Celebrity Jewelry

Judge the Jewels: Ruth Negga’s Tabayer Jewels Are Edgy and On Trend at the 2025 Independent Spirit Awards 

Despite how maximalist this look feels, it’s only two pieces.

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April 6, 2025

Becky Stone

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The sighting: Actress Ruth Negga showed up to the Independent Spirit Awards in one of the coolest and most daring jewelry looks we’ve seen all year. Let’s take a look!

The jewels: Despite how maximalist this look feels, it’s only two pieces!

On the neck we have a Tabayer choker in 18k yellow Fairmined gold with carved red jasper, Madera citrine (5.83 carat), pavé brown diamonds (2.70 total carat weight) and sapphires (9.55 total carat weight).

We have a Tabayer ring as well. It’s 18k yellow Fairmined gold ring with carnelian, sapphires (0.33 total carat weight) and brown diamonds (0.11 total carat weight).

The trends: We have all kinds of trends here: dramatic gold styles with 1980s influence, opaque stones and earth-toned colors.

Another important element here is the choice of responsibly sourced materials. Tabayer’s dedication to Fairmined gold puts it squarely in this category. It feels reductive to call this a trend – more of a mindset shift? – but either way, it is an important factor right now.

What do we think? This look won’t be for everybody – it is bold and genuinely pushes the envelope of jewelry design. The extremely thick, sculptural coils of the necklace defy expectations of how a necklace should sit on the body in a way that’s quite subversive.

And that’s exactly why I love this. Celebrities have opportunities that no one else gets to wear truly interesting things, and most of the time they squander those opportunities by choosing safe, simple pieces. These Tabayer styles are cutting-edge, and I absolutely love that they got to appear on a global stage thanks to Negga and her stylist’s creativity and confidence.

Judgement: 200/10 for two extremely cool designs.

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