Today I want to talk to you about cinema and jewelry. Of necklaces, specifically. Mythical pieces that appear in famous films and that They are much more than props: They are part of the story and help tell it.
Somehow, those necklaces or chokers are also protagonists and we can't remember the movie without them.
Can you imagine Audrey Hepburn having her coffee and croissant for breakfast in front of the Tiffany window… without wearing that fabulous pearl necklace?
It is so recognizable that it is part of the scene. An icon. A frame for history.
Today I am going to talk to you about this and other emblematic necklaces and you will see how well-chosen jewels they cease to be a complement and become part of the story itself.
Do they sound like you? These 5 necklaces are already cinema icons
Choosing a jewel for a movie can be fundamental. And Hollywood knows it. The pieces chosen for an actress and a scene must be reflection of the identity of the character, his attitude towards life, his state of mind, his character...
The jewels always accompany, complement and they establish a dialogue with the wearer.
And if we talk about cinema, too They send a message to the viewer.
And for this reason, when the choice is especially successful, there are pieces that go down in history. Today I'm going to tell you which are the most emblematic necklaces for me. I'm sure you'll remember them all...
1. Audrey Hepburn and the Tiffany Diamond (Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961)
I have already reminded you of the most famous scene in the entire film, in which the actress has breakfast in front of the Tiffany window, on Fifth Avenue in NY.
She was wearing a black Givenchy dress that was (is) a real dream and a necklace of four strands of pearls (Tiffany & Co design) with a fabulous central diamond brooch.
But it is that, in addition, Audrey Hepburn visits that window to contemplate a necklace without haste: the Ribbon Rosette. A necklace valued at more than 200 million euros in the center of which bears the tiffany diamond, the largest yellow diamond ever found.
The Ribbon Rosette is a design of jean schlumberger, one of the founders of Tiffany & Co, and father of some of the most spectacular pieces of that house.
As a curiosity, more recently, the Tiffany Diamond was worn by Lady Gaga at the 91st Academy Awards, where he won the award for Best Original Song for Swallow, in “A star is born” (2018).
The Tiffany Diamond has been exhibited all over the world, but he always returns to his “home” on Fifth Avenue, where he is exposed to the public.
2. The 1308 diamonds in the Nicole Kdiman necklace (Moulin Rouge, 2001)
It is one of the most spectacular necklaces of the entire history of cinema, with its 1308 diamonds mounted on a white gold base. The sum reaches 134 carats and appears in the Guinness Book of Records as the most expensive necklace created for a movie.
Her name is Satine, just like the character played by Nicole Kidman in the film, and weighs about 500 grams.
Its creator was Stefano Caturi, whoever was inspired by the opulence and extravagance of the Louis XVI style for your creation.
3. Natalie Portman and the B of power on her necklace (The Boleyn Sisters, 2008)
If you think that using initials as a brand is something relatively new, I have to say no. And I'll tell you the story of the famous B on Anne Boleyn's necklace, worn by Natalie Portman in the film that tells the story of the two sisters, Ana and María.
Few portraits of Anne Boleyn exist. because Henry VIII had them all burned to get rid of their image after the famous beheading.
However, a painting is preserved in the National Gallery, in London, in which an exceptional jewel stands out: a pearl necklace with a big capital B, brand of the Boleyn house.
That necklace, whereabouts unknown, It was recreated for the movie "The Boleyn Sisters", and is already part, too, of the history of cinema.
4. The Rubies in Julia Roberts' Necklace (Pretty Woman, 1990)
The charming story that Julia Roberts and Richard Gere tell us and that we cannot stop watching for many years to come, has a third protagonist: the necklace of 23 rubies surrounded by diamonds.
It was designed by fred joailler, now a days has a collection called precisely Pretty Woman (the famous red rubies are not missing).
He remembers that in his store on Rodeo Drive, in Beverly Hills, they received that curious order from the production team of Pretty woman, who was looking for a necklace for the main actress.
With the necklace, I always remember the natural laugh (it wasn't in the script) from Julia Roberts when Gere jokes with her atHe will show you the jewel you are going to wear.
5. Marilyn Monroe and her best friends (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953)
Another scene for the story, in which a necklace is the protagonist (without the intention of stealing the plan from the great Marilyn, because it is impossible).
That fuchsia pink dress, with the endless gloves and the necklace, while interpreting “Diamonds are a girl's best fiends”… a marvel, whichever way you look at it. Unimaginable otherwise.
And you, do you have a favorite necklace in the history of cinema?
The jewels always accompany, complement and they establish a dialogue with the wearer.
If we talk about cinema, too They send a message to the viewer. And, if we talk about daily life, they are a statement of intent: they always have a story to tell.
Tell me which one have you noticed and why, and so on we know other mythical necklaces. Feel like?