Today I want to talk about movies and jewelry. Of necklaces, specifically. Mythical pieces that appear in famous movies and that are much more than props: they are part of the story and help to 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 Tiffany's 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 jewels, well chosen, stop being a complement and become part of the story itself.
Do they ring a bell? These 5 necklaces are already movie icons
The choice of a jewel for a film can be fundamental. And Hollywood knows it. The pieces chosen for an actress and a scene must reflect the character's identity, her attitude towards life, her state of mind, her character...
Jewels always accompany, complement and establish a dialogue with whoever wears them.
And if we talk about cinema, they also 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 am going to tell you which are for me the most emblematic necklaces. 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 true dream and a four-strand pearl necklace (designed by Tiffany & Co) with a fabulous central diamond clasp.
But it is also that Audrey Hepburn visits that window to contemplate a necklace without haste: the Ribbon Rosette. A necklace valued at more than 200 million euros in whose center is theTiffany Diamond , the largest yellow diamond ever found.
The Ribbon Rosette is a design by Jean Schlumberger , one of the head creators of Tiffany & Co, and father of some of that house's most spectacular pieces.
As a curiosity, more recently, the Tiffany Diamond was worn by Lady Gaga at the 91st edition of the Oscars, where she 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 it always returns to its “home” on Fifth Avenue, where it is on public display.
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2. The 1,308 diamonds in the Nicole Kdiman necklace (Moulin Rouge, 2001)
It is one of the most spectacular necklaces in the entire history of cinema, with its 1,308 diamonds mounted on a white gold base. The sum reaches 134 carats and is listed 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 movie, and she weighs about 500 grams.
Its creator was Stefano Caturi, who was inspired by the opulence and extravagance of the Louis XVI style for its creation.
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3. Natalie Portman and the B for 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, Anne and Maria.
Few portraits of Anne Boleyn exist, because Henry VIII had them all burned to get rid of her 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 large capital B, Boleyn's house brand.
That necklace, whose whereabouts are unknown, was recreated for the movie "The Boleyn Sisters" , and it is also part of the history of cinema.
4. The rubies in Julia Roberts's necklace (Pretty woman, 1990)
The charming story that Julia Roberts and Richard Gere tell us and that we cannot stop seeing for many years to pass, has a third protagonist: the necklace of 23 rubies surrounded by diamonds.
It was designed by Fred Joailler , who today has a collection called precisely Pretty Woman (the famous red rubies are not lacking).
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Remember that in their store on Rodeo Drive, in Beverly Hills, they received that curious order from the Pretty Woman production team, who was looking for a necklace for the lead actress.
With the necklace, I always remember the natural laugh (it wasn't in the script) of Julia Roberts when Gere jokes with her when he shows her the jewel he is 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 intending to steal the shot from the great Marilyn, because it is impossible).
That fuchsia pink dress, with the endless gloves and the necklace, while she interprets “Diamonds are a girl's best fiends”… wonderful, no matter how you look at it. Unimaginable otherwise.
And you, do you have a favorite necklace from the history of cinema?
Jewels always accompany, complement and establish a dialogue with whoever wears them.
If we talk about cinema, they also send a message to the viewer. And, if we talk about daily life, they are a declaration of intent: they always have a story to tell.
Tell me which one you have noticed and why, and so we know other mythical necklaces. You dare?