMA, we loved not only that it was a Peruvian brand, but also its vision of building a relationship with technology where there was room for art, fashion and personal expression. It felt like a very natural meeting point with ADRIA.
ADRIA is a Peruvian jewelry brand that I co-founded with my sisters, so we know firsthand the excitement and the challenges that come with building something from the ground up. Seeing SOMA at the beginning of its journey made the collaboration feel even more meaningful to us, and we loved the idea of two Peruvian brands coming together to create something new.
Smart ring covers aren’t a new concept internationally. Our challenge was to explore them through ADRIA’s own jewelry perspective.
The Cover Ring had to fit correctly over the device, remain comfortable and stable, and respect its functionality, while visually feeling simple and natural.
After several prototypes and adjustments, we created four classic designs, Aura, Órbita, Vértice and Esencia, in sterling silver with lab-grown diamonds, with gold-plated finishes and 18K gold available upon request.
At ADRIA, we don’t want to be just a jewelry brand; we want to create and share experiences.
With SOMA, we brought that philosophy into a completely different category. We introduced the collaboration in Lima with a wellness experience at Hotel B, bringing together movement, wellness, technology and jewelry in the same setting.
Rather than simply launching a product, we wanted people to experience the universe behind the collaboration.
As wearable technology becomes part of what we wear every day, I think the boundaries between technology, wellness, jewelry and personal style will continue to blur.
We don’t necessarily need to invent the technology. But as jewelers, we can think about how people want to wear it.
For ADRIA, collaborating with another Peruvian brand was our way of exploring exactly that.
