The sighting: Paul Tazewell, who just made history as the first Black man win an Oscar for Best Costume Design (a well-deserved honor for his work on Wicked), has also won the most elusive award of the night: He’s my pick for best 2025 Oscars jewelry moment.

Let’s take a look and you’ll see why you should agree with me.

The jewels: Tazewell’s jewels were all from Fred Leighton and Kwiat.

Let’s start with the pièce de resistance: He wore a 1950s platinum and diamond brooch by Belperron with over 45 carats of round and baguette cut diamonds. It was a glorious midcentury design with bold and elegant swoops of baguette diamonds interspersed with clusters of lush round diamonds.

He also wore Fred Leighton Art Deco emerald and diamond swirl cufflinks in platinum and gold, as well as a Kwiat Ashoka diamond snake ring in platinum.

The trends: Many men wore brooches to the Oscars, and a few even wore them in tie position, like Tazewell, but his was the best.

What do we think? This was simply magnificent. The brooch was objectively luxurious (45 carats!), but the placement made it feel almost understated. The silhouette of the brooch, along with its heft and design, made it extraordinary. The styling was elegant and opulent and clever, exactly as sophisticated as the Oscar winner for Best Costume Design should be.

Tazewell said of his ensemble on Instagram:

The fact that historical Black fashion inspired the look that Tazewell chose for his trailblazing win made it feel all the more impactful.

Also, I have met this man’s brother, so that means I’m almost friends with him, right?