van cleef jewvan cleef earringelry sale,Every year, Hollywoods awards season culminates to its grandest of all awards, the Academy Awards. Also known as the Oscars, for short, the annual awards ceremony celebrates the best in cinema the previous year and the stars attending dress accordingly in their very [borrowed] best.
The Red Carpet arrivals are almost as exciting, and for some much more so, as the show itself, seeing all the glitz and glamour of Tinseltown at its finest. With the iry-tale ball gowns come countless spectacular jewels and were looking back at some of the most memorable Oscar jewelry of years past.
Counting down to the Red Carpet arrivals
Norma Shearer posing with her Oscar for Best Actress (The Divorcee) in 1931. In late Art Deco shion, she wore a stack of wide gem-set bracelets and a diamond sautoir.
Vivien Leigh, wearing a large emerald-cut gemstone pendant necklace and multi-gemstone bracelet, receives the Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Scarlett OHara in Gone with the Wind in 1940.
Winning the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Kitty Foyle, Ginger Rogers poses with Best Actor Oscar winner Jimmy Stewart (The Philadelphia Story) wearing a beautiful gem-set floral necklace and multi-stone cuff bracelet in 1941.
At the 20th Academy Awards in 1948, Loretta Young won the Oscar for Best Actress playing Katie Holstrom in The Farmers Daughter. She wore a diamond and white gold necklace in true 1940s style.
As a presenter at the 23rd Academy Awards in 1951, Marilyn Monroe wore black tulle from the 20th Century Fox wardrobe department and accessorized with a pair of diamond drop earrings and a wide Art Deco diamond bracelet.
Audrey Hepburn won the Oscar for playing Princess Ann in Roman Holiday at the 26th Academy Awards in 1954. She paired her gorgeous ivory lace gown by Givenchy with timeless, diamond and pearl drop earrings.
The following year Grace Kelly reigned supreme at the 27th Academy Awards in 1955, where she won the Oscar for Best Actress for The Country Girl. At the time the dress, a silk gown by Edith Head, was the most expensive in Oscar history the material alone cost $4,000.
Grace Kelly for Life magazine wearing the gown designed by Edith Head that she wore to the 1955 Academy Awards. © Philippe Halsman/Magnum Photos.
She, too, would pair her timelessly elegant dress with pearl drop earrings.
For her first nomination for Best Actress (Raintree County) at the 30th Academy Awards in 1958, Elizabeth Taylor proved to be Oscar royalty despite not winning the award that year. Alongside her third husband, producer Mike Todd, who did win an Oscar for Best Picture (The Bridge on the River Kwai), she wore the tiara he presented to her for the first time to the awards ceremony. In 2012, the Mike Todd Tiara, along with Taylors mous collection of jewelry, sold for a staggering $4,226,500 at Christies.
Elizabeth Taylor won her first Oscar for Best Actress in 1961 for her role as Gloria Wandrous in Butterfield 8. Following the tragic death of her third husband Mike Todd in 1958, Taylor married Eddie Fisher a year later. Her fourth husband accompanied Taylor to the 33rd Academy Awards, and the award-winning actress wore a solid chartreuse sleeveless-turned-white floral gown by Christian Dior with a red flower accent at the waist. She wore a pair of dazzling diamond and pearl drop earrings for the occasion.
In 1965, the Best Actress Oscar was awarded to Julie Andrews for her now-iconic role playing Mary Poppins in the eponymous film, wearing a bright yellow A-line dress and gorgeous diamond fringe necklace.
At the 39th Academy Awards in 1967, Elizabeth Taylor won her second Best Actress Oscar for Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, to which she wore her mous Bulgari emerald suite of jewels. In 2012, the suite of emerald and diamond jewels fetched fetched a total of $24,799,000 when it went up for auction at Christies.
The BVLGARI Emerald Suite, a suite of emerald and diamond jewelry (lots 26-31) fetched a total of $24,799,000 (15,871,360/€19,095,230). Comprising a pendant brooch which achieved $6,578,500 (4,210,240/ €5,065,445) setting a record price for an emerald jewel and an emerald per carat ($280,000); necklace ($6,130,500 /3,923,520/ €4,720,485); ring ($3,330,500/2,131,520/ €2,564,485); flower brooch ($1,538,500/984,640/ €1,184,645); bracelet ($4,002,500/ 2,561,600/ €3,081,925) and earrings ($3,218,500/2,059,840/ €2,478,245), the suite was acquired between 1962 and 1967. The majority of these jewels were selected over many repeat trips to the BVLGARI boutique on the Via Condotti in Rome.
At the 42nd Academy Awards in 1970, Elizabeth Taylor wore a custom violet chiffon dress designed by Edith Head, complete with a plunging neckline to showcase the 69-carat pear-shaped diamond that her fifth husband Richard Burton purchased for her, originally as a ring, from Cartier for the rumored price tag of $1.1 million. After their second divorce, Taylor auctioned the diamond in 1978 for $5,000,000, which was used to build a hospital in Botswana.
A presenter at the 47th Academy Awards in 1975, Jennifer ONeill wore a dramatic gold choker link bib necklace for the ceremony.
After winning the Oscar for Best Actress (Places of the Heart) in 1985, Sally Field truly believed that everyone really like her. What I really like about her is the darling diamond bow necklace and delicate diamond jewels she wore that night.
In 1991, Sophia Loren received an Honorary Oscar at the 63rd Academy Awards. She wore a pair of spectacular gem-set chandelier earrings and a gold geometric wide bangle bracelet for the momentous occasion.
Elizabeth Taylor again outdoes everyone in the jewelry department at the Academy Awards, this time donning a gorgeous diamond daisy necklace from Van Cleef &ghty Aphrodite at the 68th Academy Awards wearing a Giorgio Armani strapless gown and an elegant diamond fringe necklace and matching earrings.
The definition of glamour on the Oscars Red Carpet changed entirely when Nicole Kidman stepped foot on the crimson runway in 1997. Her chartreuse embroidered John Galliano for Christian Dior shift dress was perfectly paired with Mogul Indian jewelry from Martin Katz, an eternally electrifying looks that made the actresss mark as a Hollywood shion icon.
Also in 1997, Salma Hayek showed how to adorn the up-do with diamonds, wearing a diamond tiara to match her shimmery Armani gown.
Madonna turned heads wearing a floor-length Olivier Theyskens coat-dress at the 1998 Oscars. She paired a beautiful vintage necklace from Fred Leighton to reign in the look.
Gwyneth Paltrow channeled the timeless elegance of Grace Kelly in her pink princess gown by Ralph Lauren and Harry Winston jewels. After winning the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Shakespeare in Love, her parents later purchased the $160,000 40-carat princess necklace for her as a gift Harry Winston through in the $25,000 earrings at no charge.
Hilary Swank, winning the Best Actress Oscar for her part in Boys Dont Cry, adorned her strapless bronze silk duppioni Randolph Duke gown with $250,000 diamond necklace from of Asprey &owflake bracelet lent to her by Van Cleef &ers were worth a reported $200,000
Sarah Jessica Parker made waves in this cotton candy pink Chanel couture gown and diamonds jewels in 2003.
Meryl Streep chose a unique Art Nouveau necklace with diamonds and emerald drops, valued at about $150,000, from Fred Leighton to add excitement to her black ball gown in 2003.
The glamour continued on to 2004, with more sequins, shimmer and sparkle.
Winning the Oscar for Best Actress for her lead role in Monster, Charlize Theron wore a beaded gown by Tom Ford for Gucci and Chopard drop earrings with 46 diamonds as well as a diamond lattice bracelet by Chopard.
Jennifer Garner wore a vibrant orange vintage Valentino gown and matched it with a Bulgari ring, Fred Leighton bracelets and diamond-and-crystal drop earrings at the 2004 Oscars.
Nominated for Best Actress for her role in 21 Grams in 2004, Naomi Watts brought some brilliant wattage to the Red Carpet in a beaded nude Versace gown, chosen Oscar day, and 5-carat pink-diamond Fred Leighton earrings.
Wearing a $550,000 vintage Cartier diamond necklace and a matching diamond bracelet and ring, Renee Zellweger took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Cold Mountain in 2004. She wore a crisp white silk draped-bodice dress by Carolina Herrera.
Truly bringing the diamond bling to the 2004 Oscars was Angelina Jolie, who wore a white silk-satin halter gown by Marc Bouwer and a $10 million, 85-carat Athena necklace, on loan from H. Stern, featuring D-flawless diamonds.
Nicole Kidman was as elegant as ever at the 2004 Oscars in a Chanel dress, which took 400-plus hours to sew the crystals on the couture creation, and a Bulgari custom-made this 195-carat green-diamond necklace.
In 2005, Kirsten Dunst wins my award for best jewel at the Oscars Diana Vreelands rock crystal and diamond cuff bracelet by Suzanne Belperron (then from Fred Leighton and now privately owned), which she matched with a sleek, black lace Chanel frock.
Performing at the 2005 Oscars, Beyonc dressed to impress in a strapless velvet Versace gown and Lorraine Schwartz diamond earrings and bracelet.
The Phantom of the Opera star Emmy Rossum shines in a classic ruby Ralph Lauren gown paired with matching diamond and ruby jewels from Harry Winston at the 2005 Oscars. The necklace has 28 carats of diamonds and 38 carats of rubies.
House of Flying Daggers actress and Oscar presenter Ziyi Zhang wore a glamorous black Monique Lhuillier gown and a glittering 42-carat diamond necklace and 3-carat diamond earrings by Bulgari in 2005.
In 2005, Kate Winslet, wearing a Badgley Mischka dress, accessorized with $750,000 platinum and diamond Neil Lane earrings that matched the jewels clipped to her gown. She also wore a pair of Art Deco-style diamond bracelets on each wrist.
Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon, who won Best Actress for her role in Walk the Line, also won rave reviews for her vintage 1955 Christian Dior gown, which she herself found in a vintage shop in Paris, and her subdued coral earrings, diamond right-hand ring, and 19th century diamond bird hair pin by Fred Leighton.
Best Actress nominee (Pride &me du Voyage high jewelry earrings, containing diamonds and colored stones on yellow gold; Louis Vuitton LAme du Voyage high jewelry brooch, containing diamonds and colored stones on yellow gold.
Jennifer Hudson added 165 carats of Neil Lane diamonds to her striking Atelier Versace tangerine halter gown. She wore 10-carat diamond long basket earrings ($22,750), a 35-carat diamond and platinum leaf bracelet($225,000), a 20-carat ncy colored diamond ring ($300,000), and two wide platinum and diamond bracelets, totaling 100 carats ($300,000).
Nominated for Best Actress (Rabbit Hole), Nicole Kidman channeled Old Hollywood in a strapless, embellished white Dior Haute Couture gown and a 19th century 150-carat diamond Fred Leighton choker that cascaded down the back.
As the Oscar host, Anne Hathaway was dynamite in a red vintage Valentino Haute Couture taffeta gown with floral appliqu train and dazzling Tifny &ewelry: Fred Leighton 30-carat diamond choker necklace and 19th century bow brooch
Emma Stone Dress: Giambattista Valli Haute Couture; Jewelry: Louis Vuitton High Jewelry white gold, red spinel and diamond LAme du Voyage earrings and bracelet with 12 carats of diamonds
Natalie Portman Dress: Dior Haute Couture; Jewelry: Harry Winston diamond cluster necklace and 6-carat oval diamond drop earrings
Viola Davis Dress: Vera Wang; Jewelry: Lorraine Schwartz emerald and diamond earrings and diamond cuff bracelet
Rose Byrne Dress: Vivienne Westwood; Jewelry: Chanel Fine Jewelry Lueur dun Soir white gold, pearl and diamond earrings, ring and bracelet
Tina Fey Dress: Carolina Herrera; Jewelry: Bulgari 48-carat sapphire and 3-carat emerald earrings and a 15-carat sapphire and 4-carat emerald ring
Gwyneth Paltrow Dress: Tom Ford; Jewelry: Anna Hu Haute Joaillerie diamond bracelet and diamond flower ring
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