Most Memorable Jewels at Cannes 2012

The red carpet of French Rivera is renowned to bring the world class glamour and glitter. This year like past 64 years the Annual International Film Festival at Cannes showed some of the dynamic and exuberant jewels which have the power and luster to take away the hearts in a glimpse.

With Chopard as a sponsor and De Grisogono, a Swiss luxury jewelry house making the Elizabeth Taylor worthy jewels available for the celebrities to flaunt, Cannes is again a heaven for jewelry lovers to admire the spectacular and extravagant necklaces, rings, earrings, bracelets and a lot more.

From simple to heavily intricate jaw-dropping designs studded with all the precious gems and diamonds in vivid hues, jewelry at Cannes was beyond remarks.

Each of these illuminated styles is a symbol of refined craftsmanship and seventh sky vision.

Heidi Klum, Irina Shayk, Jane Fonda, Naomi Watts, Nicole Kidman, Fan Bing Bing, Berenice Bejo, Hofit Golan etc. are some of the most talked celebs at the 65^th Cannes gala.

Russian model Irina Shayk was a picture of pose at Cannes. The Swimsuit Illustrated beauty had shown some exquisite and eccentric jewels which were mesmerizing and heart capturing. Her De Grisogono accessorizes were just awe-inspiring and jaw-dropping.

Her molten red gown was certainly very sensual but it were the pink gold ‘ANELLI’ earrings studded with 1128 white diamonds and the broad pink gold flower motif bracelet set with 2 brilliant diamonds of 2.60 carats accentuated with 2663 white diamonds that added the extra glamour to the looks.

At another event at Cannes she presented a lovely duo of emeralds and diamonds. Her long dangling earrings were embellished with 200 white diamonds, 60 briolette diamonds and 198 yellow diamonds and her 45 carats yellow diamond ring was studded in a 407 emeralds encrusted gold band. So in all it was a $6 million affair from De Grisogono.

She is 74 and she is stunning! I know it’s a rare combination but Jane Fonda is the live example of it. One of her glittery and glamorous Cannes’ looks was in magnetic ruby color. With a floor sweeping figure hugging gown she clad for Cannes, the 60 carats rubellite and white and black diamond drop earrings and a 50 carats pear rubellite tourmaline diamond and ruby encrusted ring were the craziest and dazzling combination.

And I can’t miss to mention the gorgeous Hofit Golan. This Israeli model-T.V reporter-businesswoman has set the red carpet on fire with her all smiling fresh looks. Her De Gisogono jewels especially the broad butterfly cuff encrusted with emeralds, diamonds and amethysts were the stars of glory at Cannes.

Another Russian model Natasha Poly spotted in the hues of spring – velvety emerald gown with emerald and diamond briolette cut drop earring.

The Annual International Film Festival at Cannes has ended till next spring but the memories and the jewels it had left are worth remembering for many years.

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Jane Fonda’s optical illusion dress reminds one of Tanzanite

Cannes Film Festival is on and we have celebrities gracing the red carpets and making headlines. It was 74-year-old Jane Fonda who showed that even at her age she knows how she can stand out among the actresses less than half her age. She chose to wear an optical illusion dress in black and white. This full-length attire highlighted her curves, if we look at the gemstones Tanzanite gem stone shows a remarkable optical illusion property known as trichroicism. But Fonda decided to pair up her updo with a pair of emerald earrings.

She was at the Rust and Bone premiere and as for the accessories she wore delicate black heels along with a clutch that matched her emerald earrings. Pairing black with emeralds is a trend that has always stood out on the red carpet. Who can forget the enormous 18-ct emerald earrings of Angelina Jolie?

Black definitely enhances the sparkle of the green emeralds. So, emeralds definitely are a good option to pair with a black or black and white dress. But we should not restrict it to just emeralds. Blue gems also go well with black attire so one can also pair up an optical illusion dress similar to the one worn by Fonda with a pair of Tanzanite earrings. If you don’t know already, Tanzanite has a unique property to absorb different light wavelengths as a result this gemstone can appear to have different colors.

Cate Blanchett chose to wear tanzanite and diamond necklace at the 61^st Cannes Film festival four years ago. Earlier this one of the biggest and most glamorous film festival started in a very star-studded fashion with some stunning celebrities gracing the red carpet.

Some stars that sparkled at the opening ceremony included Eva Longoria, she looked impressive in a full length dress along with a train. Jessica Chastain also garnered a lot of praise for her white Alexander McQueen dress that had a daring neckline. Another star that can be added to the list is Tilda Swinton, chose a gold dress for the occasion.

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