Almost everyone loves the glamorous feeling of wearing fine diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sapphires. Buying a piece of fine jewelry is an emotional purchase. At the 2011 Academy Awards, Best Actress winner Natalie Portman’s ruby earrings from Tiffany & Co turned out to be quite a departure from the classic diamonds that Best Actress winners usually adorn themselves with. However, it opened up a trend of sorts-to wear off-beat designs in various materials. This year awards season is already begin, we are going to see the variety of trend of jewelry, the biggest being a departure from heavy statement pieces-a trend that has been ruling the red carpet for the last couple of years.
At the 2012 SAG Awards was no exception, you can always depend on Natalie Portman to wear stunning gems, and her Harry Winston ruby and diamond platinum and gold earrings had an extended drop shape that transported us back to Old Hollywood. Her vintage diamond platinum bangle was a subtle complement to her strapless maroon Giambattista Valli gown. The most daring is undoubtedly Sofia Vergara. The Modern Family star made a big statement with glamorous, oversized diamond-shaped earrings from Lorraine Schwartz. With a cluster of rubies surrounded by diamonds and amethyst, the earrings gave all-over shine to the actress’ raspberry-colored Marchesa gown. If the SAG Awards are as strong an indicator of Oscar fashion as they are Oscar winners, the 2012 Academy Awards should be one for the jewelry record books. Whether you want to Natalie Portman’s love affair with beautiful gems, or Sofia Vergara’s bold statement pieces, there are many collections that have the perfect piece for you.
You may think that red carpet fashion jewelry is all about glimpse of a bright and shiny necklace or some megawatt earrings. Sometimes it’s nice to see celebrities wearing items that you could potentially wear yourself. For better or worse, this year’s Golden Globe Awards brought with it a lot of minimalism. There was definitely some major bling, but for the most part, the actresses kept things on the simpler side. Although you are not a big fan of minimalism at award shows, it sure makes for some easy style inspiration for daily life. Because, to be honest, who is really stepping out of their house in $5 million worth of Harry Winston gems? Studs and simple, elegant earrings were the more popular pieces of the night. Colored stud like Emma Stone’s ruby studs are a great way to brighten up your look for everyday. They’re subtle, but they make a difference.
