SCREEN GEMS

Jenny Beavan, the costume designer behind Disney’s; Cruella which opened in May 28, 2021 in movie theaters and which can also be seen on Disney + (with premiere access), is no stranger to period films, high jewelry, or the details that enhance character. So when De Beers announced it was providing diamond High Jewelry for Emma Thompson’s…

Whenever I hear about a new film release or a new series on Netflix or cable, I think about what the next ‘sleeper’ jewel will be. I have done much research on the subject of jewelry on the big and small screen. During my 20 years as a jewelry journalist, I wrote columns for different…

In the vastly entertaining and lavish film, Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros.) based on the enjoyable read and bestselling 2013 novel  by Kevin Kwan, jewelry not only helps define the character’s lives and position in society but also reflects symbolic significance in at least two instances in the movie. Pieces by Mouawad, Bulgari, Chopard and Michelle…

  Twenty years ago, four independent 30-something gal pals landed on our TV screen with big dreams, cool careers and lots of sex and romance. The show was HBO’s Sex And The City and during its run from 1998-2004, it changed the course of TV as well as trends in cocktails, restaurants and fashion. In…

  Last night I finally got to see an advanced screening of Ocean’s 8. I remember watching the first trailer and noticing familiar jewelry on Cate Blanchett. At least one or two of the pieces were immediately recognizable as the genius artistry of the Istanbul based Sevan Bıçakçı. Although I wrote about Cartier as the exclusive jeweler…

When I launched Bejeweledmag.com almost two years ago, my first installment of Screen Gems, our column about jewelry in film focused on some of my favorite movies in which Cartier appeared on the silver screen and discussed how the jewels developed the character or became part of the plot (read here). On June 8th, when…

  As a young girl, I grew up watching movies from the ‘30s through ‘60s on my grandmother’s TV. I was young and it was a treat to be able to stay up past my bedtime and watch the late night movies featured on network TV. It was during those evenings that my grandmother and…

Not since Marilyn Monroe appeared almost swimming in diamonds while singing about them in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, has a star out blinged her on screen. That was until August 27th when Taylor Swift debuted her new music video and single “Look What You Made Me Do” at The 2017 MTV Music Awards. Swift is submerged…

Often when I write about iconic jewels featured in fictional film they are pieces that are part of a plot line, help to develop the character or the jewels that the leading actresses owned personally and wore in a particular movie. For Bejeweledmag.com and throughout my book, “If these Jewels Could Talk: The Legends Behind…

  This article is the 5th  and final in our pre-coverage of the Oscars. Tune in for our jewelry picks and stories after the 89th Academy Awards on Sunday Feb 26, 2017 Jewelry at the Oscars evokes red carpet arrivals—mega watt stars in magnificent bling or the other way around.  But there is also the…