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Anna Wintour’s Layered Necklaces and Groundbreaking Spring Florals

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Anna Wintour attends GQ's Global Creativity Awards in New York City on April 6, 2023 (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
Anna Wintour attends GQ’s Global Creativity Awards in New York City on April 6, 2023 (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Vogue editor Anna Wintour is a noted jewelry lover, especially antique necklaces with colorful crystals and gemstones. She’s recently been layering a series of the necklaces in different configurations with springy green floral gowns. Let’s have our own editorial look at her various necklace styling choices, shall we?

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Royal Replicas Hit the Runway in Paris

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Designers are showing off haute couture creations in Paris this week, and on one runway, replicas of royal tiaras were included in the show. Here’s a look at some of the replica tiaras used by Alexis Mabille in his 2017 Spring/Summer collection.

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One of the most instantly recognizable replicas: this version of the Greville Tiara. It’s based on the original, kokoshnik-shaped version of the tiara. (It was later altered by the Queen Mother.) This piece echoes the famous honeycomb construction of the Greville Tiara.

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The collection also featured a version of the Greville made in darker stones.

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Another royal replica included: Queen Mary’s Honeysuckle Tiara! The piece includes the central honeysuckle and scroll motifs.

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The collection also replicated famous tiaras by Cartier. This tiara is based on a belle epoque garland tiara by the jewelry firm. The original piece was made around 1909.

Here’s a look at the original tiara that Alexis Mabille replicated.

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The collection also included a belt that echoes the shape and design of the garland tiara.

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This headpiece is a replica of a Cartier ornament made at the turn of the twentieth century for an American heiress, Lila Vanderbilt Sloane. It echoes that piece’s distinctive wave design.

Here’s a look at the original Cartier design.

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And here’s one more tiara based on the wave tiara from Cartier.

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Thank you so much to one of my lovely Twitter followers, sheikhofchic, for altering me to the collection! If you aren’t already following me on Twitter, there’s lots of extra bejeweled goodness there every day!

Met Gala Jewels 2016

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Bee Shaffer attends the 2016 Met Gala (Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
It’s that time of year again: celebrities (and a royal!) have gathered in New York for the Met Gala, the annual fundraising benefit and ball held at the opening of the annual exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. Each year’s gala and exhibition has a theme; this year, it was “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology.” Here’s a look at some of the most interesting jewels on display…

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First off: among all of the celebrities from the world of fashion and film, there was a real-life queen in attendance at this year’s gala. Here’s Queen Rania of Jordan, looking elegant as always, arriving at the ball. Along with her glittering earrings, she appears to be wearing a jeweled hair ornament.

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Also there: Charlotte Casiraghi! As per usual, she kept her jewelry to a minimum, but we did get a glimpse of a glittering ring and a couple of bangle bracelets.

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Anna Wintour, editor of American Vogue, wore a diamond floral necklace that definitely shouts “antique” to me. I believe it’s the same necklace she wore to an Oscars party in 2015. 
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Anna’s daughter, Bee Shaffer, wore a glittering headband with girandole earrings that also look like antiques.
Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images
British model Poppy Delevingne basically glittered in head-to-toe jewelry.
Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
I really, really like the glamorous, modern, bejeweled earrings worn by Wendi Deng Murdoch.
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Chinese model Fei Fei Sun wore a shimmering pair of diamond pendant earrings.
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Rose Byrne’s necklace definitely played on the technology theme — it looks downright scientific.
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Saoirse Ronan accessorized in a major way, pinning a brooch made of rubies, pink diamonds, and white diamonds to the hip of her gown.
Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Here’s a better look at the brooch, which was reportedly made by Anna Hu.
Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images
Model Lara Stone wore diamond pendant earrings with major wattage by Bulgari.
Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
If you ask me, Uma Thurman nearly stole the entire show in this vintage Cartier peacock brooch.
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Here’s a closer look at the brooch. According to Cartier, the jewel is packed with more than 83 carats of diamonds.
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Sarah Jessica Parker wore a fabulous necklace from Fred Leighton; the firm describes it as a “rivière with an antique agate and turquoise cameo pendant.”
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Kate Bosworth was half modern glam, half ancient warrior in a dazzling Dolce and Gabbana gown with a coordinating headpiece.
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Anna Hu also provided a gorgeous ring and earrings for actress Ellie Bamber.
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Nicole Kidman, bless her Australian heart, wore an honest-to-goodness button tiara to the gala.
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Model Hannah Davis wore a shoulder-brushing pair of diamond and pearl pendant earrings.
Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Actress Allison Williams contrasted classic diamond and pearl brooches in her hair with a pair of ultra-modern pendant earrings.
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Fashion designer Tory Burch also went for contrast, wearing a classic riviere set with pink stones over a necklace with a chunky modern pendant.
Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Katy Perry was her usual full-throttle fashion self; her gold jewelry was nearly indistinguishable from the embellishment on her Prada gown. (Also — she has a Tamagotchi clipped to her belt. Remember those???)
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Katie Holmes wore a classic diamond Cartier necklace.
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Diamond pendant earrings were a lovely contrast with Jessica Chastain’s royal blue gown.
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Madonna, always just Madonna, wore a major pendant necklace as a headpiece (and told an interviewer that her favorite part of the Met Gala was “the breadsticks,” ha!).
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Zoey Deutch (daughter of actress Lea Thompson) wore amazing, elaborate jewels, including a jewel-studded headpiece. The look is by Dolce and Gabbana.
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And, last but of course not least: Beyonce. She kept her jewelry fairly minimal, but…
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…get a load of these Lorraine Schwartz rings! Gorgeous!


Which jewels from this year’s Met Ball were your favorites?