Celebrity Jewelry

Judge the Jewels: Jonathan Bailey’s Emerald Buttons are Wickedly Gorgeous

His custom version of the ring features four famous characters that he has portrayed on screen.

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25 years ago

December 23, 2000

Becky Stone

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The sighting: Actor Jonathan Bailey – who you probably know from Bridgerton – added a very special bejeweled accessory to his sleek white suit for the London premiere of his new movie, Wicked. That’s right, folks…we have gemstone buttons!

The jewels: Bailey’s shirt is bejeweled with a suite of custom emerald buttons by LA-based jewelry brand Emily P. Wheeler.

Wheeler’s Instagram post about the look shows handful of vividly green, emerald-cut emerald buttons set in gold bezels. The emeralds are pretty sizable, too! Click to the second slide of the Instagram post for a closer look.

The trends: The major trends here are green gems, sleek bezel settings, and jewels on men.

What do we think?

I have two thoughts about this. First, it is unreservedly awesome. I love love love the emeralds in their sleek gold bezels, I adore the nod to the movie’s theme, and I enthusiastically support men bejeweling themselves in interesting ways. This is fantastic and I want more of it.

Second – and this is incredibly nitpicky – it bothers me that the emerald buttons are facing in different directions. I want to straighten them out so that they’re all neatly vertical, instead of pointing in different directions in a higgledy-piggledy manner.

Is anyone else bothered by this alignment issue, or is it just me?

Judgement: 12/10 for a killer look that I love even though I also want to rearrange it slightly.

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Becky Stone

Becky Stone writes about jewelry styles for INSTORE. She is founder and CEO of well-known jewelry blog Diamonds in the Library.

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