{"id":41926,"date":"2019-03-04T23:03:40","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T04:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=41926"},"modified":"2019-03-04T23:03:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T04:03:40","slug":"about-that-oscars-jewelry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/about-that-oscars-jewelry\/","title":{"rendered":"About That Oscars Jewelry &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is my last post on this year&#8217;s Oscars, or at least I hope so. I didn&#8217;t mean to make this into a series that goes on too long, like <em>The Walking Dead<\/em>. In case you missed my other Academy Awards-related posts, here they are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/wednesdays-video-oscar-fashion-reality-check\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pre-Oscar video: Celebrities, free outfits, and complaints<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/my-best-dressed-at-the-2019-oscars-is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want winner of the 2019 Oscars.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/never-is-the-next-new-thing-oscars-pink-floof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hot trend: Pink floof. No doubt coming to a prom\/wedding near you. And that&#8217;s absolutely fine<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/olivia-colmans-dress-week-in-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olivia Colman and the free Oscar dress &#8212; shout out to Elizabeth Paton for answering a lot of my pre-Oscar video&#8217;s questions about red-carpet outfits in her New York Times article<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s also an interesting story from the Hollywood Reporter, which in 2017 ran an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/recommended-reading-fine-jewelry-in-the-news\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">article by Laurie Brookins that explained how celebrities are paid big bucks to wear brands on the red carpet <\/a>(no wonder the ones who can&#8217;t even manage a free dress are angry!). Vincent Boucher has a 2019 update in the same publication, reporting that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/how-hollywood-stars-make-as-as-200000-one-appearance-1172701\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a single red-carpet look could be worth $200,000 or more to the person wearing it<\/a>. Read the article and then ask me again, &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you get lots of celebrities to wear your jewelry?!&#8221; and by &#8220;ask me again,&#8221; I mean don&#8217;t ask me that ever again.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/oAI4B9q0k58Ag\" width=\"480\" height=\"266\" frameBorder=\"0\" class=\"giphy-embed\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/oAI4B9q0k58Ag\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the big story of the 2019 Oscars &#8212; and I mean literally big &#8212; was Lady Gaga&#8217;s priceless loaner necklace from Tiffany.<\/p>\n<p><center><a id='-odaM_PVRARp77u6C3iDCA' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1127323657' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'-odaM_PVRARp77u6C3iDCA',sig:'uoCxURUFJNIP61cxvx9Wstw8sTn0Dmr2nLJrHw_IRNI=',w:'396px',h:'594px',items:'1127323657',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The centerpiece of the necklace was the Tiffany diamond &#8212; a specially faceted, 128.54-carat yellow diamond that has only been worn in public twice before, neither time on the red carpet. <a href=\"http:\/\/press.tiffany.com\/ViewBackgrounder.aspx?backgrounderId=39\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">According to Tiffany&#8217;s website<\/a>, &#8220;Mary Whitehouse wore a lavish necklace set with the diamond for the 1957 Tiffany Ball in Newport, Rhode Island; and Audrey Hepburn wore a Jean Schlumberger necklace of diamond ribbons surrounding the diamond in publicity photographs for the 1961 film <em>Breakfast at Tiffany\u2019s<\/em>.&#8221; To celebrate Tiffany&#8217;s 175th anniversary in 2012, the yellow diamond was set in a necklace of white diamonds totaling over 100 carats. <a href=\"https:\/\/theadventurine.com\/culture\/celebrity\/this-tiffany-diamond-is-priceless\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jewelry expert Marion Fasel of The Adventurine says what Gaga wore on Oscar night was based on the 2012 design but customized to fit her<\/a>. FYI: Wearing a substantial necklace like this is different from putting on a chain that has a pendant on it. This kind of necklace has to be articulated to move with the body.<\/p>\n<p><center><a id='2ewVZfa6Q0dC34nNvGjKSg' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1127430299' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'2ewVZfa6Q0dC34nNvGjKSg',sig:'sObE93laov9Jul0Ww0aj5JO_aFGnCOm2U7-UqT9ZWpY=',w:'594px',h:'413px',items:'1127430299',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, it was a huge coup for Gaga to get to wear this. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2017\/01\/lady-gaga-tiffany-legendary-style-campaign\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The fact she already had a relationship with the brand &#8212; having done its first Super Bowl commercial in 2017 &#8212; paved the way<\/a>, but it was also an acknowledgement of her current <em>A Star Is Born<\/em> star power and the confidence Tiffany had in Gaga winning an Oscar for her song &#8220;Shallow.&#8221; As Olivia Colman and her stylist discovered, when you&#8217;re hot in Hollywood, you&#8217;re hot in fashion too. Special shout-out to Gaga for wearing her Tiffany with long, leather gloves for her red-carpet arrival; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/ringing-in-2010-two-by-two\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">leather gloves for special occasions always make me think of my designing friend Stacy Lomman in her 2010 New Year&#8217;s Eve outfit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other red-carpet jewelry news, <a href=\"https:\/\/whoworewhatdaily.com\/best-of-the-best-2019-oscars-jewelry-red-carpet-roundup-from-the-men\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">man brooches are going strong<\/a>, making me hope I&#8217;ll get another commission for one soon. Holla at me with your man brooch requests!<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_42008\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/jewel-of-the-month-garnet-man-brooch-for-january\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/brooch-hi-res_blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"332\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/brooch-hi-res_blog.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/brooch-hi-res_blog-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man brooch I made in 2018. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>My favorite jewelry look of the night &#8212; my Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want jewelry choice &#8212; was worn by Hannah Beachler, who won the Oscar for production design for <em>Black Panther<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlestonchronicle.net\/2019\/02\/26\/douriean-fletcher-the-artist-behind-oscar-winning-hannah-beachlers-iconic-face-chain\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Douriean Fletcher, the jeweler for the movie, made Beachler a face chain and ear cuff befitting <em>Black Panther<\/em>&#8216;s Wakanda style<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><a id='z6Q2R9ASTVpXCLnxNXhgNg' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1127184751' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'z6Q2R9ASTVpXCLnxNXhgNg',sig:'VN0AOwWXQKankVb2DVD5dtPW1lWuElY6bErjyH3u3EA=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1127184751',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of <em>Black Panther<\/em> style, Beachler&#8217;s colleague, Ruth Carter, won an Oscar for the movie&#8217;s costume design. Beachler and Carter were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/24\/arts\/black-women-oscar-winners.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the first two black women to win their categories<\/a> &#8212; Beachler was the first black person even nominated in her category. Both of them gave moving speeches; <a href=\"https:\/\/oscar.go.com\/news\/winners\/black-panther-is-the-2019-oscar-winner-for-costume-design\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">if you missed them, you can watch them here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is my last post on this year&#8217;s Oscars, or at least I hope so. I didn&#8217;t mean to make this into a series that goes on too long, like The Walking Dead. In case you missed my other Academy Awards-related posts, here they are: Pre-Oscar video: Celebrities, free outfits, and complaints. 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