AT THIS YEAR’S Cannes Film Festival, the opening ceremony and opening night premiere Jeanne Du Barry brought together A-list actresses and celebrity models in some of the most jaw-dropping gowns and jewels — which is traditionally the case at the event. Many of the jewels at the festival were from Chopard’s new high jewelry collection, as the brand has been a major sponsor of the event since 1998 and has created jewels for it for the past 76 years. Some of those jewels were worn by Uma Thurman and Catherine Zeta-Jones, who both emphasized red in their ensembles.
Thurman wore a red cape with a paler gown and finished the look with one of my favorite necklaces of the evening, a multi-strand ruby choker with a centerpiece. The choker was accented by smaller ruby earrings, a wide diamond bracelet and a thinner ruby bracelet worn on the same wrist.
Zeta-Jones captivated in a fiery red gown with what I am guessing were ruby earrings, although they could have been spinels — information on the stones has not been released. She also wore a huge ring that definitely looked like an emerald cut ruby surrounded by diamonds.
Safe to say, the bold color in a sea of mostly diamonds (all beautiful, all worthy of a mention) was the jewelry highlight of the opening night.
Speaking of a vivid jewelry palette, Alessandra Ambrosio wore the dazzling Pomellato Skyline necklace and earrings suite, which has a brilliant ombre effect. A spokesperson for the company reported that the design was inspired by Milan’s architectural landscape and was handset with 128 rare, bezel-cut spinels, ranging from scarlet to azure blue, accented with pavé of diamonds. Matching earrings finished off the look.
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