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New Hollywood
While white diamond jewels recall the glamour of Old Hollywood,
colored diamonds are becoming the benchmark for the allure of
New Hollywood. Typically, yellow diamonds are choice, as worn
at the Oscars by Cate Blanchett in vintage Van Cleef & Arpel fancy
vivid yellow diamond earrings (totaling 6 carats); Penelope Cruz
in fancy yellow diamond chandelier earrings (totaling 27 carats);
Florence Welch in yellow and white diamond flower gold ring and
earrings by Lorraine Schwartz; and Aishwarya Rai in Lorraine
Schwartz brown diamond platinum brooch and canary yellow and
brown diamond bracelet.
Covering all of the red carpet glamour, E! Entertainment host
Giuliana Rancic sparkled herself in a Chopard “Turtle” ring with a
10 carat fancy deep brown yellow diamond accented by 4 carats of
brown and 2 carats of white diamonds set in rose gold, and “Tiger”
earrings featuring grey moonstones (totaling 77 carats) with orange,
yellow, and black diamonds set in yellow and white gold, both
designs from the jeweler’s “Animal World Collection”.
Also notable: Jennifer Lawrence, Best Actress nominee for
her leading role in “Winter’s Bone,” shined in Chopard’s fancy
yellow, radiant-cut diamond platinum stiletto earrings (totaling 16
carats); and Mira Jacob, wife of Jed Rothstein, nominated for Best
Documentary Short Subject “Killing in the Name,” radiated in a 42
carat yellow diamond and gold bracelet and a 10 carat fancy yellow
diamond ring by Shaftel & Co. for the AGTA Collection.
Governor’s Ball Producer Cheryl
Ceccheto in a green tourmaline
necklace by Cynthia Rénee and
green tourmaline earrings by Jeffrey
Bilgore from the AGTA Collection.
Natalie Portman in rubellite
tourmaline bead tassel earrings by
AGTA Member Tiffany & Co.
Next to colored diamonds, rough diamonds are also intriguing
Hollywood’s elite, like Entertainment Tonight correspondent Maria
Menounos wore on the red carpet—rough diamond sliced earrings
by Sutra.
Party Like
Oscar style coverage extends beyond the illustrious red carpet at
the Kodak, to include photo opps around town from viewing to post
parties with Hollywood’s elite on parade in their paparazzi best.
Perhaps the top after-party, The Governor’s Ball, saw its producer
Cheryl Ceccheto setting the stage in a green tourmaline suite, with
the necklace, a 2011 AGTA Spectrum Award winner, by Cynthia
Rénee and the earrings by fellow AGTA Spectrum Award-winning
designer Jeffrey Bilgore, both for the AGTA Collection.
Vanity Fair’s shindig was awash in color, including actresses
Juliette Lewis in a lapis and diamond platinum cocktail ring and
sapphire and diamond platinum wide cuff, and Jennifer Westfeldt in
aquamarine and diamond platinum drop earrings and large
aquamarine and diamond platinum cocktail ring; entertainment
reporter Lauren Sanchez in big kunzite and diamond chandelier
earrings and a moonstone and diamond platinum wide cuff.
Moreover, viral video sensation Shira Lazar reported on the red
carpet in jewelry from AGTA Member Erica Courtney’s Zultantite
Collection, including the Turkish color-change gemstone set in an
18K gold lotus cuff bracelet with pink sapphires and ring and flower
burst earrings with diamond accents.
Oscar’s Jewelry Pointers
• Color is transforming, whether
you’re adding a hue pop,
complementing a shade, or keeping
it simple in monotones.
• Earrings continue to be a favorite
accessory, especially in gemmy
drop, pendant and chandelier styles.
• Emerald is a style diva’s top gem
choice.
• New Hollywood embraces color in
diamonds.
• Multi-gemstone designs are back in
style.
• Statement gemstone rings and
stacked gem-encrusted bangles and
cuffs are hot.
• Selective jewelry placement makes
just the right statement.
• Sometimes, less is more!
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