The SAG Awards have gotten a makeover for 2026 — with both a new name (32nd Actors Awards), as well as a dress code for the first time in the history of the ceremony. The event’s dress code was “Reimagining Hollywood Glamour from the ’20s and ’30s”.

The celebrities attending and presenting the awards did the theme justice in both the gowns and jewelry they wore.

STORY BY BETH BERNSTEIN

Here are our picks for the best jewels of the evening within the theme:

Kate Hudson shone in Emily P. Wheeler high jewelry, created specifically for the Actors Awards. She wore the desert diamond earrings, necklace and rings with an ivory custom Valentino Gown. She wins for best in representing the dress code, evoking the best of Hollywood in its heyday.

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Kristen Bell, who hosted the event, walked the red carpet in a Georges Hobeika gown from the Spring/Summer 2026 Couture collection, with awe-inspiring Messika diamond high jewelry Night Owl necklace set with pear-shaped diamonds and matching diamond Night Owl earrings.
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Teyana Taylor pulled out all the stops and truly reimagined old Hollywood with a modern twist. She wore a body-hugging Thom Browne gown with Jean Schlumberger by Tiffany & Co. Leaves necklace in platinum and 18K yellow gold with diamonds of over 47 total carats, Jean Schlumberger by Tiffany & Co. Three Leaves ear clips with diamonds and two rings by Tiffany & Co.
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Demi Moore looked ravishing in a Schiaparelli gown and Harry Winston jewelry totaling over 95 carats — including a Harry Winston Cascading Diamond Drop Necklace, set in platinum, Secret Combination Diamond Earrings, an emerald-cut diamond and crossover diamond ring.

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Gwyneth Paltrow chose to go an opposite way from wearing diamonds and instead donned Belperron museum-quality turquoise drop earrings, circa 1930 with her low-cut, striking lace Givenchy gown. She always looks impeccably dressed.
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Chase Infiniti gave a nod to Josephine Baker in a custom Louis Vuitton gown, matching mesh 1920s-inspired head ornament and statement-making De Beers diamond dangling earrings.
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Recipient of the best actress award for Hamnet, Jessie Buckley wore a classic black Balenciaga gown with a timeless ivory cape, accessorizing with Jessica McCormack diamond jewels, including the designer’s signature 17-carat Diamond Button Back necklace with diamonds and diamond earrings in Georgian-inspired earrings in cut-down setting in 18K blackened white and yellow gold and oval diamond drop earrings as well a pear-shaped button=back ring.
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Kerri Russell, another recipient of an Actor Award shone in Buccellati’s 18K white gold elongated earrings with 220 diamonds totaling 6.19-carats. She also wore the house’s 23-carat cabochon tanzanite and round brilliant-cut diamonds.
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Viola Davis wore a Pasquale Bruni stunner of a sparkling natural diamond floral necklace with a pear-shaped emerald drop pendant.
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Michelle Monaghan appeared in a pair of 18K gold Sabyasachi chandelier earrings with diamonds and morganite. She also wore her earrings with and 18K gold ring with diamonds and a sapphire.
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