Serpents, Daggers, and Drama: Jewelers Loved Outfitting ‘The White Lotus’ in Thailand

By Karen Dybis | February 26, 2025

Some of the jewelry industry’s most illustrious names say they jumped on board when asked to work with actors and costume designers of the award-winning and much-talked-about HBO series The White Lotus in its third season.

Jewelry brands including David Webb, Jacob & Co., and Pamela Love carefully selected pieces to highlight on The White Lotus, lending jewelry that connects to its Thailand setting and looks appropriate for the sophisticated yet suspicious people portrayed on the show.

Each season of The White Lotus follows the wealthy guests and staff at a high-end resort. It goes under the surface of the location and the characters, examining and satirizing class and privilege with humor, drama, and a murder mystery.

lek patravadi white lotus — *In this Episode 2 scene, Lek Patravadi (left) has the Jacob & Co. Fleurs de Jardin watch on her wrist, while Leslie Bibb (seated in red) wears David Webb’s Repoussé Elephant Cuff.*

“We’ve always been fans of the show—not just for its sharp social commentary but for the way it seamlessly blends satire with pop culture. It’s one of the most playful and compelling series on air, making it the perfect platform for our jewelry to be seen in context,” says Levi Higgs, head of archives and brand heritage for David Webb.

“The talented cast this season only elevates that dynamic, bringing the characters to life with a presence that feels both effortless and intentional. Being part of a moment that resonates so strongly within the industry and beyond is something we couldn’t pass up,” he says.

Here is a look at some of the jewelry on The White Lotus, which airs Sunday nights on HBO.

David Webb

Higgs says White Lotus costume designer Alex Bovaird had reached out to David Webb for Season 2, which was set in Sicily, but the brand could not accommodate the loan due to logistical challenges of filming during the pandemic in 2021. Timing for the third season’s Thailand shoot was just right, though.

“Collaborating with Alex allowed us to highlight some of the show’s key themes through our jewelry. The Repoussé Elephant Cuff was a natural choice for the Thai setting, perfectly echoing the grandeur of our Kingdom collection,” Higgs tells JCK. “Throughout the series, you’ll find more bejeweled jungle creatures woven into the story—keep an eye out, and you might just spot them.”

David Webb also worked with actress Natasha Rothwell, who plays spa manager Belinda, for the season’s premiere event in February.

“We were thrilled to contribute to her red-carpet look,” Higgs says. “We provided gold and diamond geometric rings along with rock crystal and diamond earrings, which complemented her shimmering gold dress beautifully. It was exciting to make a real-world connection with a member of the cast.”

Jacob & Co.

One of the most intriguing characters to emerge in the third season is resort owner Sritala, played by Thai actress Lek Patravadi. At the end of Episode 2, Sritala had to leave the White Lotus to be with her husband in Bangkok, where he is recovering from a stroke.

Jacob & Co. outfitted Sritala, who’s also a singer, with two key pieces that show her style and sophistication: a pair of eye-grabbing earrings and a wristwatch full of multicolored precious gems.

Sritala’s Papillion earrings by Jacob & Co. (pictured at top) are handcrafted in 18k white gold with citrine, tsavorite, white diamonds, and green cathedral enamel. The Fleurs de Jardin watch ($460,000)—a “wrist-sized garden,” according to Jacob & Co.—rotates to bringing its flowers to life and imitate the cycle of life.

The timepiece’s mobile floral display centers on a flower made with a Jacob-cut, 288-facet tsavorite and 12 kite-cut rubies. There are eight satellite flowers of kite-cut multicolored sapphires, plus 134 baguette-cut diamonds or sapphires in the case and inner rings.

Furthermore, the watch features a butterfly among the flowers on the dial and an 18k rose gold butterfly-shaped buckle that holds the strap shut—which fit with the butterfly theme of Sritala’s jewelry.

Pamela Love

The jewelry designer says it was fun and exciting to collaborate with actress Michelle Monaghan to find the right jewelry for her character, an actress named Jaclyn, who is vacationing at the resort with two childhood friends (they all seem to be hiding something from one another).

“It was amazing to see how invested Michelle is in totally embodying her character—even thinking about details like what kind of jewelry she would wear and then working together with the costume department to make that a reality,” says Love. “She’s a brilliant actor and artist.”

Monaghan wanted to focus on spiritual symbolism related to the show’s setting, Love says, and sought pieces in the Pamela Love jewelry collections that would reflect it. They include the 18k gold and diamond Dagger earrings that have a single ruby briolette as a droplet of blood at the tip of one earring. Monaghan and Love also selected serpent-themed jewels for the actress to wear throughout the series.

(Jewelry photos courtesy of the brands; The White Lotus photo courtesy of HBO)