While perusing celebrity photos taken during the month of June—my favorite of which are posted below—two things became clear: Great modern style includes (and maybe even requires) bold, innovative jewelry designs.
And, secondly, the earring is still the go-to jewelry piece for stylists and self-styling celebs. For now, that is.
Necklaces, particularly bibs and other styles that take up lots of clavicle real estate, are also catching on big-time. The blinding Messika diamond bib Beyoncé wears in her new “Apes**t” video (below) makes a convincing case for necklaces with scarf-like proportions. As does the sparkling Lorraine Schwartz collar model Candice Huffine wore (also below) to the CFDA Awards earlier this month.
Here are nine winning red carpet jewelry looks—plus one marvelous jewelry-in-film moment I couldn’t resist popping in—from June 2018.
Kate McKinnon on the cover of Glamour in Lady Grey red lucite and metal earrings (courtesy of Glamour)
Beyonce in a Messika diamond necklace and earrings in her new “Apes**t” video, a collaboration with husband Jay-Z (image via: @messikajewelry)
Michelle Pfeiffer in a Rona Pfeiffer spike pavé diamond pendant necklace at the Ant-Man and the Wasp premiere (image via: @rona_pfeiffer)
Rihanna wearing a wrist-ful of Louis Vuitton at the brand’s show last week (image via: @badgalriri)
Bo Derek in vintage jewelry from Beladora for a Mr Porter photo shoot (image via: @jillandjordan)
Storm Reid in Jennifer Meyer earrings at the BET Awards (image via: @stormreid)
Model Candice Huffine in a Versace jumpsuit and a Lorraine Schwartz gemstone necklace (image via: @osmessiah)
Above and top: Cate Blanchett wearing a single Rachel Comey iridescent drop earring at the Ocean’s 8 premiere (image via: @elizabethstewart1)
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in custom-made Lorraine Schwartz diamond earrings at the CFDA Awards (image via: @jenatkinhair)
Anne Hathaway in character in Ocean’s 8 wearing a Cartier diamond necklace originally designed in 1931 for India’s maharaja of Nawanagar—it went missing, so craftspeople re-created it for the film (image via: @letsplayfashion).
